Just after a bit of advice from teachers or parents who may be able to help. Dd2 is 8 and in year 4. Up until last year according to the teachers she was going very well at school, top tables etc. She is now struggling, particularly in areas of maths and reading. In maths she struggles majorly with arithmetic, often mixing up subtraction and addition signs etc but can manage more complex problems with no issues. She can't seem to retain the basics and misses out numbers when reading maths questions. In reading she consistently misses out words and despite getting her to repeat sentences, still continues to do so. She's always done this but it's not getting any better. She doesn't read fluently, guesses words a lot and struggles with simple but unfamiliar phonics. Her comprehension however is very good and she is fine with spellings. She hates reading and tells me it's because it's so hard but she got a level 3 at the end of year 2. I've begun to think there's something else going on (but maybe totally wrong) and as she's a confident, articulate child, I suspect this covers up quite a lot of her struggles.
The school is rubbish at supporting additional learning needs (but very good in other ways) so just wanted to get an opinion from others before I have a chat with her teacher. Am I making mountains out of molehills?
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Cloudhopping · 28/09/2016 17:41
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