Sorry if this is a bit long.
My youngest DS is in Y6 and has been offered after-school 1 to 1 tuition for one term in order to improve his writing.
His teachers (including this year's teacher) have always commented that he was very intelligent and knowlegeable in various subjects that interest him, and in mental maths. However they always said that he is extremely slow when completing written work.
Recently he had to do some creative writing as homework. It was very hard to MAKE him do it and it took ages, and I noticed he spent a lot of time thinking and discussing his story with me, asking what Ithought of the plot or the characters etc. The actual writing though was very painful.
When it was finished, I congratulated him for his good work as I thought it was actually very good, the story was amusing and interesting, he used a wide range of vocabulary, his spelling, grammar and punctuation were excellent.
But his teacher commented that the piece was much too short and that everyone else had produced a longer piece.
Anyway. She has told me that the school has been given some funding for remedial tuition and she wants my DS to benefit from it one hour a week after school for a term.
She has shown me the learning goals of the proposed tuition, and all the objectives are stuff that DS can do perfectly (using correct punctuation, think of one's audience etc.) His only problem is the pace of his work, which no tuition will help with.
I'm just worried the school or the teacher will think we don't support our DS's learning if I refuse the offer.
What do you think, either from a parent's or a teacher's perspective?
Thanks!