Yes, you can stand on top of the table.
The reason your child came home and said 'Mrs Cole finally let us stand on top of the tables'
This week in maths we have looked at-
Positional language; on top, under, through, around, next too.
Numbers 4 and 5- Embedding the knowledge to represent these numbers, as well as the composition of these numbers.
The children have loved getting stuck into these activities and have all really enjoyed maths this week!