Yesterday came downstairs to find my nine year old watching a YouTube video about Thermodynamics. He is just as likely to be watching videos of minecraft, football or funny cats.
Discussion with his form tutor at parents evening, and from previous similar evenings - my nine year old already has mastered the study topic between it being announced and them actually starting it. One year the form tutor had to check something ds had told him about obsidian and vulcanism. Ds was right. Yr two he had come across a maths thingy (I don't do numbers) on YouTube before he had been taught it in class and happily explained it to the teacher. He was right.
At the moment it looks like he is learning more from YouTube (far from reliable) than school. I'm not getting anywhere with school trying to get him pushed more. I'm not even sure he is gifted and talented, so being cheeky posting here.
Any suggestions? He's going to stop engaging with school soon.
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LisaMed1 · 14/07/2016 15:03
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