Or is it just a waste of breath? Y3 son. Comfortably above average in year group but certainly not stellar. Not particularly outstanding at anything although fairly able at music i.e. two musical instruments at Grade 1, which he considers his 'thing'. Okay at sports - not rubbish, but not outstanding.
Same old children at school tend to win competitions, get the special house awards etc. (I know this isn't really much different anywhere else by all accounts btw) House awards have just been given to certain children who performed in a musical evening - he performed but didn't get one. On the face of it his performance wasn't manifestly different to anyone else's - truly and honestly, that's not a mothers rose tinted spectacles I promise! He's not the only one that didn't get an award but he's really disappointed. Of course I have dealt with that in the usual way saying it's all about taking part etc. etc.
He has recently done exams and is comfortably in the top half of the year across the board (they give you the year group average and median marks). Yet he has been left in the bottom set for maths - no real reasoning given - I suspect it's because I don't make a fuss.
Anyhow. Specifics aside - I'm just giving background - is it just the case that, in a class of 19, if you're middling at stuff, don't really speak up and just behave yourself you are going to fade into the background a bit? I am a very laid-back parent so don't really get very exercised about these things but am I doing him a disservice by not standing up for him? He does legitimately seem to be being overlooked at the moment but does it even really matter in the long run? And, even if I do say something, is it likely to be counter-productive?
Or does this all just sound like sour-grapes and I should suck it up?!
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Is it ever worth saying anything if your quiet well-behaved child is overlooked?
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ZakuroFujiwara · 05/06/2014 19:01
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