Is ds's school too linient?

[Jesusgirl]

My ds age 7, going to year 3 now brought his year 2 books home and I just looked through it and was a bit.... He could be rather scruffy sometimes, his writing is really rough most times, he's always in a hurry and so stops a sentence midway before jumping to the next! But looking through teacher's comments, it's all about how great the information is, how well he tried, welldone etc.

I don't want them to make him feel horrible about it but at least let him know it's not acceptable to do things half heartedly.

He's quite a bright boy and feels he can get away with doing as little as he can and the school seems to reinforce that. His writing is much neater at home because I get him to rewrite whatever he's written if it's not legible. He's probably not going to be the best writer there is but at least it should be legible.

He seems to be able to get away with not handing in homework etc. I have to make sure he does it and hand it in. There's no repercussion from the teacher if he doesn't.

I spoke to year 2 teacher and she just told me " you know X, when he's motivated he does it really well, but when he's not in the mood, he tends not to" !!! I found this very .....

I'm hoping it's just that particular teacher and it's not the school per se.

jesusgirl "He stops a sentence midway before jumping to the next"

does that happen often?

Level 3? is it an infant school?

It would be a barrier to gaining level 3 (or even level 2) if he does it often.

I would suggest getting him to say what he intends to write in his sentence and for him to count the words. When he writes he must make sure that he has written that many words. Alternatively he (or you) could draw a line for each word. This will slow him down at first but will focus him on writing full meaningful sentences.

Livinonaprayer- of course your response was very helpful. I think generally speaking writing comes more naturally to girls- as a child, I loved writing every and anything, same as my sister, but my brothers didn't! Also with my 2 dcs- dd loves writing - for now scribbling!

Mrz, he doesn't do it often. His writing changes with his mood! Sometimes, he's happy to write and does it brilliantly, sometimes he really can't be bothered. This is where my problem with his school was, they tend to let him get away with it and tell me not to worry because he writes well when he wants to. I'm not sure that's good enough or maybe I'm just expecting too much from him, I just believe if u can do better, then never settle for less.