teacher thread....

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On nights and this has been bothering me (and mn is my entertainment to keep me awake).
DS is 6, just gone into yr2. In year 1 he came on leaps and bounds, powering up through the bloody biff chip and fuckface books (levels 1-9 in a year). Maths started to get a good grounding and he enjoyed school.
Now i know year 2 is tough, a change, and a time for him to start behaving better (still working on that) but he has not gone up a reading level all half term. After his parents evening he has gone down a 'level' in maths and is back on 1:2 maths with an adult and another child.

This has well and truly pissed him off! He is sad to be back in this level of maths and is so far refusing to practice over half term 'coz theres no point' (hes 6 and already like a teenager )
he gets a new book from waterstones everytime he goes up a level. So i asked him, why have you not gone up yet? He asked his teacher - her response was it was none of his business.

Now i hold my hands up, he is a little bugger. Behaviour is touch and go, his ears regularly switch off on the playground, but as far as i was aware he enjoyed school and listened well in class. Class 1 teacher had very few complaints about that side of things. But class 2 teacher seems to have him labelled as naughty. I have been in 3 times already and asked how i can improve this without any guidance from her, she just repeats he needs to listen.
so i dont want to BU tow ards teacher and need advice on how do i deal with the 'its none of your business' comment in a polite way.
And how do i make my bloody child listen?! hes bored and probably finding the work hard so just not bothering. Is this really the start of him not wanting to go to school already?
Hes all despondent and grumpy

What would you have to lose by going to the parenting class?

They offered you help but not exactly what you were after and now you're complaining.

Has the "little bugger"'s behaviour improved? Have you managed to do anything at home?

At my school (perhaps unusual) every child up to and including Year 3 reads with the teacher every day. Children are expected to change their book when necessary and it's predominanttly their responsibility although staff are ready to step in / help if a child is failing to.

Ask the teacher what they've discussed with the SENCO, what has been suggested and when would be a good time to get some feedback on how it's progressing.

Unmarked (in the book) doesn't mean it wasn't looked at by the teacher who made the necessary notes. Not every teacher has time to draw a smiley face under the work.

You seem determined to wash your hands of any responsibility for your child's "touch and go" behaviour but hopefully you'll be able to work with the school to address his issues.

Seriously, I wouldn't go down the Kumon route if he's reacting against going down a level. It works by taking children back several levels and then spending bloody ages on each technique. My children were bored to death by it and it didn't help them in the least.

At my school (perhaps unusual) every child up to and including Year 3 reads with the teacher every day.

Wow-how do the teachers get anything else done?! My DD's class has 32 in. To hear each read even it it was for only 5 minutes would take 2 and a half hours! What are the rest of the class doing when they aren't reading?

Sorry, it should have said teacher or TA.

Fewer than half per class combined with qualified TAs: one TA per class and a 'spare' per year group 3 class intake.

The teacher must read with each child every week. Children who are noted to need more effort with their literacy do read (and/or another specific activity) with the teacher every day.

I did say it was perhaps unusual.

It's a shame the children are so hyper aware exactly where they stand. That is quite damaging. Ours used to be on the "smart table" "in between tables 1, 2 and 3" and the "dumb table" (the kids' words ). Their teacher last year had them at mixed tables and it was wonderful, both academically and for their behaviour.

Leave him be. This intense level of involvement is clearly not benefitting him.

I don't know what level my 6 year old is on. If she brings home the same book twice, my thinking is she loves that book. She loves reading.