Please go easy on me as I know this post makes me sound like a horrible person!
My son is 9 and in p5 (Scotland). He goes to a smallish local primary school and we've never had any issues. Previously there were two classes of around 18 children in his year group but this year as a few kids have left they are all together so a class of 33 p5 children. A couple of issues have cropped up like not having enough reading books to go round the class so they have to share and no reading or maths homework has been sent home this year (he's had two projects to do at home but that's it)
My biggest issue at the moment is that his teacher has arranged the class in such a way that a 'clever' child is sitting next to a not so clever one. I know this as the classes were split last year into reading and maths ability. The child my son is sitting next to has a global developmental delay and struggles academically. He constantly interrupts my son and asks for help with reading and writing all day every day. The school has a policy along the lines of 'ask for three and then ask me' which I think means the pupils must ask for help from other pupils three times before interrupting the teacher.
So my issue is my son is being constantly distracted by the other child. He has asked me a few times how to deal with this as he doesn't want to hurt his feelings. He's tried to encourage him to try himself a bit more, then he progressed to saying he wasn't allowed to tell him the answer. He's still interrupting him lots and believe me my DS isn't the best at holding his concentration!
My DS is now saying they have to share a phonics card and as the other boy is on the lowest level, my DS has to use the lowest level too. My DS is a great reader and this is concerning me.
It's parents evening on Wed and I'm wondering if these are valid concerns to speak to the teacher about. Or is this just life and my DS should learn to deal with it?
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trumpisaflump · 09/11/2019 12:09
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