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Tips for organisation in grammar school?

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BWatchWatcher · 23/12/2018 20:17

Hi All,
DS is a bright but not very practical boy in his first year of Grammar school (we are in NI). He’s 11.
His first report has come through and is pretty dire. He basically isn’t able to organise himself. I spoke to his form tutor earlier this year and he said they’d try to help. Really though I think it needs to come from DS.
Does anyone have any practical tips for how their children are organised?
DS has about 12 subjects and it’s a nightmare.
Thanks!

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Hersetta427 · 23/12/2018 22:02

Not sure why you feel the need to highlight the fact he is at a grammar - his struggles are no different from a pupil at any secondary school making the step up from primary.

We have 10 popper a4 wallets (Monday week A, Tuesday week B) and each has a sticker with her classes on that day written down so she just has to pick up the correct wallet and fill it will her books for that day. We have also laminated a credit card size timetable so she can have it in her blazer pocket as the paper versions were falling apart every 2 weeks.

Things have been much better since we implemented these things.

FelixTitling · 23/12/2018 21:51

Being organised at Grammar School is the same as for any other school I imagine. Which bits is he struggling with?

errorofjudgement · 23/12/2018 21:47

A few things that we found helped in the first year were:
Copy of weekly timetable in his bedroom and in the kitchen
Separate folder for each subject so handouts etc at least made it to the folder if not the exercise book!
Bags packed and checked the night before.
Also checked that pens, calculators etc were in the bag.
Really don’t understand the point of saying your DS is at a gramnar school though, how is that relevant?