Our daughter has always been clever. She’s always been ahead of her peers and this was picked up at nursery. She’s an October birthday.
She’s now in y2 and really frustrated.
She was frustrated in y1 but because she’s at a small village school she was taught with y2’s so the issues weren’t as highlighted.
The school has now got more students and enough to have a separate y2 class.
I understand that most schools are taught with schemes now. Do these accommodate children that are faster learners or already have the knowledge? I can see how bored she is which is such a shame as she loves learning. She said they rarely to independent learning and when they do she finishes before everyone else and then has to help the other children.
I’ve spoken to her teacher who promised to give the children that were more able, additional challenges. It seems this has lasted 5 minutes.
I don’t really know what to do. She wizzes through exercise books we buy for her… then I’m worried we should be leaving it for school. But she’s inquisitive and genuinely loves learning.
Please don’t think we are pushy parents either! I’m still trying to get our 5 year old son to count to 10 but literally anything and everything is more interesting!
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Justhearforadvice2023 · 04/10/2023 22:50
parietal · 04/10/2023 23:02
this is tricky, but if she accelerates too much at school, she will always be separate from the rest of the class.
I'd encourage her to take part in lessons, do the work set (even if it is too easy) and the extensions, and to focus on making friends and helping people too.
then at home, you can help her have broader knowledge. So not going ahead in the syllabus, but reading more widely or trying out different activities in art / music / computer programming etc. Things that are parallel to the school lessons rather than ahead.
at this age, the kids who are ahead seems like they are miles ahead, but they will all settle down. And in the long run, it won't really do her any favours to be a long way ahead of her peers.
namechangefanx · 18/11/2023 19:48
I've never felt teaching the less able kids are exploitative as we were able to stretch DD at home. The teachers have said it's so difficult to give her challenge when she is so advanced, which is not just 2-3 years but 5 or 6. They're simply not trained to teach higher level curriculum. For many gifted children acceleration by 1 year would simply not be enough unfortunately.
For this reason we're probably opting independent sector for secondary (if she gets accepted with bursary) who are able to cater for her academic needs but also have the holistic approach to education.
Justhearforadvice2023 · 04/10/2023 22:50
Our daughter has always been clever. She’s always been ahead of her peers and this was picked up at nursery. She’s an October birthday.
She’s now in y2 and really frustrated.
She was frustrated in y1 but because she’s at a small village school she was taught with y2’s so the issues weren’t as highlighted.
The school has now got more students and enough to have a separate y2 class.
I understand that most schools are taught with schemes now. Do these accommodate children that are faster learners or already have the knowledge? I can see how bored she is which is such a shame as she loves learning. She said they rarely to independent learning and when they do she finishes before everyone else and then has to help the other children.
I’ve spoken to her teacher who promised to give the children that were more able, additional challenges. It seems this has lasted 5 minutes.
I don’t really know what to do. She wizzes through exercise books we buy for her… then I’m worried we should be leaving it for school. But she’s inquisitive and genuinely loves learning.
Please don’t think we are pushy parents either! I’m still trying to get our 5 year old son to count to 10 but literally anything and everything is more interesting!
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lemonsandlimesx · 19/11/2023 12:08
School isn't just about academic learning though is it.
I often find the more able kids are quite rude, as they think they know better and because they complete their school work quickly, they don't have to follow school rules and expectations.
Keep encouraging your DD at home.
Get her into after school clubs.
Encourage her socially.
This whole narrative about school just being for academic learning, really baffles me.
How can a child be bored. Maths and English aren't the only subjects. PE, dance, science experiments, quiet reading, art, history, DT investigations etc etc.
It's just a ridiculous notion to say she's bored. She may complete the work early, but not all learning is about that. Creativity and investigating and making also has an impact. PE lessons are not just about jumping on the spot 20 times to see who is the quickest...
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