to be dissatisfied with my son's teacher?

[saidthespiderwithahorridsmile]

Have just returned from ds2's parents' evening. He is 6 and is in Y2.

His SATS results were fine (for what they are worth!) but his mark for writing was significantly lower than all his others and stood out a bit.

DS2 is a bit reluctant, he is a summer-born and is quite a laid-back boy and is immature (which is fine IMO, he is just little!).

I asked to see an example of his written work. The teacher was unable to show me anything more recent than May of this year. That piece of work was of a lower standard than his writing at the end of Y1, and I said so. I asked her (politely!) how she responds when he produces work of an unacceptably low standard. She said "Oh, erm, well that piece of work he did for the trainee teacher", and "I have 27 children in the class".

I know she has 27 children in the class. I don't expect her to whip him into producing his absolute best all the time, in fact I wouldn't want it. I don't push him at home either, although if he asks for my opinion on something and it is really sloppy, I will tactfully say so.

I feel as though his writing has regressed this year and she is completely unconcerned about it.

AIBU to be frustrated? We have had this with his reading too, her insisting for months that he could not read at a certain level, me insisting that he does so with me at home. I don't give him writing to do but we do read! And AIBU to be annoyed that at a pre-arranged parents' evening, marking the end of his time in KS1, she was unable to produce a piece of work with his writing on it more recent than May?

I was a ward sister of a 32 bedded ward with a high turn over of patients. At no point did I say sorry I dont know your relatives dont have their notes as i have 31 others. She sounds uninterested in your DS if she cant even prepare for parents evening. i would complain.

DD's writing was picked up as lower than her reading or her maths this year (I'm not surprised).

We have started a little story book game where DD writes a paragraph of the story (aiming for everyevening but not managed that yet!) then Daddy writes a paragraph to move the story on. She gets really excited to see where the story has gone since she last wrote and what could happen next.