I've read some archived threads similar to this one, but really need someone's fresh eyes to look at the situation.
My son is in year 1 state primary school which is considered one of the best in the area and everyone seems to be very happy about it. He has been brought to UK when he was 3.5 and has just turned 6. Now, I always thought English would naturally dominate and put my efforts in supporting his native language, in which he can now read and write, and has a very high level generally.
His English was progressing fairly well, and he is doing well at school (that's what I am always told). But recently I started to understand his English really got so poor and is not at the level for his age group. It seems that to mask this, he started taking on a 'clown' behaviour. It just seems he has not progressed well and I am really surprised.
What is it? He is at school for hours and hours every day and still his English is so poor, why? The teachers say he is ok, but I just think he can be so much better and he is not achieving because the language is not progressing well. Is the school not right for him or shall I get a tutor to support his English - but that is kind of ludicrous, as even his phonics is good, but vocabulary is absent... What to be done?