This is wwyd situation. Please be gentle with me.
It's my children's first day back at school today. Dd is 8 and has just started year 4. She's a bright child, top of the class, good in all subjects.
There's a new boy in the class. We'll call him Y. Y is Hungarian and speaks no or very very limited English at the moment.
The teacher has put my dd with Y to partner him in everything. She must work with him, talk to him, play with him at play time and lunchtime and help him during dinner in the hall. He has to copy her work exactly so he can learn to write our language. Dd didn't manage to finish her work because Y was struggling to keep up with her.
Dd told the teacher that she was having trouble understanding him and him understanding her and the teacher replied that she "hasn't got a choice" and she "must teach him how to speak and write English."
Now I do understand that the boy is probably better off being integrated in the classroom to pick up the way things are done and the language but is it totally reasonable for the teacher to carry on with her lesson whilst letting my dd teach Y? The school don't seem to have any resources or staff available to teach one to one for children who don't use English as their first language. The teaching assistant didn't offer any help (I asked Dd)
Would you be happy with this situation?
Dd came home asking me to help her figure out how she will communicate with him tomorrow.
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Dd and Hungarian boy in her class
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GastonsPomPomWrath · 05/09/2016 17:32
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