Royal Institution Maths Masterclasses For Primary Kids

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My Y4 son came home from school last week with a letter inviting him to attend a series of Saturday classes at Royal Institution Maths starting October. He is super excited!

Has anyone had a primary child attend? What should he/we expect?

I know he is VERY good at maths (we use Atom Learning). He typically scores > 90% in school tests (100% in Year 2 SATS) but his teacher consistently marks him as "meeting expectations" rather than greater depth and hasn't given us a clear explanation why.

Does anyone know how the kids get chosen?

This?

"Teachers and educators nominate a small group of students who have an emerging interest in STEM subjects to attend a near-by series of Mathematics or Computer Science Masterclasses."

I did these as a kid - loved it.
My kids haven’t done these maths masterclasses, but they go to holiday workshops at the Ri and they are all brilliant. Awesome institution.
I bet your DS will really enjoy it.

Teacher markings could be based on the fact he scored highly in reception and so he's just tracking the same scores.

Our teacher scores across national scores.

Ask for the standardised scores to check progress nationally. SATs in Year 2 aren't particularly indicative and nor is a comparison between classmates. It's too small a field. Ours do NFER.