Moved down already!

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My dd has just started Year 1, she loved reception and was placed in red group, which was the more able learners. She was also part of their more able cohort and went up to Year 1 for her literacy. Her end of year report showed she was on hold levels for everything. Three weeks back and she told me today she has been move down a group, as you can imagine I quite surprised. Also she has started crying at drop off which she never did for reception, she told me her teacher ripped a page out of her book as she said it wasn't her best work. Any ideas of how to handle the conversation I will be having with the teacher tomorrow.

What about the ripped-out page?

Hi just a thought about her worry and upset about being moved - if she is a natural worrier about her academics and a perfectionist and gets upset if she can’t do something (I can relate!) try researching and working on growth mindset in particular the leaning pit. My current class as a whole are quite nervous and don’t like to make mistakes and get quite upset if they can’t do something straight away and we’ve been using the learning pit and it’s really helped them.

Can't believe the OP just suggested a teacher leave her job 'for the children's sakes'. That is so bloody rude.

The growth mindset / building resilience advice is spot on for a child who is crying about ability groupings in their year 1 class. Mental health is far, far more important than academic ranking.

Particularly since waiting’s post was in response to a specific suggestion from the OP that was so far over the line of normal/acceptable that I’m surprised she’d be able to able to see it with binoculars.

OP that was an outrageous thing to say to a qualified teacher.

Now that you have been reassured that your dc is still over achieving you don't care about anything else? How odd. The ripped out page no longer an issue for you then?

FWIW you still have a dozen or so years of this to go. You need to ease back. Your dd may well not be in the top groups for everything as she progresses, and this is something that you have to accept and go along with.

To be even contemplating marching in and demanding she be reassessed so that she can be on the top table at age 5 is just.... bonkers

Oh dear...

Was it the first page in the book? I have seen first pages ripped out (not done in a shouty way just a quiet, you can do better than this way, let's try again) if we feel the child is capable of better.
It's sort of saying we are having high standards this year. We expect your best and we want you to try again so the first page in your book is really amazing and inspiring and you take pride in it.

Do teachers really rip the page out? You hear(or read) it on MN, but never actually experienced it myself. If they do, I think it's really mean and unnecessary, for whatever reason.

Yes but you don’t know how bright the other children are or the progress they have made.

I've removed pages from books irvine. Not in anger but to show that there is a standard of work that is acceptable and a standard that's not.
Admittedly, I have been upper KS2 for many years now where it is easier to explain to a child why you are removing the work. Most of the time, when asked, they agree that they've rushed, ruined or just tried it on with their efforts.

Oh, thank you Coconut. I do get what you mean, and I will take back my comment. I understand it's sometimes necessary.

I really think you need to chill out OP or it is going to be a long few years that your DC are at school for.

Teachers need to be able to seat kids where they need to without having parents complaining. Some DC develop later and so the brightest in reception won't necessarily be in KS2.

My experience is there is transience in seating arrangements even in KS2 sometimes its mixed sometimes not. My dd is sometimes on 'top table' but sometimes not. I'm actually pretty surprised the school had a 'top table' in reception and would be relieved the Y1 teacher has more sense .

Do teachers really rip the page out? You hear(or read) it on MN, but never actually experienced it myself. If they do, I think it's really mean and unnecessary, for whatever reason.

I really think that in comparison to some of the teachers we had 'mean' cannot be used to describe any modern primary teacher I've come across.

Just pointing out a few days later, OP, that the way you spoke to Waitingonasmile speaks absolute volumes about you.