My son has has just entered reception class. He currently gets given 5 new words to learn per week which may not sound a lot but he doesn't remember them. Further I have no idea why the teacher keeps giving more new words when he isn't remebering the first ten for example. I expected to see some repeated to reinforce the learning. I have now just received a note saying my son won't be tested on his spelling until she sees some improvement! Language, reading and spelling one cannot dictate when a child is going to get it all, some will pick it up faster than others. That is my feeling on this. Plus he has been at school for just one month. Someone please give me your thoughts I'm absolutely screaming inside about this matter!!!! Furious