The school are following the SEAL approach (Scotland) and it seems to be The Big Thing.
My concerns are
- they don't seem to be doing any actual work
- there is very little actual teaching involved
In more detail, DD says that they do games to start their lesson, and then start to work in small groups or on their own. She says that the teacher barely ever does a lesson. Instead the teacher works with the small groups or individuals, but she hasn't worked with DD for ages. I asked for clarification before Christmas and got a very sharp reply that the children are supposed to explore numbers on their own.
Which is all very well and good, but producing endless posters of ten frames really isn't teaching my DD anything.
AIBU?