Summer Born BS and the 4+ Assessments!

Just spend a few minutes scrolling on mumsnet and you will see a load of BS about ‘summer born’ children.

Oh what a ridiculous label to put on a child - on top of the many other labels sadly placed on children unnecessarily.

Your child is not ‘behind because they are summer born’. Stop using that as an excuse. It is absolute nonsense. If your child is ‘behind’, they are either ‘behind’ because they developmentally are behind or they are ‘behind’ because you’ve not put in the time, effort and dedication to support them to be where you would like them to be.

Sorry if that stings, but it is my opinion after having worked with thousands of children over the last 16 years.

Here is some summer born BS for you that you absolutely need to understand if you want your child to stand a chance in these top schools and they are in fact ‘summer born.

BS #1

Your child will be assessed differently because they are ‘summer born’.

Absolutely not. Why would they be? ‘Bla, bla, bla - they are a whole yearrrrrrrr behind their peers.’

Irrelevant in this context.

Your child will not be assessed any differently. The expectation will not be any different. These top schools don’t have time to be differentiating how they assess summer and autumn born children.

BS #2

The 4+ Assessments will be easier for summer born children.

Absolutely not.

And don’t waste one second thinking that you don’t need to put in the hard work, effort, grit and dedication into your child’s 4+ Assessment preparation that an autumn born parent will be putting in to prepare their child for their 4+.

BS #3

My child will be at a disadvantage because he/she is summer born.

The only reason they will be disadvantaged will be if you have not prepared them properly for their 4+ assessment. You can blame it on their age if you’d like but it really has absolutely nothing to do with this.

Don’t believe the BS. Ignore the noise and go all in to prepare your child to be very successful in their 4+ Assessments regardless of their date of birth.

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