At the end of Y2 she was a level 2B in maths, but level 1 in Literacy, as she is dyslexic (then un-diagnosed) and as she was going from and infant school to a junior school her teacher wanted to get her as much help as possible. So although she is brilliant verbally, she still struggles with her writing.
But I don't mind that too much
The thing is she won't meet "age related expectations" in maths. The school like to have "booster" sessions after school in Y6. Anyway, the time has come for her to have these booster sessions. The thing is, they are at the same time as she attends the highlight of her week; wind band.
DD isn't very good at many things, but she's reasonable at playing the flute. She's worried that if she doesn't go to wind band this half term she will be demoted to second flute, and another girl will then be "promoted" to first flute. Which obviously would be completely fair.
Except DD needs all the self esteem building she can get.
So do I accept DD will flunk her SATs anyway, and keep her confidence up by going to wind band? Or do I throw everything we've got at getting DD to understand maths?
(DD does have a maths tutor, but it's not working out well, as tutor doesn't "get" that DD has very, very poor working memory, as DD over compensates for this by acting incredibly confident and giving any old answer as though it is absolutely the right one. But sometimes it is the right answer, because DD does understand, making it difficult for the tutor to know where to "pitch" the maths. That makes DD sound horrendous, but honestly she's not, she's actually lovely.)