ELS programme year 1
Would be grateful if you could share your thoughts on my frustration. My 5 year old son is a May born child,so is the youngest in his class,Y1. We feel he is doing great. Good spelling reading and writing for his age. He met all targets in reception with an exceed for speaking. I was shocked therefore to find a letter in his bag tonight saying that DS has been chosen to attend the ELS Programme although he is not exactly struggling at school but it will help him reach the other kids' level. I know that the programme is for underachieving children.
Can't the teacher understand that he is only 5 and it's detrimental for children to be put labels like that at such early age as ''underachieving''. I feel under constant pressure and in total despair for him. We've always encouraged him to do his best but he needs to be a child as well. He already has homework and spelling tests and the ELS will give him even more. We don't get enough family as it is and now extra work will encroach on the time we do have. I am furious at the school. Their communication is so poor and I feel that if he was struggling I should have been informed sooner and personally rather than just a letter in his bag. The leap the kids are expected to take from reception to yr 1 is too much in.my opinion and I'm now questioning whether reception was actually good enough. Any thoughts?
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Homebody1976 · 07/10/2016 18:49
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