yr6 extension work

[numptymark1]

posted this in primary education but think they are understandably busy with starting school, any advice on this board?

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DD has been a high achiever all the way through school (no boasting, stealth or otherwise)

right the way through they have been really good at mixing age grous of children to provide her with more challenge

but now she is the oldest in the school they have a problem

they have now arranged for a high school teacher to come in for 2 hours per week to work with her

I'm not sure how I feel about this

I don't want her to be covering high school syllabus as I feel it's storing up an issue for high school
they don't sit GCSEs early, so that is not an option, is she just going to spend her maths lessons coasting because she did it in primary?

I work full time so have very little contact with school, I don't know what the HS teacher will be doing but I think I would prefer if she is applying the maths she already has to problem solving to extend her sideways rather than carrying on teaching her HS syllabus

also don't really want to complain about them trying to go the extra mile for for her

what do I do???

Wow that's really good of the school - i'd be grateful and not make a fuss tbh. If it becomes an issue at secondary make a fuss then, but most secondaries will have come across dcs who are very able in Maths. They may not normally let dcs do GCSEs early (good!) but they shoul have the resources to continue to stretch her - taking an exam or not taking it is by the by really.

ah, so it's not just me that dislikes early exams

I think I just want more understanding tbh

I remember when I was in primary I went to a 'summer school' on saturday mornings at Manchester uni -it was all applying maths/science to fun things -I would like her to have the oportunity to do this, which for all I know, she may be?