Have a year 2 boy (age 7..just) I have to be honest I don't pay too much attention to his schoolwork, mainly because I have teenagers doing GCSE's and A'levels. I have just let him muddle along in his own sweet way,he reads to me while I cook dinner, and never has a problem reads fine.
I had a chat with his teacher a couple of days ago, and she told me my son is top of the class in every subject, has a vocabulary of a 12 year old, and she is giving him year 4 maths to do has he finds everything very easy. apparently he is confident and is happy to help other kids!!!! WTF????? That can't be right.
He is 7 is loves footie and sport, yes he copes fine a general all rounder, but just average or so I thought. Now I'm being told I have this amazingly clever child?
I just don't believe the school. If my DS is that clever, dear God the rest of the class must be dire!
How do I know what they are saying is right? If he is astoundingly bright (teachers words not mine) Surely I would have noticed.
Has any one else in MN land experienced this?
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chickydoo · 13/10/2011 13:25
Well, just be grateful, I have been at the other end of the spectrum at parent's evening and it was horrendous. No idea my son was doing so craply till parent's evening. It is surprising that they hadn't pointed it out before with your son, but, well, he's doing well, so that's good....not sure what you're worrying about, tbh 
DH had the pleasure of parent's evening last night (45 minute wait!); and they didn't say that DS is a nightmare child, who drives everyone to distraction and impossible to reason with.
So I am pretty pleased, too, genuinely!!! 
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DD is 5a in "something"; DH couldn't remember what, though.
I don't think it's all that unusual in Yr2 to be taught at Yr4 levels. At Yr2 there's a massive range from what I've seen and kids can plateau or accelerate from then on. Our school is an average inner city, v.diverse primary who teach certain subjects according to ability rather than age. Last year in DS's Yr2 class there were a couple of kids doing literacy with Yr6, two more with Yr5 and half a dozen with Yr3. With Maths they differentiated too, so the top table were working way above Yr2 levels. It's brilliant that your school's stretching him, but keeping him happy too. It must be a good school. 
Re: the not realising your younger one was actually quite bright!
Yes, guilty of this a bit. DD1 was an early talker, very sociable, quite needy and we had high hopes for her at school - PFB syndrome . DD2 (3 years younger) was always a lot more placid, quite content to pootle about on her own as a baby/toddler, and we always thought when they were younger that no. 1 was going to be the academic one and no. 2 would smile sweetly. Roll on a few years and it's DD2 who is the brainier one - mad thoughts of scholarships etc - whilst DD1 is very bright in one area but average in most.
Who knows how DD3 will fare? although she does seem to enjoy numbers and counting.....hmm...
Congratulation!
I wish I had a parent's evening like that. I tend to get a bit of an awkward silence and then "J..yes...what can i say about J?. He's got a fantastic vocabulary. He's very knowledgeable about animals. And dinosaurs... erm"
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