To contact school?

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DD 15, is very good at maths and is reading ahead as the teacher isn’t going fast enough. She also does her homework in class while the others are catching up.
she’s taking highers this year ( Scotland) would like to go to uni. Is bored in maths. Should I say something to the school?
DH says no, I’ll just make trouble for her.
unfortunately DH said not to contact the school ( I did about something else) and they rang while he was here, and he was pulling angry faces and tutting while I was trying to talk. I went into another room and he sneaked up and stood outside to listen. Now we are in a big row and I don’t know what’s best.
thanks.

Is she already on track for a top grade? If so I think school will deem that as job done and you are unlikely to get very far. They will want to concentrate on the students who are struggling or have potential to do better than they currently are.
I had this problem at school and my dad used to tell me that finding ways to endure boredom was an important life skill! And actually it sounds like your daughter has found a way to put her time to good use by doing her homework, good on her.
Perhaps she could spend the time that she would have spent doing homework extending her maths at home or pursuing something else that interests her.

Thanks Scarborough I remember my dad saying similar now you mention it! I’ll chill out a bit and do as DH says and not contact the school.
he’s worried I’ll make things worse for her.

Your DH sounds like a bit of an arse!

I don’t know what’s best re: maths, but his approach to you is horrible.

DH sounds like an arse

Is dd already in the top group? Perhaps ask if she can have access to extra maths during lessons if she completes her work bored kids are not productive kids and there is a risk they will try to dumb themselves down due to boredom

The course might get more difficult as the year progresses. Has she spoken to her teacher? Could she do practice papers or access one of the university which provides material? Does she get full marks in tasks? I would be checking those routes

Thank you! She regularly gets 1 question wrong, which is because she can be a bit slapdash (according to her!)
I think I’ll see what a university will be looking for, and yes, see if there’s harder things she can do. She is bored - and depressed I think. Maybe I will have a discrete chat with the teacher.
I shouldn’t have contacted the school - DH said he told me not to. But I do I want to know what the system is, and I’m pretty fed up, if I’m honest, that DH was sloping about pulling furious faces and sneaking about listening in, then gets angry because I’ve made him look stupid to the school (i said I’d call them back)

All her local mates went to a different school. She’d like to swap schools to be with thise mates for the last year. She’s got stuck with a group she doesn’t like and is pretty miserable I think. The school with the mates is known locally as a bad school, but she’d be with mates and she seems to be able to do the maths anyway.
sorry, this has got me wondering if I regularly do things wrong, and whether it is actually me. But that’s another thread!

Personally I would say definitely talk to the school, asking for advice around how/where to enrich her maths. Talking of which nrich is a good site, also look at the maths trust. National cipher challenge is going on at the moment. There is so much more online nowadays, I remember extremely well being your daughter, maths being easy, school being boring, beginning to turn off completely. In my case I was rescued by an introduction to maths olympiads - pre-internet days so problem sets and books that I wouldn't have been able to find for myself.

If you have an issue about anything at all that involves the school, it is highly appropriate to contact them to discuss or ask for advice, your DH is an idiot and you shouldn't have to tiptoe around him.

Good luck.

The UKMT mentoring scheme is worth a look.
https://ukmt.org.uk/enrichment/mentoring
Has she entered things like the Intermediate Maths Challenge?

Oh thank you!
no, the school doesn’t seem to offer anything like that at all. Thank you, I need to do some research, obviously.