Basically my son is in primary school (England) - Nursery to Year 6. 4 years old to 11y then to high school. He (and a couple of others) are very good at math.
What action should my school take to support him / others when next year comes?
Y7 is high school - 8mi away?
Give him the afternoon off? (sorry!)
2007-03-19 00:40:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
::: Forgot to add - They get extra money to support under acheavers for support staff, but none / no where near enough for support staff for 'others'...
Educ - dept confirm it's up to school to fund!!!!!
2007-03-19 01:06:44 · update #1
Sorry, but you are misinformed on a couple of points. Whilst schools do get extra finance for SEN (Special Educational Needs) they also get additional funding for the GAT (Gifted and Talented) children. If your child is working on the Y6 curriculum whilst in Y4 they will DEFINATELY be on the GAT Register and you will have been informed of such.
Your best bet must be to clarify the situation with the school as there seems to be rather a lot of annomolies!
2007-03-19 09:30:28 · answer #1 · answered by Safety First 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a primary school teacher and was in a similar position with a pupil. (He was year 2 working at year 5 level). It was obvious that he would soon progress beyond the level of work providing in the schools resources.
The decision was made to purchase him his own higher level numeracy books which he could work from independently, this was coupled with on line resources (educationcity.com you can access it at home, it has a free trial but after this is does cost.) which could be differentiated to his level. You could try and suggest some of this to his teacher.
Don't worry about him progressing onto work which he will have at his next school- secondary schools can support him even further.
Under no circumstance should you allow your son to be used as a support mechanism for other pupils (as some people have suggested). This will not help him to develop to his full potential and has the potential to hinder his own learning, I doubt the school would suggest this anyway.
2007-03-21 02:37:52 · answer #2 · answered by timbo 230 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should suggest they provide a special support teacher, as they do this in most schools for the children who are slower (learning dis etc) they should do it equally for the ones who are progressing faster. They could go off and do maths at their level in another room. The worst thing is to hold them back to the level the majority is at. Contact the education dept at the town hall.
2007-03-19 00:55:59 · answer #3 · answered by babyshambles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
answering other two responders first, very few schools could afford to employ a special teacher for one or two less able children and getting your son to help the less able will do little for him and is fraught with all sorts of social difficulties and ethical questions
suggest school engage your son and his fellow high achievers in maths challenges and investigations, plenty of material available, could start with Nrich website
2007-03-19 07:38:29 · answer #4 · answered by derbydolphin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get him to help the under achievers,it will help him and them many really clever people cant communicate with people who are not so clever it will teach him about life,and socialising.you are very lucky my son was an under achiever and no extra money was spent on him.
2007-03-19 03:27:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋