DS 4.8 at school here in Spain. Was called in at collection time along with two other parents to speak to his teacher. He and the others had not finished the page in their workbooks that they were supposed to be doing ( tracing the numbers 1,2,3 and colouring in a picture with a colour key). His teacher said he had done very little in 45 minutes (he had only completed one or two 1,2,3 sequences).
Before a spell of the teacher being off ill he was doing really well and doing everything that was asked of him very well and now seems very difficult to get to work. He brought his workbook home and it was equally difficult to get him to finish at home. He can actually do it all quite easily so the skills are there. I think he might just be really lazy and stubborn.
Unfortunately here in Spain teaching is pretty straight and boring even at his age. He has talked about his teacher being off sick but not once in a negative way.
Any thoughts? My gut instinct is not to worry but the teacher seems really concerned and I know the expectations here are probably quite different - everyone tows the line....