DS1 is 4 1/2 and has been at school since September (stupid single point of entry school system). He won't be 5 until the summer holidays.
He says school is boring. At his last parents' evening, his teacher volunteered that she thought he was bored sometimes because some of the work was too easy for him. I asked whether it would be possible to provide him with harder work in the bits that are too easy for him, but she said she didn't want to push him. I felt positioned as pushy parent (which I really don't think I am, I just don't want him getting bored and turned off learning).
I also think he's bored because it's quite a boring school - they do far more sitting and practicing their letters than they are supposed to do in Foundation year. A friend who's a Foundation year teacher in another school says hers is much more like nursery. This is nothing like nursery. I don't think DS is developmentally ready to sit down for hours and practice reading and writing.
Is it worth asking to see the teacher to see if we can make it less boring for him, or should I just grit my teeth for another term and hope it gets better next year with a different teacher? My fear is that talking to her wouldn't do any good (she doesn't seem child-centred or prepared to treat them as individuals. We had Issues earlier about pee-accidents and she didn't handle that the way we asked her to). Then I worry we'd just get a reputation for being awkward parents, and if in the future there was some bigger issue, we'd not be listened to. (She's also the deputy head).
It's not a huge issue. He's not playing up or causing trouble in the classroom. Mostly I'm worried about his long term feelings about school and education.