Class of 30 with 5 tables grouped by ability. Would you expect that to be 5 tables each with different abilities including a distinct top table, or arranged more loosely, eg. 2 top tables, a middle, 2 lower?
DD started Y1 on what I assume was the "top table". The children were all reading at the highest levels in the class, and her teacher told us at parents evening that she was "ahead of the game".
They've just had a shuffle and she's been moved onto a different table along with a couple of others from her old table. It seems that there are 2 children in the class who are reading at quite a high level, one of whom has stayed on her old table and one of whom is on her new. The best reader in the class has stayed on the old table.
I know that I am probably going to sound a little bit mad, but this is less about a need for her to be on the top table (well, ok, I do want her to be on the top table) and more about whether she is sliding down and if I should be doing more with her at home. Her reading, phonics and spelling are fantastic but her maths is average and her handwriting not great.
In the absence of regular reports from the school it really seems that book bands and ability tables are the only way to know how they're getting on. So is it likely that a class would have 2 top tables?
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Ability tables in Year 1
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treblejeff · 17/11/2016 09:20
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