nursery teacher uninterested

[ebwy]

My 3 year old is one of those kids who likes learning. Whe. He started in his school nursery in September he was able to count and identify all of his letters and numbers. He's long since learned his phonics and how to write all the letters too. So twice at parent evenings I've asked what his next steps should be to get him reading, hoping for suggestions. First time she said "well, if he doesn't do it where I can see it then it doesn't count" but no reply to whether she'd assessed him recently. Second time all I got was "We don't worry about that until reception anyway"

It's like she doesn't actually want him to carry on learning. All I wanted was some hints so what we do at home because he wants to ("mammy, we learn now?") isn't going to conflict with what they do there.

Surely as a teacher she should be pleased to have a child who wants to learn and be encouraging him? I just hope his reception teacher is better

It must be very frustrating. One of my friends also has a very advanced child and every year at school/nursery she had to tell the teacher he could read (well). She is not very assertive.
You need to be assertive and ask them for a learning plan, ask them how they are gong to help your child to develop academically over the next few weeks. What reading material they have available, how often they will send it home.
Alternatively, they you could just treat nursery as socialising experience and do the reading/writing/maths at home with your child.
Incidentally, both my boys who are good at maths and reading struggled with the writing aspect - if you do stuff at home make sure you include pen contol.