To cut a long story short, DS is 6. He was in the last term of Scottish P1 when we had to move and he went straight into the last term of Year 1, a jump of a year in terms of curriculum. To make matters worse he is in a dual year class and is the youngest overall. He has had a whole year less schooling than his peers yet suddenly finds himself now in the last year of KS1/ Welsh Foundation Phase.
I believe he is struggling in some areas, namely in written work and maths. His teacher hasn't said so in as many words but he's being put into groups with kids who need extra help. Without wanting to sound PFB about this it feels like he's being labelled as one of the slower ones whereas I feel the reason he's struggling is because of skipping a whole year. The kids he's working with are a bit disruptive - the hard to teach ones - so it worries me that this is not helping him.
Teachers - how would you deal with a child in this situation? And how can I voice my worries without sounding critical and pushy?
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Any primary teachers out there? I'm very worried about DS
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gaelicsheep · 18/11/2012 21:30
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