DD has got a level 5a-is this ok?

[letseatgrandma]

She's just had her Apgar score. I know she'll be one of the younger ones in her year and I probably seem a bit pushy, but I don't really know what all these scores mean. I really think she's really quite gifted and is almost certainly Oxbridge material.

Is there anything I can do to push her over the summer? Workbooks maybe?

Pah! My dc all scored higher than that when they were still in the womb. Have you thought about getting a tutor for her?

Unless she is fluent in mandarin, Russian and latin and grade 6 on the cello/banjo I am afraid she will never amount to anything - sorry

I'm so sorry, OP. You must be terribly disappointed. Level 6 is where it's at

Sorry if I seem pedantic, but isn't an Apgar score, the test they give newborns?
If you mean Sats score, then yes I think 5a is about as high as you can go at Primary School.

Sorry to break it to you, but she's decidedly below average.

A tutor over the summer may help, but it's a long shot.

No it isn't, Savannahgirl.

Oh it's such a disappointment isn't it? I know as my cleaner's child got a very similar result and has gone on to rob houses. Still, at least he's good with his hands. Maybe something like home economics will be more her level? Puree making?

Oh it's such a disappointment isn't it? I know as my cleaner's child got a very similar result and has gone on to rob houses. Still, at least he's good with his hands. Maybe something like home economics will be more her level? Puree making?

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I'd second the private tutoring but I think the best you can hope for is an ASBO.

Aw have you just had a baby Congrats!!

Or is it just a straightforward pisstake thread? I usually get it wrong.

Have you considered KUMON [runs]

Apgar in school? Eh?

maybe thats why I was a crap midwife

What does it measure feenie?

I'm not being awkward, but I genuinely thought it was the test they give babies 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth. Never heard of it used at school unless I'm being supremely daft and totally misunderstood the thread

She's obviously a 'bright' child, but is being failed by her first teachers. (That's you, letseatgrandma )

You can get a level 6 in primary school, savannah...

You are right Savannah girl!

Oh - I am being supremely daft.....you meant 5a isn't as high as SATS go.

Sorry

I think you've misunderstood the thread Savannahgirl
Feenie was saying 5a isn't as high as you go in primary (there isn't a limit)

What's important is that she's happy. Lots of children only achieve 5a, and go on to live perfectly fulfilling lives.

Thanks billcomptonstrousers - I seem to posting at cross purposes!

Think I'll scuttle away now

savannah I'm confused too.

Want to have a and watch this unfold??!!

Ah... it just clicked.

I think.

I feel for you, OP - we do all like to feel our DCs are special, don't we? As I said, you have my sympathy - neither of my DDs were awarded their Masters' Degrees until they were 9 months, and only one of them was doing astrophysics...

Still, they'll make perfectly good female bishops, I expect.

or ministers of Education