His handwriting is not good (left handed finds the proper grip tiring and given the chance will put whole hand around the pen, it never has been good. Its been flagged up from yr 3 (hes now yr4) before that it was simply ignored/put down to ds being quite rightly a young child.
They suggested he go for private lessons which I said I'd look into but TBH hes bloody EIGHT YEARS OLD so we discounted it.. bought a few handwriting practice books and he does work at home on that (I thought it was getting better tbh)
Now I have a request for a OT to observe him in lessons.
His writing is just about legible but they're saying its holding him back .. from what I'm not quite sure .. possibly from keeping up their SATS grades.. (we're overseas in a fee paying International school) hes still learning stuff it just doesn't look pretty for the putting up on the the walls .
(sorry this is turning into a bit of a AIBU rant !
Is the school over the top or are they right and I deserve a slap for being a slack ungratefull parent.