I have concerns about my DD who is a Summer born Year 4.
She maintains 75% rates in exams/tests with every subject except English which is consistently around 50%. The only subject she is above 'expected' with is Sport.
She was later developing her speech and hardly spoke at 2.5.
She took a long while to 'get' blending in Reception and currently reads comfortably with things like David Walliams, Horrible Histories, Diary of a Wimpy Kid etc. She can read things like Harry Potter but there will be plenty of words she doesn't understand. She resists reading more difficult books like this.
Other traits which concern me are that she has very little self confidence (cripplingly nervous in school plays - not smiling, hunched shoulders and looking at the ground).
Spelling is not great - for example birthday = bithday and with = whith to give a couple of examples.
She doesn't seem to read for pleasure but loves being read to.
Can recap a chapter of a book to me in great detail verbally, but finds it difficult to write down. Story writing is particularly tricky - she finds it hard to grasp the beginning, middle and end and concept.
Does terribly in exams and often cannot finish on time.
Thinks she is 'not very good at English'.
Can be clumsy, forgetful, disorganised - but has improved significantly on these over the last couple of years.
Last year her form teacher said she needed extra help and added her to the support class. This year her form teacher says she simply doesn't make enough effort or read enough and is to chatty in class.
I can see that English does not come easily and she has to put in a great deal more effort compared to other subjects like maths and science.
I'm not sure what my next steps are. I suspect mild dyslexia but have no direct experience. An ed psych assessment would cost £800 and I'm not sure whether that money would be better spent on some one-to-one tutoring with an English tutor.
I will also push for the extra help again at school.
If she is diagnosed with dx, how would that help? Could I then insist on school giving extra time in exams? Would I then know how to best help her? Is it just a case of doing extra work on tricky areas (comprehension, spelling) with or without the diagnosis?
My younger child (year 2) has also just had the same things flagged at parents evening - comprehension and spelling need work.
Thanks for any help and advice on this.
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Greensandblue · 07/01/2017 14:44
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