Progress Y1 to Y2 (now), please help.

[Marcelinewhyareyousomean]

Please help me gain perspective.

If in year 1 DC got the following end of year 1:
Reading 2b
Writing 2c
Maths 2c

What would you expect progress from Sept 13 to Feb 14 to be?

Ds hasn't progressed imho:
Reading 2c
Writing 2b
Maths 2c

I've had no indication that D's (7) is having problems. He was 'ahead of his peers' in yr and is now 'average/middle of the class'. I was shocked about his lack of progress during the meeting but have only just had the levels to check. Teacher said that there is a massive difference in the level he has gone from the bottom to the top and HAS made progress. His reading level has gone down.

Am I expecting too much?
He did very well in YR and I would expect him to be more able. If this rate if progress continues he will fall behind next year.

In Y2 I would not only expect him to know them by heart but forwards/bakwards/inside out. That is to say have instant recall of any times table fact (not just in order) and the related division fact. When I taught Y2 (and followed a teacher who inflated levels) I gave my class 50 times table questions to complete in 1 min- could he do this?

50 quick fire times tables in 60 seconds = a massive no. They haven't been doing them in class yet. His teacher is going to start 2 and 5 after half term. I didn't start tables properly until Juniors and so wasn't concerned.

He isn't confident with 7, 12, 8, 6. We do them at home but the only homework set for maths was on education city. The SATs papers set for homework last year had question in that tested his knowledge and he could do those. No quick fire or dedicated times tables have been set as homework to date.

No spellings have ever been sent home. I used the sheet provided with his report - 157 Y1/2 words, to see how many he knew. Again, he will start to be tested after half term. He knows most of them with silly errors on the same 3 words. (again, their, February).

Sounds like a good idea to have meeting with teacher. You are now Informed, so that is good.

I feel a lot better informed. I also think his progress ground to a halt this time last year and school haven't noticed. He is quiet and I think he has slipped under the radar.