Apologies if this is in the wrong topic. I hoped to get some help please.
My DS is 7, in year 2 of primary school. He is a bright boy and was doing academically well last year.
Towards the start of this school year, his teacher asked if we could discuss some issues. She then told me that she had undertaken an assessment on all of the children and his had come back as ‘needing immediate intervention’. This was surprising to all of us (including the teacher) as he was getting full marks in spelling tests and in the top group for reading.
He was placed in a programme to assist children who may have fallen behind due to covid.
The assessment has since been repeated on a few occasions, each time, with a similar outcome, but reading/numeracy/spellings etc in class have all remained high.
He has very few problems with his homework, we listen to reading every night, do spellings etc.
I recently spoke to the teacher again who has said that the assessment was recently repeated and again ‘immediate intervention’ was required.
The assessment was undertaken in the classroom. She said that she then took him to a quieter area and his score improved dramatically, bringing him into the ‘doing well’ bracket (not its actual name but you get the jist).
The only change was that she sat with him, and that it was quieter (she had no actual input into the assessment or his answers).
I sit with him nightly to do his homework, explain what should be done, and he gets on with it, but I do sit beside him. As I say, I notice very little problems with any homework he has had.
The teacher has suggested ruling out hearing and sight issues and also wants to start investigating a processing disorder.
Now, I’m happy to do this, but I do worry that a few things this year may have contributed to how he’s doing which are not a disorder.
His class has increased in size (they split a smaller class into his class), there seems to be a greater focus on writing homework in homework diaries, gold stars for achievements etc.
I’ve also noticed he can go days without bringing home his reading books, not handing in his homework etc, but no one seems to check this or remind him to do it.
I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas as to alternative theories?
I’m happy to pursue the processing point and have booked hearing and eye tests already. But I do worry that the class is perhaps just a bit chaotic and that he’s being lost in the midst of it?
Thanks so much for any ideas!