AIBU to be cross - reversing letters

[CrystalSinger]

How come my DS is 9 and neatly finished Y4 and no teacher has noticed (or corrected) the fact that he consistently writes some letters as capitals.

He tells me he does this so he doesn't reverse them. Ie he always writes D (as in anD) so he doesn't accidently write a b instead of a d.

He has no learning difficulties and is doing very well at school. Writing is his weakest subject and he's a 3a in it.

This is my 3rd DC in this school. And the 3rd DC to not be taught the absolute basics.

The standard of education does seem to be somewhat lacking......

I think if he has these problems, and a sibling with dyslexia, and has been recognised as having dyspraxia, then mild dyslexia is quite likely. (as often related and genetic links too)
Actually now I think about my father also uses a capital D all the time. Very interesting ! - I'll have to ask him about that

Letter formation isn't prioritised in your school ( for whatever reason, as a governor perhaps you need to find out why) but your post makes it sound as if it isn't in ANY school, which is where we would disagree!

Every week they have golden time and they can choose which class they go to. Each teacher does a different activity.

Every week he stays with his own teacher 'cause he doesn't feel comfortable with anyone else'

And she hadn't noticed till I pointed it out (after he told me).

She's not a good teacher.

Watching this thread with interest, but sorry nothing useful to add. DS (age 7 but year 3) has totally struggled with free writing (and reading) and is most probably dyslexic. We are just starting to sort out formal tests.

If using capital letters helps a child spell correctly, can someone please tell me why this is an issue? I would be totally thrilled if DS spelled words correctly even if he used capitals.

I'm not saying you're wrong Crystal, but perhaps she has some merits if DS is choosing to stay with her given a free choice ?

Juggling - ds loves her and thinks she's very pretty :)

She does have lots of merits.

Very - if spelling with incorrect caps is an achievement for your DC than that's fine. But I see no evidence that my DS can't write properly when he's expected to.

Using capital letters isn't helping him spell correctly. He knows how to spell the words what he doesn't know how to orientate b and d because letter formation isn't fully developed which the programmes recommended by the OT would help resolve

Mrz - do both write from the start and speed up help with letter orientation? I could face doing wfts with him over summer but su is more work.....

I would probably do Speed Up rather than Write from the Start because he is older.

WFTS is better for letter orientation IMO

My ds2 is dyspraxic and I feel your pain with regard to the 'basics' not being taught in KS2. It's just accepted that they' can't' do it - low expectations.