Paretns Evening Questions

[Madascheese]

I'm rather tentatively posting here,I want to do the right thing for littlemad but really don' want to push him too much as he's only 4 1/2.

He started reception in September already reading fluently and very able at maths. He's been put with the Year 2 pupils for Maths and is readng Level 10 books without any problem.

The school have been really good so far and acknowledge he's very able - he had his times tables down about a year ago and is really very good at all sorts of problem solving. his recepion teacher has a son who is really able as well which helps and they did a great job of settling him in.

I've got first parents evening on Wednesday and just would like any advice or suggestions on things I should be asking/talking about. I haven't really got any concerns about what the school are doing but want to make sure we are getting everything 'right' for him.

I've been very laid back about the whole thing so far - though I have noticed since he's gone to school he has a tendency to pretend he doesn't know the answer which is not something he would have ever done before.

Please be gentle!
Thanks

[Madascheese]

Fab thanks.

That's really helpful - I had been worried about him settling in socially because of his sideways sort of way looking at the world but judging by the stream of visitors we now get round here he's 'managing' :) He is very good at charm!

Will focus on that strategy thing - I guess it might be helping him settle but I just don't want it to become a habit.

Thanks again

[onimolap]

You'll probably get only about 10 minutes. You don't seem to have any academic worries, so ask about how he's settling in socially and what he's like in the classroom, and whether his coping strategy of pretending not to know things is harmful or helpful at this stage.