Advice needed!

[TheDenimCrow]

Bit of background: My daughter 5f is currently in Yr 1. When she was in reception she had a good friend group of academically bright kids that were challenging each other and she was making really good progress at school. Her friend group unfortunately all left the school towards end of reception (various reasons: not because of the school)

Now she is in Yr 1 - she doesn't really have a close friend/friend group and floats around with anyone in the call (I am totally fine with this). But she does seem to have lost the academic challenge. She comes home a lot and says the work is too easy.

I mentioned this to her teacher at parent-teacher meetings and her teacher seemed a bit surprised and her report showed she was on target for all areas.

After this, I thought it best to look into tutoring to make sure she is still being challenged as I think its important that they understand school isn't meant to be easy, learning should be a challenge, but still fun. She is enjoying tutoring, she likes the lessons, and she says some questions are hard but she overall she's liking it.

I had a progress meeting with the tutor and her initial assessments show she's working at Yr 2 level in all areas of maths and most areas in English. This seems to line up fairly well with what she tells me about how she finds the schoolwork.

So now for my issue: for whatever reason I don't think the school seem to see a need to challenge her further.

My thoughts as to why:
A - my daughter is playing around in school instead of working because she doesn't find it challenging
B - the tutor's curriculum doesn't line up with the school one and maybe she's not working at as high a level as they are telling me
C - the teacher just isn't noticing because with 30 kids in the class it's hard to single out some (although I do know there is a group of kids that are doing stretching maths lessons separate from the class and she isn't in this group)

I don't know how to approach the school about this without looking like a parent who just has an overinflated ego when it comes to their kid.

For all the people that will say my kid is 5 they don't need to worry about it now... I don't do extra work with her at home, she does school and 1 hr tutoring a week and the rest of the time she is doing clubs, playing etc, she's not studying 24/7.

A - Probably, shes bright and not getting enough from school

B - She probably is at Y2 level, any decent tutor will follow the curriculum which is basically the same regardless of school

C- For sure, unless your child is trouble maker or falling behind ( or a once in a teachers lifetime genius) she will be invisible in class. Sorry.

I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for the school to do anything, I would be trying to do more at home - Bond books, 5-6 , reading together, doing non-verbal reasoning books. It sounds like your doing well with lots of clubs etc, but you should be working with her at home, its hard to find the time. Work with your tutor on her weak areas, you said 'most' of English, work on the weak spots.

Ignore anyone who says you're crazy to tutor at 5, many on here tutor in Y1 if they're trying for selective private schools at 7+ entry. I wouldn't go above an hour a week for now, maybe step up in Y2 to 2 hours. For many parents aiming for private selective senior school or grammar at 11+ , tutoring from Y1 is normal too, and they'll be tutoring themselves at home. Just ensure it's fun.

Thanks, I was worried I was overthinking everything. I will take your advice on board and make sure I am supporting enough at home. She loves reading, the area she is a bit behind on is spelling as I haven't wanted to go near phonics as all the schemes seem different and didn't want to confuse her with what she's learning at school but her reading is pretty fluent now so hopefully the spelling will catch up quick now.