Hi,
My daugher has just gone in to year 1. She has some SEN's and we wern't sure how she'd cope with the change.
She is about 2 years behind developmentaly and has a speech disorder.
Since going into year 1, she's changed so much. She always wants to be first in, she takes a lot of pride in her work, she's always got her hand up to answer questions etc.
Every day I pick her up, the teacher says what a star she's been etc, or she has a sticker for good work.
She play acts a lot at home and when she plays schools and I have to be the teacher, she acts like Hermiony Granger. 
She always asks to read her new book that she's bought home from school, where as before I had to encourage her to read it, and at bed time she'll often say "lets do some maths". 
She is still struggeling to read simple words and is still working on her phonics as she dosn't recognise all the alphobet yet. I'd say she was making steddy progress, but it's the change in attitude I'm shocked by.
Why is she like this all of a sudden? Can a new teacher have that big an influence, or could it be the older children? They have mearged years 1 and 2.
Does this mean she's more likely to catch up with her peers or is it all a big act? I'm not sure what to make of it, it seems too good to be true. 