To be very proud of my DD and Etern grateful to her English Teacher.

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I wanted to post this, as I am so proud of my DD this year who is finally working to her potential.

Some people will have read my posts from 7th July - 31st July about my extremely bright DD ( IQ 138) who was predicted 5Es for GCSE and was going to be kicked out by the school. This was before DDs English Teacher
stuck her neck out for DD by proposing that if DD could get Ds in English/ Maths she would put forward that DD repeat YR11 again retaking 8 GCSEs.
DD ended up with 2 Cs in English/ History 3Ds in Maths/ Double Science PE.

The transformation is fantastic DD is now working at A* level in the seven subjects English/LIt/ Maths Chemistry History Physics French and B in Biology...

I am just so proud of her , this time last year she would not spend 15 minutes a night on homework. she now is spending 2 hrs every night Mon- Saturday , this is helped by the fact she does 1 hr of this Mon- Thursday in the Homework club at school.

However the most thanks for this amazing turnaround has to go to DDs amazing English / Senco teacher who stood up for DD.

Lovely to read.

Sing her praises to the HT! (And a personal note to the teacher!)

Wow.

Your wonderful dd and her teacher. Well done them!

Yes, write to the teacher, write to the head and cc the chair of governors and head of English dept. This is the sort of story that every school wants and should celebrate.

Nanny. The Head wanted her "OUT" .. I speak to her English/Senco most days as we have become close friends.

The school realised how good it would look for them on achievement tables
to take someone like DD from E grades at GCSE to University Possible an RG one if we can keep DD focused.

Massive Value Added points.....

Thanks Nanny...

What a turnaround. Well done to your dd, to you and her wonderful teacher. You have every right to feel proud.

Well done to your DD and her English teacher (and you OP, for believing in her too)

University for DD sounds great, although I do wonder if and when we come to that DD will need to live at home. I feel she could not cope away from home me/ her father or her "converted" loving sister who is so proud of her, even though she a is 3rd year Ancient History student.

Anyway I am getting away with myself, I need to just be happy for the present, and forget about the future for now.

What a fantastic turnaround well done to your dd

It never ceases to amaze me how one teacher can have such a proud impact. I often think fondly of the one who changed my life 20 years ago - and I didn't really like her at the time

Well done to both of them, and to you and sis for supporting her,

I am absolutely delighted for you and your DD Morry. I know how difficult it has been for you and your DD , its great that your DD is now working to her potential.

Hooray! Well done to your DD and to you too. I like this thread as I'm currently worrying about my struggling 5 year old. It comforts me!

Soul/Maureen.. Thanks...

However DD is a very complicated person who has "Meltdowns" for instance , despite being 17 years and 2 months old, still cries at night in bed after having a 10 minute verbal swearing assault at herself, I have to come in to her room and cuddle her like a toddler to calm her down.

Everything she does is related to "clocks" for instance she does 1HR homework at 8 pm Mon- Friday and stops at exactly 9 pm "Not a Minute after" she is so "Stubborn" . It is all governed by time = Hockey Training Wed , Fri 6-7.30 Game Sat 12 PM. She has said, I do 25 hrs at school each week 12 HRS HW each week, 4 hrs of Hockey = 41 HRS a week in total .Any slight alteration to this sends her in to "Meltdown mode".

I questioned her to why she is only working at B level for Biology , she responded like a 10 year old albeit with a 10 minute explosion of verbal
expletives. " Do you Know how F* ing hard it is for me to Bas concentrate for that Boring C* and I need downtime from the other subjects. I said you need biology to be a vet nurse/Surgeon. I "Want to be a writer now" she changes her mind every single day. She goes from a very intelligent and wonderful DD of 17 going on 25 to a Sulking toddler in the blink of an eye. Sometimes she is like a young 12 year old .

She is a great DD, but incredibly difficult and frustrating at times , I am though very proud of how she is at least putting effort in at school.

Wow, what a turn around. What a fantastic teacher, and well done to your DD for "allowing" herself to be turned round iyswim!

Great to here she is doing well academically but she sounds a bit unhinged. Has she seen a medical professional to look into these 'meltdowns?'

Ageo. she has had a statement since she was 7 , and has always been a bit unhinged. The breakdowns are less frequent than they used to be and she is learning to control her emotions better. Last summer she worked in an animal shelter for 4 weeks , and got so much out of it . The people at the shelter were delighted with her work and said her attitude was great .

I remember your post last year and how worried you were. Its great that the school saw sense and are giving your daughter the help she needs. The work experience may also have been à great catalyst to set your daughter on her new learning journey. I wish her well.

I have just noticed it should say "ETERNALLY " Grateful .....

Mum.....

The transformation has been fantastic in DD and in my circumstances as well from July , that is not to say we don't still have mountains to climb with DD. If DD goes to University how will she cope , there is no way she could stay over so will need to drive everyday.. She has not had one driving lesson yet ( That Scares me , The poor Driving Instructor) I have rather stupidly told her if she gets 7A* at Gcse I will buy her driving lessons , her Grandad has promised her a "CAR" when she passes. A "FRIGHTENING PROSPECT".