Well my dd started reception at the village school in September in a nice small class sizes of 13 children.
Newly qualified teacher.. nice lady but it's been a dodgy year. TA complained to head teacher about her teaching standards at the end of the first term which resulted in them both going off sick until the next term. Both came back but a new inexperienced TA was appointed in the class. My DD is happy at school... knows all her letters... is taking off reading her first reading books... has built up a really good bank of words that she knows (I've really helped her with reading and bought flash cards and I'm happy at where shes at). Ive really not kept my eye on writing progress until the holidays in March where I sat down with her and was quite alarmed. I feel annoyed with myself for not realising sooner. All letter formation is completely wrong and a very very established wrong! Has a go at her name but the letters don't look anything like they should - unreadable. It looks to me like she's been doing her own thing with nobody there to correct or assist her for a long while. I really struggle to find time to really help her with this. I've just started helping her grasp a few numbers but then shes back in class left to do her own thing at school and back to doing it wrong. I'm really not a pushy parent but I'm worried she'll get to the end of reception and wont even have a few letters she can form correctly. I know this teacher will not be having her contract renewed next year so she'll be gone. There's been too many concerns raised about her teaching skills but for now we're stuck with her till the end of the year. My dd has a great vocabulary. Good reading and conforms very well. If only they could show her the way with forming letters she'd be away! All through the year I've had to chase for a school book again and again we get an empty book bag brought home. Any introduction of a communication app... flash cards, homework, reading record is very short lived and inconsistent... Now we've got to finish the year with a teacher that now knows she's not got a job in September so will probably be even worse! New head teacher admits there has been problems in the class but assures me that it's being dealt with. I feel disappointed! I'm fed up with feeling like I have to be the teacher.
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busybreeze · 01/05/2018 00:32
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