School letter - ahh the irony

[HughRinal]

DS has been at school for four days. Today he has a letter from his teacher to inform us that he must 'practice his spellings'.

Should I send it back with a note of irony? Or will this mark me out as one of those mothers.
Seriously, it makes me feel ill!

Surely the ultimate irony? Welcome to the world of modern primary education.

ds1 wrote in his agenda

'spelling test tommorow'

bless.

actually as long as the words on the list itself are okay, i am content to titter behind my hand. if all the children in the class have been given a word list with mistakes in it to learn, i do go in and have a small word.

I know a lovely primary school teacher who admits she can't spell.

Yes, as long as the words to learn are correct...

Should it be practise then? I always get confused with practice/practise.

You are not alone,sadly. I was so irate/disheartened by that very instruction on Thursday that I started an AIBU thread. I have decided not to mention it (I think),but have corrected it on the spelling book. To be honest, if I thought it was just a slip of the pen I might mention it, but am scared that I might open whole can of worms...

Oh dear, you should see the letters that come home from my daughter's school!

There/they're full of errors and speeling mistakes. How are theese people capeable of teaching are children!(?)

PuppyMonkey

Practice is the noun, as in "piano practice".

Practise is the verb, as in "we must practise our spellings".

(The Americans use them differently though.)

HTH