My DSD, through no fault of her own, is a bit behind at school. She is 7 and in y2. Her school was rated poor by ofsted and then put in special measures but I think it is out of that now - I know everything doesn't revolve around that but wanted to give a clear picture.
She lives with her mum in a town about 10 minutes away from us by car. She previously attended the same school as my 2 dc, but when they moved town six weeks after she started reception they changed her school to their local one.
She never really 'got' phonics in reception but we weren't concerned because the first year is finding their feet and I thought they often just catch up and get there in the end with it. Y1 saw three teacher changes, no communication from school, cancelled parents evenings and just a real lack of effort.
Now she is in y2, her reading age is only just scraping a 6.1y - she is November born so one of the older children so is 8 this year. Her reading words per minute is 50 and school say it should be nearer to 90. She is a year above my ds and has not been taught or doesn't know some of the things he does such as homophones, contractions and basic use of apostrophes, plurals, telling time, use of commas etc.
I know you shouldn't compare children but it's kind of all I have to go on. My dc are 10 and 6.
As she doesn't live with us the majority of out of school learning is done at her home with her mum. Unfortunately her mum doesn't not think reading and home learning to be important even though her y2 teacher has stressed that she needs to be reading at home to improve her fluency and comprehension. Reading books are not being done, homework books are empty. We ask for them to be sent to us when she comes of a weekend but they get 'forgotten'. The poor kid is now in extra help lessons at school but is floundering.
I'm not a teacher and I don't want to try and help and make things worse so I wondered if any teachers here have any links to materials I can use that is suitable for her to try and bring her up to speed?
I don't want this to turn into a step parenting argument or an assumption that I'm bitching about her mum. We just want what is best for DSD. My partner asks for extra parents evening appts but they get cancelled. He emails and calls asking for updates but they take six weeks to reply and by then another term has gone by and she's further behind.
I'd really appreciate any advice as she's now starting to notice that she's getting behind and her work isn't as good as her step brother who is younger and she's making a connection that she should probably be ahead of him and is getting embarrassed.
Sorry this was so long.
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HopelesslyHopeful87 · 08/04/2018 12:14
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