DD had a great time in reception and did really well academically. Things have taken a massive turn for the worse since moving to year 1, which is much more formal and expectations are extremely high. She is stressed and overwhelmed, and doesn't seem to have learnt anything this half term. Her confidence has really been knocked. The teacher has flagged up a number of concerns, and says she is very disorganised and distracted in class. We are having an ongoing dialogue about supporting her, but I am not convinced that much will change in the short term. I'm reluctant to do anything dramatic like change schools, as she has a lot of friends, and on one level is quite happy. I also don't know if it would be any better anywhere else, and do on some level feelconfident she will probably adapt to the new environment in time. However, I don't want to see her falling behind and her confidence eroding even more while this happens.
I know she can - and does - learn well at home. I was wondering about flexi-schooling her - i.e. taking her out maybe 3-4 half days a week and teaching her at home. This would give her a chance to catch up on areas where she's struggling a bit in a more relaxed environment . I was hoping this would give her more confidence and actually facilitate the move to working at this different, more independent level. I have no wish to home school - it wouldn't suit either her or me -but I was thinking Flexi schooling may enable her to keep up with the work while she hopefully adapts (and also enable her to maintain her friendships). I would be thinking of doing this until the end of year 1 - if there is no improvement at school during that time we would need to think about other options.
What do people think? Has anyone done this? Or does anyone have any other ideas of how I should handle this?
Thanks very much