Ok, so firstly this isn't my child and quite complicated situation. He's currently living with his/my grandparents. But recent sats practise results have come back and in all areas he's significantly below where he'd be expected to be. In maths he didn't get a single question correct in any of the three papers.
No sen that's been diagnosed, but school are aware that he struggles in particular with attention. Although I'm not convinced they're doing enough in that regards, there isn't much I can do about that at the moment.
He brings home sats workbooks for maths homework but really struggles to do it. I tried at the weekend and really went through it and he seemed to be getting it, but says he forgets once he's done it.
Grandparents can't afford a tutor and don't feel confident teaching him, I'm happy to go help with the homework issues, but looking for any tips on workbooks/apps etc that might help in general maths or really any other advice. He's very negative about his abilities and that's the main thing I think needs work on so don't want to overload him. I wondered if some easier year 4/5 work books might help to maybe fill in the gaps that I think he's obviously got. Or is it best to just focus on mental maths times tables, addition etc?
Literacy wise, we're just focusing on reading and spelling. His spelling is really appalling, still spelling very common words wrong. I find teaching spelling a difficult thing to teach, I'm guessing it's just practise, practise. His handwriting is surprisingly ok joined up and quite neat.
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GirlOnIt · 27/01/2020 10:03
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