Would your DD be friends with mine?This is an anonymous forum, and I would really appreciate honest answers.
DD is going to secondary school in September. It's highly likely she won't know anyone else in her year (she knows this, it's not a problem as she's looking forward to making new friends)
My concern is she is do dyslexic she can't text, and struggles to write anything someone of her she could decipher. Most Y6s can at least write phonetically, so their friends figure out what they're saying.
DD is very aware she's less able than other DC (also in maths) and puts on a bit of a front, acting very confident. For example, if asked a question she'll give any old answer, then justify it with long words (she has a wide vocabulary, tests say of a 14/15yo). Adults can see she's talking nonsense but other 10 year olds seem to be taken in.
Her best friends are the most able girls in her class. Very booky, bright girls, but when she texts them they reply with "???" because her spelling is so poor they can't understand the text. But they love her because they've known her since they were all 4years old, and "get" that she's funny and kind.
The school she's going to don't stream in Y7 and are 'dyslexia friendly". This is the 2nd day I've spent crying with worry about this.
Please be honest and not kind. Will my DD get left out of group texts, etc?
Connect with other parents whose children are starting secondary school on this forum.
Secondary education
Do you have a Y6/7 DD? Please be very honest with me.
LynetteScavo · 31/01/2016 17:46
This reply has been deleted
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
This reply has been deleted
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
This reply has been deleted
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
This reply has been deleted
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
Don’t want to miss threads like this?
Weekly
Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!
Log in to update your newsletter preferences.
You've subscribed!
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.