In Y1, my DS was very good at writing - content, structure, punctuation, exciting language... the lot (except poor handwriting).
At Nov parents evening in Y2, I was not overly impressed with the work I saw in his English book. Instead of mentioning directly (my bad!), I asked the teacher if he was on track to get ‘exceeding expectations’ again this year. She confirmed he was, but I felt she was slightly wrong-footed by the question and almost guessed the answer.
His report card in Dec had his year end target at ‘achieving expectations’ and when I queried, she said he was downgraded at moderation and needed to concentrate on handwriting (and when pushed also mentioned punctuation). For what it’s worth, I’d be very surprised / concerned if she took it to moderation as EE, as his current work is clearly not of that standard - and is worse than he was doing this time last year!!!
He recently did some writing for me at home and it was poor (compared with his work last year) - minimal punctuation, no wow words etc.
So - my concern is that the teacher thinks this is what he is capable of - and is probably praising him for this level of work rather than pushing him to what he is capable of.
So...
Should I raise it again with the teacher now or leave to Feb parent teacher conference?
Should I show her his books from last year to explain - or would a teacher find that annoying and patronising?
What can I do with him at home to help get him back on track?
Any thoughts please????
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Y2 achieving teacher’s low expectations
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Hotcrosscakes · 15/01/2018 10:58
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