8yo spelling

[Reluctantadult]

My 8yo daughters spelling is terrible. Any learning we do doesn't seem to stick. Examples this weekend include frnind (friend), girbls (gerbils), feme (them), anmal (animal), primpy (primary). Is this normal? She's my first child. School teacher doesn't seem to be worried. He suggested going back over phonics but tbh we already do.

My eldest is 11 and still can't spell a lot of the basics, everything else is spelled phonetically. I have spoken to his school a few times over the years and I'm always told he's within normal limits, not to worry. We tried so many different things to help him spell, he was slow to learn to read too and has never understood phonics (unlike his younger brother who just seemed to naturally get it).
After his SATs last year, and him coming home upset because of peer marking, and the child sitting next to him telling him he's thick, I organised a basic dyslexia screening assessment through the Dyslexia Association, I think it was about £120. Turns out he's dyslexic, although his letter formation is fine (I had been told he couldn't be dyslexic if his writing is tidy...). I was more concerned about his self-esteem than anything, now we know, we can try and help him in more targeted ways (the dyslexia association had lots of suggestions).

Perhaps try the simultaneous oral spelling technique, which may help your daughter. We have also tried visualising words, so, what (wot), my younger son drew a cartoon of a man with a w-shaped hat, w-hat. Not going to work for a lot of words, but it helped the eldest remember how to spell what.

I'm a teaching assistant and sometimes I screen children for dyslexia. I would recommend speaking to her school about getting her screened.
At least then if it's found she has dyslexia she can get more support at school and if not then great and it rules it out.

One of my key pupils at work is dyslexic and I die daily precision teaching with her and her progress has been amazing.

I don't die daily.
Meant to say DO 😂

I think she is a little behind based on what DD is covering and the work I see for her year 4 class.

Looking at the English National curriculum info (word list is page 54, breakdown of what's covered in terms of word complexity is page 49 onwards).

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachmentdata/file/335186/PRIMARYYnationalcurriculumm-Englishh_220714.pdf

I think it would be worth a conversation with her teacher and exploring the possibilities.

I would be concerned particularly because those misspellings are not even good phonetic guesses. I would definitely get her screened for dyslexia as a starting point.

Is she any better spelling them out loud?

Ah thanks for the replies. I should have said she's in yr3. School don't think she's dyslexic and when I've looked up the criteria she doesn't meet many. I would say her reading is a bit behind, school said reading age is 7yr 5 maths. But I also think everything is being hidden by her high comprehension. She won head teachers award for her creative writing etc.

Reading age 7yrs 5 months.