My DD is very much (lower) middle of the road academically, but she is a lovely girl and very caring and sociable. She can quite easily fall behind when she doesn't understand something and I'm concerned that because she is easily distracted, this doesn't take much. As she is a good girl and she doesn't really demand attention, I'm concerned she gets lost in the group of 30.
This term it became clear to me she wasn't really keeping up and when I spoke to the school she has been given extra one to one help. We do read with her every day and she does maths with my DH too, but the school also felt she could benefit from additional support. It was us that initiated this though.
The tuition has had a good impact and when we asked her teacher if she felt we should continue, she said she felt DD really benefited from this extra support and if we were willing to pay for this, she would help us find someone suitable.
My query really is, would we be better continuing with support/tuition, perhaps an hour a week (or similar over a couple of sessions) or would a smaller class size in an independent school be better?
I can't decide if tuition in the long term seems fair on DD, or whether a 'normal' school day, but in a smaller class would be better. The independent option isn't without concerns and frankly we live in a 'naice' area and local schools are some of the best in the state system. Would the smaller classes make that much difference?
DD is in year 2, but a September birthday and Junior school is looming large. I worry she'll get even more 'lost' when she is expected to be more independent.
I'm now rambling, but hoping for opinions!
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dontcallmethatyoucunt · 11/04/2016 17:43
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