dd has always struggled at school, although she has no obvious SEN (according to the teachers). She just about got through reception ok, could do nothing academically before she started (she wasn't interested and we didn't push it). In yr 1 she just got left behind. In the end we changed her school and her current one is much better. She now has an IEP and extra help in class (mainly from the TA). Her teacher is great and says she is improving, but her concentration is still bad and she basically doesn't do well in large groups - too easily distracted! We've just seen her teacher who was very positive, and is trying to get dd to do the best she can within her abilities. It's great that they aren't just worried about national averages and targets, but there's no denying that dd is way below the national average at this point and isn't likely to catch up any time soon. I'm just wondering if this will cause problems later - we do help at home but we can't home ed her. Was anyone else's dc a fair way behind at this stage? Did they eventually catch up with the rest? dd is a July birthday and has always been young for age, which has made it worse re school!
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was anyone else's dc a fair way behind when in yr 2? did they catch up?
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paddingtonbear1 · 20/10/2009 21:08
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