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Can't cope in Y7

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FeelingSadInside · 24/09/2014 02:52

I don't know what to do.

DS just started Y7 and can't read and write well enough to keep up and I have absolutely no idea what to do.

But it's worse than that. He thinks he's fine and doesn't understand why he keeps getting detentions because he hasn't done his hw.

Now obv I can talk to school and stop him getting a detention. But I can't get him to read and write well enough to cope.

School suggested he does toe by toe and RWI. Both of which he's done twice. So I can't see them being able to do anything useful to help him. Plus their SENCOs on long term sick leave.

I can't think of anything useful they could do.

I haven't slept all night. I'm so sick of it all.

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FeelingSadInside · 24/09/2014 04:08

Spoke to SENCO last year. But don't think she did anything cause she wanted to see how he settled.

And spoke to HoY yesterday about something else and we discussed this a bit. But at that stage I hadn't seen his hw and didn't realise how far off the mark he was. Because he keeps insisting he's fine and coping and his readings fine and his writings fine and he doesn't need any help.

I'll ring HoY again today. But I don't know what they can do to support him.

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rootypig · 24/09/2014 03:59

Poor wee man. If he keeps getting detention - let alone the proper support - the school is obviously failing him. And you. Who have you spoken to at the school?

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FeelingSadInside · 24/09/2014 03:57

He can read and write. Just not well enough. His hw was to write about christenings. He can't read or write the word christening. Or Prince George. Or Buckingham palace......

But his reading age isn't actually all that low. It's that this hw requires you to be able to read properly. Which he can't do.

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FeelingSadInside · 24/09/2014 03:30

The issue is dyslexia. And (luckily) he's way way above the low level needed for a statement.

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rootypig · 24/09/2014 03:28

What do you think the issue is? Has he ever been assessed e.g. for a statement of needs?

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FeelingSadInside · 24/09/2014 03:17

Thanks for replying.

If you can't read and write properly you can't really do any hw.

He did it. But he wrote one sentence. Very badly. And he doesn't understand why he got a detn for not doing it. He thinks the teacher is just mean.

I can speak to the new SENCO - but my q is how can they help? Giving him no hw that involves reading and writing doesn't help. It just turns school into free childcare.

He's not on FSM. But again I don't think this is a prob that can be solved with money.

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Kez100 · 24/09/2014 03:06

Is his homework aimed at his ability? If so - he should be doing it. If not, the school are failing him.

Is he on free school meals? Ask how his pupil premium is being applied to him to help him make progress.

Ask who is acting SENCO in the absence of the sick teacher.

I'm sure others will come along and add more.

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