to be very irritated by dd2's school insisting i listen to her

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Read for 5-10 minutes every day? Jolly letter home from school tonight saying they will book appointments with all parents not toeing the line. Dd2 is 10.2 and last July had a reading age of 14.6 - yes we encourage her to read but no I do not feel I need to be told what to do by the school having got her this far largely by ourselves!!! But just want to make sure I'm not overreacting

Yes, it would make a good movie. Unfortunately when the class size is reduced by the absence of DGS, Grandma has to make up the shortfall.

Yes, similar experience cat64 - had a wonderful y3 teacher who could see there was no problem & said not to worry about the reading record too much as it was just putting her off. Sadly rest of teachers have been sticklers for it. Only another 4 terms... Coralanne, love the vision of Grandma making up the class size!