Education

I want to talk about education this week. We have real mixed feelings about how things are going at Georgia's school. It has come to a head this week because Georgia has been in contact with an old friend back in the UK who has just taken her SATS. As a matter of interest we had a look on the Internet to see if we could find some year 6 past papers, we did. Now looking at what questions were being asked and the subjects being covered we quickly realised that Georgia's education is miles behind. Now Georgia is very bright and is becoming bored at school, the work is too easy and it just does not challenge her. She gets disappointed when she does extra work which never gets looked at. Maths is a rare subject and although no one likes maths, the theory behind numbers is a must for everyday life. We keep teaching her but she gets no practise at school, and forgets. When she looked at the SATS maths papers, she panicked and thought she must be thick because she couldn't do them, a couple of lessons on how to work them out, and she has answered the advanced questions. I just wonder, should I be worried? she is as happy as can be, there is no pressure at school, does it all really matter? you try to think back to what you were learning at Junior school (but it was a long time ago) one thing is for sure, I was never as happy as Georgia.