Has your child been behind in year 3 and eventually caught up?

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My do has gap in education as we have moved round and is behind where he should be. I am starting o think he won't catch up and is under pressure. Anyone been here and have they caught up without private tuition?

DS wasn't educated appropriately during Y3, and didn't attend school for most of the summer term. It took two terms of Y4 for him to be back where he should have been, if he'd made continuous progress since Y2.

Yes and no. My DS was behind at the beginning of year 3, but he did then have additional maths tuition.

He is now (year 6) slightly above average.

I don't think you would need to pay for additional tuition, though. There are loads of resources online.

Thanks, will have a look online. Any recommendations?

My (adopted) DD1 was behind when she came to us end y3. By end y6 she was caught up in maths, slightly behind in English. We didn't use a tutor, but I did a lot with her, especially with maths. With hindsight I should probably have done less maths and more English, as that affects everything at Secondary. Just started y10 and looking to do OK.

I am sure it is perfectly possible, obviously depends on the child and the reasons why they are behind (as you have said from disruption rather than unable to do it).

Many school teachers will happily suggest books or work the child can do to catch up so it would be worth asking the teachers. They will be pleased to have a sensible and supportive parent. You can get those workbooks to do at home but I don't know what ages they tend to do them. I think you would needs to speak to the teacher to find out which areas are most important for catching up first.

My DS, who does have some additional needs, was behind national expectations in literacy and reading at the beginning of yr3 and was above national expectations in reading and in line for writing by the end of year 3. We have always done loads of reading at home but I think it just took longer for it to click with him.

Don't get too disheartened, he is still very young. BBC Bitesize is a good free online resource or just google free maths worksheets or similar. Ask him what they are currently working on in school and then do a few activities to re-inforce them at home. CPG workbooks are also supposed to be good.