What would you do if your year 6 child was a 3B in numeracy?

[satdown]

Would you employ a tutor?
Coach them yourself?
Expect school to provide extra tuition?

Dont know the best way forward. As a bit of background she was 2a in year 2.

Thanks.

I would first be asking the school why they hadn't flagged this up earlier, why they hadn't addressed the issue earlier, and what were they going to do about it now?

How is she in the rest of her studies? How is she socially? How happy is she (and are you) with school generally?

If it were me, I would get a good tutor in and do lots of back up work (tutor led) with my child myself.

All of the above

All of the above, but based on the assumption that the school will do nothing.

Thanks.

It would depend on what her scores were in years 3, 4 and 5.

What bonsoir said.

seeker = year 3 3c, year 4 3c, year 5 3b.

5's for reading, writing and science currently.

And what did the teachers say when you raised the lack of progress?

And how is the school intending to address the lack of progress?

I would download an old SATS paper & see what areas she's struggling with. Was the 2a maybe a bit optimistic because really going on that you would expect her to be a 4b/a.

That's quite a big gap between her English & maths scores. Do they do booster classes or anything like that? Definitely talk to her class teacher & see what they suggest.

Address it with the school to see how they can support her, but do not rely on them as they are clearly failing her.
In parallel, get a tutor and monitor it closely.
Do not rely on school.

If you wanted to pay for a tutor, then an alternative is a website called Whizz.com that assesses (roughly) where your child is at, but starts lessons below their ability and works through the whole curriculum step by step, ensuring all steps are followed in a structured order.

It is a fantastic programme and has been very beneficial to us

a bit that she made so little progress from y3-6, presumably as you are. Every junior school round here is doing after school boosters from now til SATS - my ds is trying to get higher than his current 4c but he is SEN. Would definitely get a tutor.

In addition, check she knows all her times tables (we generally go 2x, 10x, 5x, then the rest from 3 upwards in order. Make sure she can halve and double, number bonds, place value to thousands, column addition and subtraction; multiplication and understanding that division is its inverse operation. 2d and 3d shapes. stuff like that. maybe check out coolmathsforkids - I use this a lot both in school and at home with my own children.

My dds school did provide tuition in Y6 for all children who were just below the threshold for level 4. it really depends what the problem is - and you need to ask the school what her scores are for the different parts of the Maths tests. it could be that she is OK on the written papers but needs more practise with Mental Maths or that the problem is working under timed conditions and she is not completing the tests.

OP that is a big disparity!

I would ask school why they think that is. Where are her weak points? Is it a crisis of confidence? etc

I have a meeting with her teacher next week. Should I ask for either the numeracy co-ordinator or a member of senior management to be present? I hate meetings with teachers, I plan in my head beforehand what I am going to say but end up sitting mute whilst they bullshit me. But this time I am determined to speak up.

Have they bull shitted you at parent's evenings in previous years? What did they say?

What does your dd say about it?

My dd came home on the last day of Summer term and told us the teacher said she had got a 3c at the end of year 5. We were shocked that this hadn't been raised as an issue before.
We hired a tutor who came for an hour a week, we bought lots of Maths games and did as much incidental Maths as possible.
Dd got a 4b at the end of year 6. She went into year 7 in set 3, did an assessment at Christmas and got 89% and moved up to set 2.

Don't despair, it is possible, but be pro-active and do Maths little and often to reinforce concepts.
HTH

CeliaFate That's encouraging. Unfortunately she has a "Can't do, won't do" attitude to maths and she is a very stubborn character.

Have you had any parents evenings over the last 3 years?

Have reverted back to old name BTW, but thought the change was quite clever. Ho hum. Yes seeker we have but you always live in hope that things will improve. She has had a lot of intervention but none has helped.