Ds is 7 and in year 3. We are waiting for ed psych assessment in the next couple of weeks as well as having a private referral. He has issues with his sight but on top of that it's become apparent that despite being bright he has an issue with visual processing and muscle strength in his hands. His handwriting is virtually illegible and his hands shake and hurt when he writes. He cannot draw even the simplest of things. He is slightly better if he has a photo or the object in front of him but it I said 'draw a car' he wouldn't be able to.
We think he is dyspraxic plus possibly he has dysgraphia and maybe a processing issue too. He also is on the spectrum.
His teacher this year doesn't like him much. Several times she has told him his drawing is 'rubbish' and made him do it over and over. It's no better. It doesn't matter how many times he does it. He isn't choosing to produce nursery level drawings, that is the best he can do.
This week they are colouring to make a giant mural. She held up the items coloured by ds and said 'X has rushed and been thoughtless' and told him to do it again.
If a child was struggling with reading or spelling or numeracy it wouldn't be acceptable. Why is this acceptable? Plus it's bloody colouring. Just colouring with felt tips.
Ds has been crying this afternoon. He knows what he produces doesn't look like everyone else's work. He is bright and well behaved and it is frustrating as he cannot record anything very well. Even in numeracy where I would say he is very able it is frustrating because he cannot show his working out even though he arrives at the correct answer. He works with the more able children but the output he creates looks more like a reception child's work.
Aibu to go in and mention how upset he was? I'm actually very annoyed about it. I don't like teachers holding up work to the class and saying it isn't good enough. What purpose does that serve? It just embarrasses the child and ds cannot help it.
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