I was called in by my year 5 daughters teachers yesterday, they raised concerns that she isn't doing as well as expected as they feel she isnt always as focused as she should be - she isnt disruptive, just not always 100% on task. Absolutely fair enough, and I thanked them for involving me/updating me. I asked what strategies they could suggest to support her in school to try to bring her up to the expected level, and I would follow these through at home. Their response was 'oh we are far to busy to do anything just for her', we just wanted to tell you.
So I suggested us as parents buying her homework books in line with their curriculum so we could go over what she learnt to help re-enforce it, but could they tell me which pages we should be doing each week - no, they dont have enough time. I suggested we would pay for tutoring but could they email tutor 2 lines each week on which topics they were covering. Nope, not enough time for that either.
Now, I fully appreciate how busy teachers are, but there are only 17 in her class, and there is a teacher, a student teacher and a teaching assistant in there full time. But what on earth is the point in pulling me in to tell me for 45 minutes that my daughter is a bit 'daydreamy' without suggesting a positive way forward.
I of course have spoken with her to say she needs to focus better even if it's a topic which she isn't as interested in, it's still important to her learning and respectful to the teachers to try her best.
But beyond that, I'm at a loss.