dd (6) bored at school.

[thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat]

dd is pretty bright (sorry if that offends etc but it's true and relevant and I can't be bothered to modify it to insulate myself from parping) and tbh there isn't anything she does at school that stretches her. for 2 years I haven;t minded and neither has she. The only thing I have cared about is her being happy, can't be doing with "stretching" etc for stretching's sake. However recently she's been increasingly complaining of boredom and has at times been pretty unhappy. The effect of not having anything challenging to do is that she can't be bothered to do the stuff she find easy. I keep trying to persuade her that whilst dh and I know she can do it the teacher needs to see that she can. And only then will the teacher realise that she needs something more difficult. However I am not convinced that this approach is working - I don;t think the teacher has sussed her out at all and dd is not enjoying school. The idea of saying this to the teacher makes me shudder. but should I bite the bullet? the timing's bad, coz of course she's only got a few weeks left with this teacher - should I wait til next term? speak to her new teacher? sit on it some more and see if she finds next year better? ask for some extra holiday "work"?

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we did move dd to a private school, but dd1 (yr5) stayed at old school as she is very happy there and doing well, so it's not a state vs private thing. The school they were at regularly comes in the top 3 in the county for results as well. dd1 is quite bright, a hard worker and eager to please (typical 1st child) & all teachers have loved her. dd2 is very bright, easily bored by some subjects (but can spend hours on the things she likes), can be lazy and likes to please herself rather than others. I think with her personality, smaller class sizes made a big difference as the teacher is more able to spot when she is coasting. Another difference is having different teachers for different subjects. She has a sep. teacher for science for eg, so the fact that she may not have finished her English has no 'knock on' effect and she can shine in science.

My first thought was to talk to the teacher in September, but there are still about 5 weeks to go this term. My second thought is that it is worth talking to the teacher now. The school may have teaching assistants that can do extension work with dd and others who might need it (G&T).