So we had parents evening tonight. Aidan's teacher seems lovely, and is trying her best for him, so don't worry I am not about to enter into a session of teacher bashing.
My issue tonight exists in the system:
- The assessment of his reading mainly looks at comprehension, as a bright boys he understands most things, so surprise surprise his reading is showing up as being pretty much where it should be for a kid of his age. How comes he is coping with reading books at the same level as his 5 year old sister, and the independant age assessments are showing him to be years behind.
- Add to that the fact that there seems to now be very little interest in his spelling, even though he can't spell several of the Year R key words.
- Add to that the fact that you can't read his handwriting ( he is 9), and yet because he is making the minimum required improvement, apparently its ok, as long as he is making some progress. Surely he needs to be helped to make even more progress than your average child, how can he go to secondary school with writing like this!
- Add to that the fact that his extra help is now pretty much fully focused on phonics assessments and support. However the experts have suggested that he needs to learn whole words as he struggles with the phonic things. I know there is a big focus on phonics now, but surely there are other ways to learn to read.
Currently hanging all my hopes on the lovely Toe by Toe.
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