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Aibu to get cross that the more advanced children never get 121 help in state schools?

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arethereanyleftatall · 26/01/2016 22:40

I volunteer at my dcs school, listening to children read.
I always listen to the less able pupils.
Outside the classrooms there is always 121 help going on, either with the assistant teacher or another parent volunteer, always always with the less able pupils.
I have been in to the schools hundreds of times, and I have never once seen any of the children who are doing really well, getting extra help.
I get that I should be grateful that my dc don't need the extra help, I get that the class will move forward as a group faster if the less able can keep up, I get that done dc don't get help at all at home, etc etc
But I just wish that sometimes, just once, the kids who are doing well get pushed on.
Aibu?

OP posts:
Brokenbiscuit · 27/01/2016 23:02

Yes indeed monkey, our school certainly has fully qualified teachers that work with small groups and individuals on a 1:1 basis.

IguanaTail · 27/01/2016 23:03

It's not necessarily the person doing the 1:1, it's the quality of what exactly happens in those sessions.

Mouseinahole · 27/01/2016 23:06

I also go into school to hear children read (Yr1/2) and I hear every child regardless of ability. One week Y1 and the next Y2. Other people read with them on other days so every child is heard regularly from free readers to those just starting to read.

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