I have heard a lot about this lately. Is this something I should be concerned about?
I don't really do much formal work with my DC over the school summer holidays (or any of the other holidays) as I believe that children need a break/rest and a chance to re charge their batteries after a busy school year. I might get my DC to do some reading (ie 15 minutes) maybe 2 or 3 times a week and he will no doubt have a project from school that he will need to complete which normally takes a couple of hours.
I don't really want him to do much more than this however I don't want him to be at a disadvantage either if everyone else has been swotting all summer He will be going into year 5 in September if that makes any difference.
I also want to add that I live in an 11+ borough and the vast majority of parents around here are keen pushy for their offspring to do very well. I would like my DS to go to GS (I have a particular one in mind) as I think he would be very happy there and my older DS already goes there and they have both said they would love to go to school together for the first day perhaps and then I fear that the novelty would wear off
I would be especially interested to hear from any teachers re the "Summer Slide"
Thanks in advance
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NotEnoughTime · 03/07/2016 12:39
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