Hello,
I'm hoping someone experienced can help me.
My son has always been active and enthusiastic in school. He was in reception/y1 during covid, and consequently it's taken him a long time to pick up reading and writing. I have raised concerns a few times with school, but they said he didn't meet criteria to do a dyslexia assessment. He can read pretty well now, but writing and spelling are hard for him and he hates it. He can write semi neatly if he concentrates very hard but the spelling can still be hard to decipher.
As he moved up the school and the amount of written work has increased, he's been increasingly disengaged. I don't think he's particularly disruptive, just totally disinterested and very difficult to get him to do the work. He's extremely good at maths though and focuses well in maths lessons.
I've just had another parents evening being told that he's not concentrating, not really trying, produces very little work etc. I've spoken to him about it repeatedly but it makes no difference. He's kind and nice natured but I do worry about all this. He has so much potential but he just won't engage at all.
He seems quite hormonal at the moment- emotional and easily frustrated.
School have introduced fidgets and movement breaks but no one has suggested adhd or anything and I don't think it's that either- but I am no expert.
I have tried to be gentle and encouraging and I've also tried more firm conversations about showing respect by listening and trying his best and now I don't know what else we can do.
It's also really hard to think he spends hours at school every day and isn't happy 😕 (not the schools fault- he was the same at his previous school).
Any ideas or advice gratefully received.