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[quote=Anonymous]In England where we currently live primary schools are predominantly small and extremely local ie a primary school will have about ~100 kids enrolled in the school total and one class per grade. There are no gifted classes. Teachers must differentiate and somehow do a great job. For math there was 1,2, and 3 star math. My dd finished 3 star math. Easily and worked on challenging word problems. Two blocks of math everyday, arithmetic and problem solving.

A few things: kids were encouraged to have 100% attendance. Parents are fined if they take their child out of school for anything except maybe a wedding or funeral. Kids are also kicked out of their school for poor behavior. Your typical primary school can handle special needs to only a certain extent. Disruptive behavior wasn’t tolerated at all. School starts at age 4 and literacy and numeracy is hit hard. It is also really common for a teacher to work part time and split a class with a colleague. This makes it easier for parents to work as teachers. It also makes it easier to keep up with the demands of differentiating.

These are just my observations. In England they don’t talk about giftedness. One of my kids has a WISC with scores well above the gifted threshold and they really aren’t interested. Yet her needs seem to be met. [/quote]

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