Children learn differently. You will always find children who lead the teacher and those who will require the teacher to slow down. The problem comes in if your child is at either the former group or the later group.... In the former, the child is restricted/bored so he directs his energy to other things - usually mischief. In the later group, if the teacher is not keen and does not take special effort to deal with the child personally, the child just sails through school and does not learn much. The children hence should not be treated the same... Again, there are homes that are more conducive to learning so the children tend to learn more than what their peers know.... so rate your child and see where she fits. that way. you will make an informed decision than just removing her and then finding the next school is doing the same. You will also know how to assist the child at home. if she is ahead of the rest and is getting bored in class, give her some work at home that is her level... if lower, put your effort in it to get her to the level with her peers... or take her to the school she can fit.

@Wendz
Mmmmmh.... So now I begin to understand why I was bored right through primary school.. lol

The know it all kid should be removed from that class because that kid will dwarf the rest leading to an inferiority complex..that's exactly wat happened to me..when I was in class three...Nov 1997 was in class 3, Jan 1998-class five.!!

@Wendz,
I see your point (good one at that) there are various challenges in the systems here. You can only take your child to school if you leave in that locality. Say you live in Westlands, you cannot take your child to Parklands, it has to be westlands unless you move to Parklands.

That said she goes to what you call a grammar school (considered the best) however due to our nature she has been exposed probably much more than most due to what she has experienced back home. I remember once the the teacher called us to verify the truth of a "story" my rideelet was giving to the class on how water moves either clockwise or anti-clockwise on different hemespheres (any-one being to the equator crossing in Nanyuki to see this demonstration) needless to say i was livid. but all in all i see your point thanks.

I think as it has been said above,kid's paces are very different and as a parent,you just have to learn your kid and assist from home the little bits you think the school/teacher didnt cover. However,i believe the school your kid goes to assigns 2 teachers per class?(teacher and assistant) as opposed to the schools where some of us went to that had 1 teacher screaming her frustrations to 100 of us and thus no time for the teacher to focus on each child individualy,and the overly bright and OR academically challenged were left to suffer...

I think you shouldn't be too worried,in as much as the teacher was airing her concerns, she and her assistant know how to handle the different clusters of kids in their class. And btw,shouldn't such info be passed to the parent confidentially as opposed to being ambushed in a parent's meeting? I can only imagine how they felt and with the complicated system in your end of the world.. they must be stressed:(