Nursery teacher has completely undersold DC in report - do I say something?

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I pick my nephew up from nursery school everyday. He is taught by a qualified teacher and turns 4 in August. He received his report today and his teacher has given him the levels 40-60b for everything. However, I think this is far from correct. He can do sums with numbers up to 20. He draws pictures of people with ten features and background details in his pictures. He can do 100 piece puzzles in a few minutes. He can tell the time more so than his seven year old sister. He can spell around ten words and write most letters clearly and do on.

I would say he's brighter than my 5 yo who I was told in her report is exceeding in everything at school. His nursery teacher has never seemed to take to him and I feel like she's done him a disservice by giving him these levels. Would I/my sister being wrong to query it?

Umizoomi he knows lots of 2 and 3D shapes but only got 40-60 beginning rather than the other two possible higher choices. He's definitely demonstrated drawing and writing skills at nursery because he's then bought the work home.

Oh Please Please stop it.

Children develop at different rates. It isn't a race and at 3 he certainly doesn't need to be challenged.

Let him be a (very) little child for a bit.

I'd be more pissed at a nursery messing about with levels and labels at 3 years old.

What difference does it make?

Given that, obviously, the new school will do their own assessment on entry.

I am counting the features on my face.

I can't get to 10.

And it matters because?
Reception teachers are going to do their own assessing anyway and it won't affect his Oxbridge entry.

Is this for real? Seriously people really seriously know that their nephew knows 2d and 3D shapes and he developed drawing and writing skills at nursery.

Thank fuck my youngest is 16.

Hopefully my grandchildren will be protected from this shite as my kids are sensible.

Ha ha Harvard ain't scouting
Brilliant.
Op, calm the fuck down.

Have a look at What to Expect When and it will guide you as to what he's been assessed against

Unfortunately as someone else said, nurseries don't often factor in the extra that children do and won't look higher than the 40-60...ELG's at a push but it's kind of frowned upon until the reception year

What are his social skills/play skills like...are they in line with his academic skills?

Does he get invited to parties?

I am gobsmacked that nurseries are now "grading". In my time, it was teddy-bear nap time and stopping kids smearing jam roly poly and customer on the walls.

customer? *custard!

They should be looking at what the child can do ChishandFips33 even if the child is working at national curriculum level. It sounds as though he is working at 40-60 months apart from telling the time which is NC level. Considering it's a best fit though he would still be put at 40-60 for maths.

Ah you've made me feel better

I got DS yr1 report today and although I've been upbeat and positive in real life, inside I'm really pissed off as it doesn't reflect his abilities or enthusiasm at all

I'm trying to tell myself it doesn't matter, I've felt the teacher hasn't been very good the whole year so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But still, I'm pissed off.

Joins OP on the angry bench.
Grrr.

My little girl was nowhere near as advanced at the end of nursery. As a three/ four year old she was more interested in playing. During the autumn term she overtook the hot housed children. Nursery is not about adding up.

IT DOESNT MATTER
I have a DS born on 29 August. He will start reception in 2017 aged 4 years and 6 days, because the defer process is so complex in this authority.
This extra pressure and BULLSHIT about grading and pigeonholing toddlers doesn't help anyone. Please don't buy into it or give it any weight. All it does is stress out other parents.

What the fuck?

By all reports, I spent most of my nursery year crying in the corner or wetting my pants.

I went on to top my high school year group, and now have 2 degrees and am a commercial lawyer.

I think you can afford to chill out on this.

exitpursuedbyabear not even if you count eyes and eyebrows individually. Maybe he draws very freckley faces? Oh or glasses (turning into guess who)

OP provided Cambridge don't see this report he should be fine.

Start prepping him for child genius now!

Yabu. For all the reasons stated. He isn't even in full time school yet and you are worried about him 'being challenged'. He is 3.

Ds is just finishing reception. He could do the things you say your nephew could, when he was in nursery. He loves shapes and numbers and it comes naturally to him. I don't want him challenged. I want him to learn and enjoy school.

You seem to be thinking he is some sort of child genius and needs nursery teachers to push this. He doesn't. They grade him in what they need to grade him at. Reception isn't even like proper school, it's a lot of learning through play.

Let him be a child and take a step back. If his parents have concerns, try will speak to the school.

"undersold"?! He's not a commodity to be sold to his next school!

School won't take much notice of this report anyway, they will do their own initial assessment and go from there. You really don't need to worry about a nursery report, just enjoy him being small and his excitement at starting school.

He is three he needs a level to progress to when he is 4.
Does he have fun at nursery, is he happy? Those are the important things.