my son is 5 and half yrs old suffers with lack of concentration.

[anand]

My son can be very sharp when he wants to be..but at school and specially at writing time he is having problems. His writing is not good anyway but on top when he is told to do his task in the class he is not performing well on his own .But when he is given one to one which is not possible all the time at school he does well.

he is getting better according to the teacher but still way behind than the rest of the class .

He is always complaining of tiedness (as a excuse) and resisting to do any homework at home as well.
he loves reading but when is time to do any writing he refuses.
I feel like i have tried everything to make it more fun but it's not working.

any advice will be really helpful.

I'm no expert but I would probably try reading loads with him at home, which he enjoys and not push the writing at all. He may be resisting it because he knows he's not very good at it, so it's become a bit of a vicious circle.

Personally I'm not a fan of homework for tinies anyway, as I do think that school is exhausting for them. Maybe giving it a complete break at home for a while might just spark his interest again in a little while. Maybe he can get more one to one support at school if that's what seems to be helping?

For what it's worth, my brother refused to write completely for two years at primary school because the teacher was picking on his terrible handwriting - he's now academically a very high achiever and very successful - still has terrible writing but it hasn't held him back!.

to be honest - i could have written this about my son . I'm afraid that at 5 and a half most boys seme to lack concentration and its quite normal.

What time do you send him to bed? Is he getting enough sleep?

Re the homework - is there anyway you can do star charts for homework - i.e. if we sit down and do it you will get a sticker and when you have 10 you can get a small matchbox car, or time on the computer or similar?

Would he practise the writing if you let him write with crayons on the floor/pavement? we let ours outside on the terrace and have recntly bought a blackboard which he thinks is fun as it feels like writing on the walls (is screwed to the wall). I was just thinking that if he can get a bit more confidence by doing it this way he might be happier about picking up a pen.

I know that doesnt help much as your son is already in the uk education mainstream and he has to get through it , but i think its ridiculous that he has homework to do at this age. Mine is now nearly six and they dont even learn to read or write until group three (aged 6 - 7)here in the netherlands - and no homework until they are about 8. they think its better to wait till the children are older as they learn faster. I am happy that at nearly six my son has little pressure as i know he would not cope otherwise.

good luck - he sounds like a bright child - i'm sure he will do fine.