DS is currently in Y5. The school have "streamed" the kids in literacy from reception and started streaming in maths in Y3 (DS's year was the first year this was used for). I have not been happy about this as it has dented DS's self-confidence. DS is dyslexic which means he has always struggled with literacy which has affected both his literacy and maths attainment (school say that as he is achieving for his age he doesn't need any support despite reports from specialists saying otherwise - whole other issue). I told DS's teacher at parent's evening in October that DS felt like the school had written him off. DS's teacher made lots of right noises, but nothing really materialised form this.
I found out over the weekend that the tables in class have now been streamed according to ability. Apparently the teacher told the kids this was how he was going to do this and he then said he was calling the tables in order of ability form best to worst. DS's name was not called which meant that he was left to sit on the bottom table (or the loser's table, stupid table, wasters table - take your pick from the names that the other kids have labelled it).
I was told this by another parent. DS doesn't talk about school. If I ask how school was, I will get the response of fine/ok. If I ask a specific question, DS will answer in full. I asked DS and his response matched what I was told by the other parent. DS has taken this as proof that there is no point in trying. I am fuming.
The research I have found online states that streaming at this age only increases the attainment gap, the only ones who benefited are the more able pupils and that it damages the self esteem of those at the lower end (I can vouch for this).
We have parents evening tonight. Does anyone have any advice on how I can approach this contructively (at the moment I want to go in & rip the teachers head off). I will be verifying the tables issue with the teacher tonight and writing a letter of complaint if it is true.
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BertBert · 14/03/2016 08:52
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