To not make DD6 (Year 1) do homework?

[Thesnailonthewhale]

She was 6 in December, an she's above age related expectations in all areas. Reading age of 8y6m.doing Year 2 maths etc

School are getting a bit uppity about her not completing the set homework each week. (Spellings, some maths sheets etc)

She reads every day without being prompted and is incredibly inquisitive etc helps around the house, plays creatively, is active.
She counts coins at shops, does puzzle books, can tell the time to quarters and halfs and (still working on 5 mins) - weighs and measures ingredients for cooking and baking etc. (all applied maths)

Should I make her do the extra stuff? I can't see the point personally.

there are others ahead on the class, she's not alone in that.

I think your OP may have set people off on the wrong foot as you made it sound like you just don’t think there is any merit in homework so you don’t give it to your child. It’s a bit different if actually it is such a battle and there may be other issues at play.

If she knows the spellings and sums then not sure why you need to do them at home (surely they just get tested at school or are you actually expected to hand in spellings sheets?) The other homework is a harder issue - if my daughter resists I just say fine don’t do it but you can explain to your teacher why you haven’t and that can often be enough to sort her as she wouldn’t want that at school. Might not work for you but if the school raise it with her rather than you would she be more likely to be compliant? If not, sounds like you do have some ways of making it more of a game so you could work with that sometimes but I can see why you wouldn’t want to give her in that state. But also that reaction is so extreme so good luck with getting some help and support for her.

She shouldn't be msde to do it but could be encouraged to do it. No reason why not but homework is not compulsory.