AIBU to send a snotty email to school?

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My DD is in year 6 of a small school. She is very capable - greater depth in sats results and has a place at a very competitive grammar locally. The rest of her cohort are low ability and there is a high percentage of SEN. This hasn't been a problem generally and I have always felt the school have provided challenge for DD. Today however we had a conversation about what she had been doing at school. She said that in maths she went on the computer like always. I asked what she meant and it turns out that for the last three weeks she has been playing two maths games on the laptop as what the others are doing is too basic for her. She doesn't have a problem with this and has enjoyed it but she has had no teacher input or actual teaching herself. I'm pretty pissed off about this. I understand that she is more capable than the others but she has a right to be taught and stretched too. In my mind they should be setting her up for a strong start at secondary, plugging any gaps they feel she might have and building her confidence. Instead she has had nothing. I am going to write an email but just wanted to check that I'm not being over-zealous in my reaction. AIBU?

Why on earth is she in a class full of such “low ability” children..?

What game is this? Whilst maybe not ideal, I can think if some online maths resources which are like actual lessons.

Why not write a reasinable evidence based email without being snotty? Or you know, just let it go

YABU it's close to the end of term, year 6 work incredibly hard all year round then after Sats they relax a bit, do plays, end of year assemblies and generally all the fun stuff they've missed during the year. He new school will challenge her plenty in September, leave it alone!

Perhaps you could help 'plug the gaps' during the summer holiday? Perhaps the computer games are doing just that and consolidating knowledge.

She’s starting the very competitive grammar in Sep and has a week left with the shit kids so 🤷‍♀️

Goddess I expect it's the only year 6 class in the school.

It’s a small school so they’ll have limited resources for a start, plus she’s probably ahead of the curriculum and it’s pretty much the end of the school year . Yabu

I'd relax. It's the end of Y6 and you are over-invested and over-reacting.

Also, 'the rest of her cohort are low ability'?

Or you could send a lovely email thanking them for all they have done over the past 7 years, which has supported your child to reach greater depth and to access her place at the competitive grammar.

She hasn’t been doing ‘nothing’ though, she’s been using the computer for Maths skills rather than work that is ‘beneath’ her standard. She’s already accepted into a grammar school, and ta end of term. Give the teachers (and her) a break for goodness sake.

How exactly do you want them to deal with this in the last week - set your daughter Year 7 work whilst everyone else is winding down for summer?

rosesinmygarden

Unless the OP sits in all the other children’s parent teacher meetings how on earth does she know her daughter is the brightest in the whole class?

Well I wouldn’t write a ‘snotty’ email. I’d write a sensible one outlining your concerns that she has been left on her own for the last few weeks. I’m not sure what you’re hoping for though isn’t she done next week? And it seems she has had no problem performing well so they have been able to teach her well enough to progress to the school you want her at.

I wouldn't bother unless you want to end on a bad note with the school. If she got greater depth then clearly they've been teaching her well. It's a challenge to achieve. Also, our school is completely off timetable atm with various assemblies and things going on. It might not be every day.

YABU. If she's so far ahead there shouldn't be any gaps

If she's achieved greater depth then she will have finished the yr6 curriculum for maths and English and won't have any more progress to make. She is consolidating her learning while the others continue their learning.

Maybe your email shouldthsnk them for helping her reach her potential, instead.

What Lostinnorfolk said. I eally wouldn't - it's the end of term and she's done sats. Why piss the school off now.

Or you could send a lovely email thanking them for all they have done over the past 7 years, which has supported your child to reach greater depth and to access her place at the competitive grammar.
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This with bells on....

You could write an email, but what would be the point?
What do you want them to sort out, she’s leaving!

Since SATs my granddaughter's Year 6 class have been doing their end of term play! Maybe the school looks on this time as an opportunity to give extra time to the less able. If your daughter is as bright as you think the school will have bent over backwards to ensure that she got good SATs results, 'to make the Head look good', to quote my granddaughter!
After being greenhoused through 2 1/2 terms of non-stop SATs practice she deserves a break, she would learn little new and would forget it over the Summer.

Is this a reverse, you're the teacher and the parent has complained? I cant imagine someone being so self unaware.

Yep, send the snotty email. Everyone else does.

The rest of her cohort are low ability and there is a high percentage of SEN

It isn’t contagious.

Is this a reverse, you're the teacher and the parent has complained? I cant imagine someone being so self unaware.

I was also wondering if this was a reverse. Or the OP is ‘that parent’ and has been a PITA for the past 7 years.....

Goddess I didn't say she did ... I was just answering your question.

Having taught in small schools and having been a parent in a small school, sadly the OP possibly does know the general ability level of the class. Things like that are not generally a secret.