Am I being unreasonable or is this a lot of extra work for a 6 year old?

[lifebook14]

Not really sure what to make of this so thought I would ask the wise people on here.

Teacher asked for a word today and said DS had been selected as a small group of children who needed some extra support with phonics/writing. Yes I agree he does and am happy for him to have some extra support.

However this support will be 3 extra 30 min lessons on Mon, Tue and Wed morning. So instead of starting school at 8.50 he will now have to get there at 8.10.

It just feels like a lot of extra work. He gets tired easily from school and an extra 30 mins on the day for 3 days a week seems an awful lot. Even if he did kumon or had a tutor it would only be for 1hour once a week. Also it's going to be really hard getting up earlier in the morning as he is not a morning person and likes to sleep in as long as possible. I'm dreading the thought of getting him up early for phonics on a cold, dark winters morn.

Apparently the lessons will go on until they feel the child doesn't need them anymore so potentially could be a term or all year!!

Don't get me wrong I am grateful for the help (although it feels a bit cynical that this is in the run up to SATS) but it just seems like such an extra burden on a young child.

Or is this normal and I'm just being PFB!?

lifebook14 perhaps with the nights drawing in, you will have some success getting your ds to sleep a little earlier. Fingers crossed. My eldest has trouble falling asleep, always has. It is easier in winter when it is cool and dark.

good luck!

I can't understand it!!! It's your child's education, shouldn't you be grateful that the school does provide this chance for him to catch up.

Can't you just move his bedtime slightly earlier so he can get up a bit earlier every morning?

I do think it's a bit unfair to say why Y2 and not Y1 or Y3 when the explanation is the group has been set up to help those who hadn't passed the phonic's check at the end of Y1.

If the OPs child fails the screening check at the end of Y2 they will be offered intervention in Y3 unfortunately by Y3 accessing the curriculum is a big prob if can't read

Or, perhaps, you could just say no and let some other child benefit. But please don't then complain that your child is behind/not progressing as fast as you would like/is only on Blue books when everyone else is on Lime/has dreadful spelling.

I'm sure there will be lots of other parents ready to take up the offer