DD is not G+T, but how would a g+t child compare?

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I'm just genuinely curious.

DD is Y1, stage 9 of ORT, her maths is good,too, but it's all aspects of literacy where she really excels. She complains that all the other children ask her how to spell things. DD can do her y3 brother's literacy homework -- & he is in the top literacy group in his class.

SO, given dd is only an ordinary bright child, what could a 5-6yo child "gifted" in literacy (using the top 10% definition) do by comparison?

Why do you say she isn't G&T?

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G&T ability is different in every school. It is the top 10% of each year group. So on that score your DD is probably G&T at your school, but the school may no class children in this way, etc.

They don't use the gifted label at ds's school (private). In year 1 he was reading Harry Potter, had the spellings of a 12 year old, was using advanced language. Scored level 3 in sats (wouldn't let him try level 4). I think the governments gited strategy is rubbish as it is only for the top 10% in each school and I have heard of schools that choose the bright ones for this, gifted or not. It should not be about this, there are alot of truly gifted children that under perform at school because they are bored. It is these children that need the support. I am not sure whether this policy was designed to stop the parents of very bright children moving them to the private sector. It's all politics.

As I said on another thread today, schools don't always tell the parents especially not at KS1 where children are on it while forging ahead then taken off it when they plateau. Parents would get too stroppy!

For young children a very rough indication that they might be gifted is if they are operating three years ahead of their chronological peers. The problem with assessing young children (unless you are using a standardized test) is that they may have been in an environment which was particularly conducive to them developing intellectually ahead of their chronological age - and that their peers will eventually catch up. However, given the level your DD is currently operating at I would certainly expect her to be in the top 10% at your school.

Thanks to avenap, because that's what I sort of thought, just was curious.

I asked if I would be informed if dd were on the registrar & they said I would -- & I haven't been, if you see what I mean, hence I know she's not. I honestly dont think it would matter (for dd) if dd made the register or not. She doesn't like being pushed. Also, I was labeled gifted as a child and the extra programme the school put on was a joke, really (pointless, no benefit at all to me).