As I have no idea how the system works (Not british...).
Basically dc1 is starting secondary this year. He has spent most of his primary year being bored/finding things easy even though all the teachers have recognised that he is way ahead.
He has had one teacher with a solid background in maths/science who has commented that his knowledge & understanding in science was at GCSE level. He was in Y5... A lot of the other teachers just haven't been able to understand what the heck ke is going on about (and then some have grown quite ressentful about it).
Now this is a background where we have NOT being teaching him anything at home. He learnt from books and TV programs and asking questions.
Now that he is in Y7, what can I expect from school? They are streaming from Y7 in maths, Y9 in science but will that really be enough to finally challenge him a bit?
If not, what would you advise to do to keep him interested? I don't want to 'teach him' new concepts as such. This will just widen the gap even more. But what else could I do?
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KevinAndMe · 02/09/2015 10:39
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