I spoke to someone else whose child went today. Apparently the kids had to put themselves forward by filling in a form and writing a letter as to why they should be chosen. I cam see why my writing and challenge averse 6 year old didn't apply. I can't see why the parents weren't told about it though. The parent said that her daughter reported that only she and the other known gifted kid were really into it and could do the stuff without a lot of help. Guess it will be easier next time. I dont know what the school thinks. Apparently my son doesn't need more advanced maths because he can't design, carry out and report a statistical survey without help. I'm sire this is TRUE but it is not relevant to my complaint about gettin 2+2 for homework for the third year running. Nor does it explain why he has advanced less than a year in that time according to them.
