Child pretends to need help for teacher time - Experience?

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My dd recently had 12/20 for a X table test, which I was surprised at, especially as some on the sheet just had a x. When I asked her to do them at home, she got 18/20 and did them within 5 minutes. DD said that she wanted to finish quickly, as others had and were allowed to go off and do reading. I explained this to the teacher, who said that she needed help with another table test prior to this, which I was shocked at, as it is one she knows the best and is proud of!

On querying my dd later about this other test, she admitted she pretends she can't do them, so the teacher comes and helps her.

Needless to say I have told her she can't do this, for so many reasons, but I am still not sure she really understands the implications of it.

I also haven't told the teacher what dd told me, as I felt she wasn't that happy that I had retested dd at home and dd has in the past struggled with maths - which is probably why she has come to like the attention!

Any teachers have any experience of this and suggestions on where I go from here?

Thanks

As a parent I wouldn't worry about this. She'll get bored of doing this or the teacher will figure out that she is doing it for attention.

Sounds a little confusing.

I think getting 6 more right at home repeating a test at school, sounds not unusual. Think of all the distractions. I know dd2 can easily double her score in a less distracting environment.

My next question is why is the teacher helping them during a test? If the teacher starts helping them during a test then ones like my dd2 who is lazy would suddenly find she needed help too.

What helps my dd2 is either competitiveness or incentive. So I'd do a chart for the wall that she can write down her score on, and maybe give a prize for 17/20 or higher, or 5 weeks of 15/20 or higher.