Have spoken to his teacher and am told that he's not quite loud enough when reading and when he's got louder he can choose any book he likes to read. At the moment he has to pick colour coded level reading books from the library. Most are pretty turgid and dull, and that's his opinion (but my word, I love the word 'turgid') anyhow...
He's not a 'loud' person. He's pretty shy in a group situation but alright one to one. I listen to him read and he's great, takes a page to get 'warmed up' and then he's flowing really well. He can understand what's being said in the text, gets the gist of a story and can use expression too. He's a good reader and enjoys reading to us and to himself. His SENCo says he's got the reading age of a 10 year old.
Teacher told us at parents evening that he lacks confidence and self esteem. There are two things he is good at at school; spelling and reading. Maths he struggles with and getting creative ideas down on paper. Would I be out of place to point out that maybe by encouraging my DS in things that he doesn't struggle with it may give him more confidence elsewhere in the curriculum. Maybe this is a AIBU, but I thought I'd put this rant in education.
Thanks for reading.