My DD is in Y2, and isn't g&t compared to very many of your children, but she is doing well, and is a particularly good (and avid) reader. I posted before about the fact that she had complained that Maths and Reading were too easy and boring. So last night I was able to speak to her teacher. Her teacher was lovely and listened to everything I said. With regards to reading, she agreed it was a problem, and so she is going to refer up. But I was wondering what happens in other schools when children have finished the reading scheme (ours go up to ORT 15). Because she is in Infants, the school don't have anyone else in that situation. I am sure they have their own ideas, but I really wanted to get other people's experience. At home she has become moderately obsessed with read theory.org. She is a bit all over the place in terms of level on that but she loves it. For Maths, the school uses maths mastery. It sounds like an interesting system, but it does feel like they are teaching to the lower and middle ground. They are going to give her more reasoning stuff to keep her happy. I should add that she has enjoyed it much more this term because they were doing fractions. But I can't help thinking that just more reasoning problems isn't really extending her, although it is a really important skill to be able to make her reasoning explicit (which is a requirement of the reasoning tasks). So again, how do your school's extend their able mathematicians? Thanks!
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WhattodoSue · 26/04/2016 08:42
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