We have two weeks' off school, leading up to half term.
I've been trying to give my son some maths tests (at his request) but I cannot read, and worse, he cannot properly form, his numbers.
Worse still are the letters: he starts most of them (as the numbers) from the bottom, does them in two parts eg. a line and a ball for a 9, his 5s look like 6s and his threes are universally the wrong way round.
Letters which have a 'tail' such as f, g and y all begin on the base line so they stand awkwardly among their peers, squashed and falling over.
I can't believe it's been allowed to go on for so long...I've never had a proper chance to address it, well actually I thought the school would, but no, it's appalling and it's going to stop RIGHT now.
We have found an old exercise book and I've drawn him letters to practise.
Is it just me or is anyone else shocked by the way their DCs write? When and if he goes back, he'll be writing properly. I swear.