Teaching class how to count to ten for the fourth year in a row

[damselinthisdress]

DD started Year 2 this week. She told me yesterday that she had been learning to count to 100 and on the board when DP went to collect her today was "LO: to be able to count to 10."

She is an able child and regularly does maths at home with DP. Before the summer holidays she was learning long multiplication. I also STAR tested her in year 1 (programme used in secondary schools to test reading ages) and her reading age came out at 9.

Last year she was working with quite a large group of students who seemed to be of similar ability to her. Her teacher this year is new but surely she must have class data or have spoken to the previous teacher to know that most year 2s are able to count to 100, let alone 10?

Should I say something or give it a bit of time?

This is just one other annoying thing to happen on the end of a long list with this school!

It might have been a LO for a SEN child. X

Ask. Nicely and yes, straight away. But more than likely they weren't being taught it - it could have been a warm up, part of another activity.

I hope so, the way DD described it it seemed pretty much as far as it went. 'What comes before this and after that' sort of things.

Thank you though! I will mention to the teacher nicely. Unfortunately my only contact with the school is through email now and I know how tone of voice can be misread in emails

euphemia even counting to 100 they were doing in reception class! I think I will ask, I just didn't want to come across all pushy parent. Especially as I'm a teacher too so know what those pushy teacher parents are like!

I suppose if you are over nice it will come across OK. Normally the first 5 minutes of a lesson is a quick fire warm up, revising previous learning before launching into a different main new focus. Xx

Maybe she was teaching them what a LO us? And used that as an example? (Straws, clutching).

Sorry now you've said you are a teacher I realise I am teaching grandma to suck eggs. I always ask things but in a chatty, nice way, then if there are lower expectations normally the teacher realises it pretty quickly, without too much offence I'm sure.

Thank you Louise, I'll try and pen a really friendly seeming email. I haven't actually met the teacher yet so don't want to get off on the wrong foot.

booboobeedoo well if she was, I'm pretty sure what she had on the board was actually an outcome rather than an objective (disclaimer: it is quite possible that I am wrong there as I often get the two confused myself.)

Y2 should be counting in 2s. 5s and 10s forwards and backwards from 0-100 and beyond and in 3s ...

I would be very surprised if counting in ones to ten was the LO for the whole class unless it us an extremely low attaining class (obviously with the exoecption of your child).

Like Euphemia my board was covered in poorly firmed letters and numbers last week as I made my annual (after seeing first pieces if work) speech about presentation.

I hope that wasn't the LO for the whole class, but DD has said that's what they were doing again today!

They were also learning the "ou" sound which they have already covered in Reception class and Year 1. DD was with quite a big group in her class last year who were all beginning to read chapter books independently so those words will be way too easy for a large number of children in the class.

It's just hard as DD goes to after school club so I never get so see the teacher and have a quick polite chat (it was just luck that DP was off the other day.) An email seems so formal and whiney, I really don't want to be that parent.