my son is just ending year four. I had a general meeting today with the senco to discuss all three of my children in the school (very different needs one dyslexic one behind in reading excelling in math and then ds) his assessment scores are
Math 4b
Writing4c
Reading 4b
Science 4b
He is at the moment displaying his usual signs of being under achieving not interested in telling me about school easy to temper no homework (all done in school) I am concerned about how to deal with him. The schools a small village school whom have 15intake and mixed class years 5 & 6 together. Senco said she understood my concern and his teacher has had him and 3other children in class four (the years five and six) for most of 2011 I am relieved they are aware that they need to push pn the g &t and I get on very well with the senco we have a tutor sorted for him to start in September to aid him in doing new projects but with a dyslexic dd leaving year six now with a satisfactory ( please read I'm ecstatic) 4b I know her is two years ahead how do I keep his interest in learning high? We are lucky the school is open for suggestions and ideas and as there is four of them we could likely move forward with the small group however the way he is going he will have reached level 5 by Christmas senco made this estimation and then we have a further five terms before he leaves school to go to secondary school. We tried the local g&t club but he really didn't gel with their ideas his talented areas are math and science and the club tends to explore other areas more.
What can we do? He is in a summer school put on by a local private school for one week I would consider sending him elsewhere too but I am at a loss as to how to continue to support him. I will also admit he is now doing math that I as a non native language english speaker iOS struggling to aid him with. I want him to continue to feel enthusiastic about learning but I am worried it will stop.