Can I share DDs report with you

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Well an excerpt

“X has made adequate progress this year due to her lack of effort applying herself. She is capable of achieving so much more. I hope X uses her potential to make better progress next year”

She’s 6.

Not sure if I should laugh or cry 🤣

Can you move her ?

By the way this is what my dad used to do in response to. Y teachers. Me - I’ve had a highly successful career and enjoying retirement at 51!

On the plus side, they have identified her potential.

My DD will do the least she can get away with at school. It's only from having her home during lockdown that we have been in a position to challenge the school's expectations of her. It makes me wonder how many children are just as capable but without pushy parents like me .

Headteacher at DC’s school reminded us, right before reports came out, that there should be no shocks or surprises, and if there were to let her know because then the teachers obviously haven’t been communicating properly throughout the term / year. So if this is the first you’ve heard of your daughter’s “lack of application” OP, you might want to have word!

Otherwise, roll your eyes and move on. Presumably she’ll have a different teacher next year anyway.

Oh gosh that's harsh fir a 6 yr old.
They have had a really disruptive year.

My dd (10) got her report today. They focused much more heavily this year on how well thet settled back , and what they talked about in class and behaviour etc.

It would have been so easy fir the teacher to have written how behind all the kids had gotten and how they were distracted on teams showing their pets.

Instead they shared their favourite memories of the kid in the class and how lovely it was to see them settling straight back in with their friends.

I think kids have done well this year with the upheaval. They don't need writing off as lazy at 6

Take no notice amd hope next year teachers better

That's terrible. What sort of a teacher writes that about a six year old? Not a very kind one, that's clear.

My son had, like many children, a very difficult time during lockdown and has had some difficulties adjusting back to school, some of them are his issues, some of them outside his immediate 8 yr old control.

His report actually made me cry, it really acknowledged that he'd tried his best, and focused on what he was able to do. Those are the sorts of teachers I respect.

I hope she has a lovely new teacher for her new year in September.

'oh well, as long as she applies herself when she's in high school. I'd rather she not be under pressure to meet your arbitrary, vacillating targets. As long as she's happy and can read and write.'

Is what I'd love to reply. I'd want a meeting OP and I hope DD doesn't know.

What a bitch of a teacher. Is she completely deranged? She's talking about a lovely little 6 year old girl who has endured 18 months of unprecedented disruption to normal life and education. I'd raise it with the school. It's a disgrace of a report.

The teacher doesn't sound that bright.

That's a very poorly written report, at best. What an arsey teacher, to say that about a 6 year old, in the middle of all this.

And not nearly as enjoyable as my 4 yo DS' report, which informed me he had 'a good understating of all world religions"

Sure he did 😂👍

I wouldn't write that about my challenging KS4 students. The teacher sounds woefully unsuited to the job.

Yikes, that's a bit harsh for a 6 year old. She must have been trained by the headmistress from Uncle Buck

Wow, that teacher must have a rod up her arse!

I bet your DD has more character in her little finger than that teacher ever had! How can anybody concerned with the nurturing of children write such drivel! 😆

Adequate progress sounds like enough progress! Good on your DD, she’s saving herself for when it counts 😉

I'd be giving that teacher a piece of my mind

Once upon a time back when they were little, I had a 5yr old daughter whose report included reference to her being a “non-conformist”

I should fucking hope she's a five year old non-conformist

From reading it, I interpret she is saying your child is underachieving due to laziness/ lack of effort. I think she’s saying she could make more progress. She’s saying about risk of not meeting potential.

You say DD is well behaved and an able reader. Perhaps Teacher is expecting more? However I’d argue it’s her role to sort that and at least to let you know in autumn and spring parent meetings (or a separate one!).

I agree with PP about the phrasing and tone. It’s not a report comment for making expected progress in this school year! The teacher should also keep a list for rewards to know she’s given to each child. She clearly does not like your child. With 39 school weeks, there should be 9 weeks left once each child receives a weekly reward.

Adequate progress, in a shit storm of a year? Isn’t that all we can hope for?
I agree though, she’s 6 FGS. If she’s happy enough, that’s all that matters

Some of DD’s nursery reports were hilarious, one essentially said that her IT skills were poor. She was three

My favourite one of my nephews came from report writing software. I used the same one in my school at the time so recognised it. He was in year five and was given Reception comments for PE that basically said he was uncoordinated and had no basic skills. His target for the next year was to pass the ball accurately using his hands and feet and learn to be a team player. He was in the school football team, was in the county athletics team and had been scouted by the local football team!

Sometimes things go very wrong!

Sounds like she's bright but lazy and spends time talking to her friends when she should be working. If she's 6, then she's Year 1. That's very young, but most children that age can focus and work hard when it's time to sit at the table and get on with a task.

Wow, that’s both harsh, yet also completely devoid of useful detail.

How is she not “applying herself”? Why all the low effort grades? “Apply yourself” is not useful feedback for a 6 year old. I would ask her for specific details of what DD should be/not be doing. Is she taking when she should be listening, fidgeting, not completing her work??

Then you can work out if (a) DD has a few annoying habits that can be worked on, (b) DD is experiencing some sort of barrier to learning (ADHD, dyslexia, etc), or (c) the teacher is bonkers.

@Hermanfromguesswho

Oh wow. She must have pissed about in every lesson all year to get that!! I presume you knew she hadn’t been behaving in class? If not I’d be making an appointment to get to the bottom of it!!

Did Miss Trunchbull write this

@Hermanfromguesswho

Oh wow. She must have pissed about in every lesson all year to get that!! I presume you knew she hadn’t been behaving in class? If not I’d be making an appointment to get to the bottom of it!!

She's 6... 6.

FFS. She's 6 years old! I'm a teacher (middle school) and my HOD wouldn't let that leave the building.

Harsh for a six year old and the teacher should certainly have been more diplomatic about it.
It does sound as if your daughter is a bright little button but either lacks the confidence to push herself or is a bit too lazy.
(The fact that she didn't get the award would imply that she's "blending in" and needs to shine a bit more)
The report is clumsy at best but I'd still use it as an opportunity to talk to her new teacher and work out a strategy for her to stretch herself and shine a bit more in the year ahead.