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DD has just started Reception but want her moved up to YR 1!

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rinol · 23/09/2009 19:52

She's the oldest in reception being 5 already and is sooooooo bored!Would the school move her up?!or is this asking too much!I know its early days but she's so disillusioned!what do i do?

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mrz · 23/09/2009 20:49

morningpaper do you think children don't read and write in reception?

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thecloudhopper · 23/09/2009 20:50

Also it may sute her now to move up but what happens say when she is 15 and all her friends are 16 and will be learning to drive before her will be let into pubs before her ect I also think taht she will miss out if she does not have reception as those important social lessons are taught, skills for life are taught ect

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morningpaper · 23/09/2009 20:52

mrz I'm sure it is more complex than it seems to my DD (remember I am relying on her reports)

however, it is fair to say that she was very bored during reception and it wasn't until year 1 that she was given work that she found interesting

I think her experience was also shared by a few others that were the 'old' ones in the year

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Spidermama · 23/09/2009 20:53

Rinol my ds is bored and disillusioned too. It's a major worry and a very bad start to his educational journey.

He's January born, so not particularly old, but has three older siblings so is very savvy and quite advanced in terms of language and interests because he hangs out with older kids.

I also wondered about moving him up as he's very keen to learn to write and read.

I had a similar thread yesterday.

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sarararararah · 23/09/2009 20:54

Sorry, I am so flabbergasted by this thread that I cannot even comment sensibly! You are bonkers. And I NEVER write things like this, always try to be constructive but cannot even think where to begin.

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sarararararah · 23/09/2009 20:55

This is a wind up isn't it? It has to be.

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1dilemma · 23/09/2009 20:57

Of course you are being unreasonable! Sorry

Suppose she was the youngest but bored should they move her?

Suppose she was the oldest but 'behind' all the others.

My own dc could perhaps be described as 'bored' desperate to the point of tears to learn how to read, frustrated by not 'understanding' some of what's going on (behaviourwise, he also knows no ones name!) but moving him up a class isn't the answer.

He goes to the library and has been signed up for some sport on a Saturday and the after-school club one day a week, otherwise we're using the time to talk about all these things and I've got a maths work book we're looking at at home!

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cazzybabs · 23/09/2009 20:57

My dd2 has just started reception but can read as well as some of the Year 1s I teach.... however if I moved her to year 1 she would most deinalty be near the bottom and would miss out on ground work.....

It is so near the start of the year still and differeneration hard so close to the start...but a good teacher will be able to cope.

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morningpaper · 23/09/2009 20:58

Seriously I don't EXPECT the reception year to meet the needs of ALL children ALL the time. Some of the children are still sobbing when their mummies leave and fretting because they've got pants on, and others are already reading. There's a VAST spectrum and I don't think it's so crazily unbelievable to think that some children will find themselves very bored.

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morningpaper · 23/09/2009 20:59

(I think it evens out a lot more by year 1/2)

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mrz · 23/09/2009 20:59

I don't think being the "old" one necessarily means the most "able" "mature" or "school ready".

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1dilemma · 23/09/2009 21:00

Sorry I'm posting erroneously all over the place I thought this was in AIBU I would never have started my reply in that way otherwise

I do stick with the rest of it though!

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francagoestohollywood · 23/09/2009 21:01

I'm sorry your dd feels like this, but honestly impressed by the maturity of all these 5 yrs old.
They do so many things in reception, how can it be boring all the time?

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francagoestohollywood · 23/09/2009 21:03

But even if you already know how to read, there are so many good fun things they do in reception (like preparing for little plays, or grow vegetables etc etc) how can this be boring?
Or would they rather read war and peace the whole school day?

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1dilemma · 23/09/2009 21:04

oh and dc knows the letters of the alphabet, can write them and some other words say them find them etc suddenly told me today we're learning about m and a and s and tomorrow is r.

So I said but you know all those.

like a good little student I got the reply 'yes I know Mummy but we're learning about them properly and learning all sorts of stuff about them as well'

Surely yr 1 will be full? (infant class size prejudice and all that)

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mrz · 23/09/2009 21:05

Sorry I know I'm going to upset/offend some parents but often the children who say they are bored are the ones who lack certain important skills and imagination. So unless they have a worksheet can't pick up a book or piece of paper to write a story or list or instructions or a sign for the role play and can't use numbers in practical situations if they aren't in a sum...

sorry

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morningpaper · 23/09/2009 21:06

What?

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OrmIrian · 23/09/2009 21:06

Oh cybil were they being very naughty I thought it was salt water or soap!

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morningpaper · 23/09/2009 21:08

Mrz you were muttering into your beard then but I think you are saying that some children might be bored but that's because they aren't interested in more creative things that are going on or that they could be doing?

Possibly true. But they are still bored.

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morningpaper · 23/09/2009 21:10

HOWEVER my advice to the OP is just to encourage your child in whatever they DO find interesting and keep your expectations fairly low for the first year. There will be things that they will enjoy but they may not be stimulated as much as they want to be. But by year 1 things even out.

IMVHO which everyone disagrees with

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justaboutautumn · 23/09/2009 21:11

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forehead · 23/09/2009 21:11

OP are you sure that your dd is bored, or is it you who believes that she is so clever, that she should be bored.? Leave her be and let her enjoy being a child. My dd has just started year 1 but wants to go back to reception. She,like your dd is a very able child and is very mature for her age.
We as parents should allow our children to be children.

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morningpaper · 23/09/2009 21:12

She is a total spod TBH

she just wants to play with circuits and wear glasses and live in a dark room writing code

oh no, my mistake, that's me

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smee · 23/09/2009 21:13

DS kept telling me reception was boring too, and he was articulate and advanced in many ways for his age too (though not in all by any means ). But I realised he meant bored because he found it a long day, and boring because he was finding some of it hard. The hardest for him was learning to be part of a larger group, spending so much time away from home, finding friends, discovering his voice within the class, etc. While I think five days is too much for 4/5 yr olds, and also that the days are too long, I still think he grew immensely as a person in reception and am pleased it was largely play based. To me that's what reception is all about isn't it..?

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Ponders · 23/09/2009 21:14

OP not bin back yet?

.......

(just saying)

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