End of Y2 report

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My DD(7) brought her report home and she is ‘working towards’ in all subjects except reading (meeting standards in reading).

I am a little worried as her handwriting is illegible and she lacks concentration and maths is very weak too. She does not enjoy sitting down and working on her handwriting or maths. In fact, it is hard work trying to get her to complete even short homework tasks. On the hand, she is really happy at school, just gets on with her days, enjoying herself and oblivious to how behind she is in spelling, writing and maths.

I am worried that she will just find it more and more difficult to keep up and the gap will get wider between where she is and where she shoukd be. I don’t think a tutor would help either as she just cannot concentrate for more than 5-10 minutes, She gets bored quickly. Of course, she can spend hours playing. She has a wonderful imagination and knows how to keep herself occupied with various toys or games that she makes up.

Any advice will be appreciated.

How did she do at the end of Reception assessments? Was she ‘working towards’ (or the equivalent) in the maths, reading and writing objectives? I’m just wondering whether she’s made adequate progress or whether the gap has already widened.

What has the teacher said? Any concerns raised at parents’ evenings or in the report?

She sounds lovely. Can you think of ways to incorporate learning into her play, such as writing notes to fairies (who can only read neat writing, you know!), or incorporating some maths somehow? Dice games, card games? Cooking/measuring?

Is the report what you were expecting... what have her teachers said throughout the year, at parents evening etc

I have a yr 2 DD and we have a "fairy" who comes and leaves notes for her every so often so my daughter writes back

As others have said, how were her previous reports? Is she making progress? I always think progress is more important than the actual level achieved. If she is progressing, I wouldn't be too worried. How does she eat/sleep? I'm just wondering if that could be affecting her concentration at all.

In your pisition i would find lots if ways to help strengthen her maths through play and fun things like baking. There are quote a lit of simple board games that help with maths ("shut the box" for number boards fi) - would she enjoy those? Toys like geomag, kaola and lego are good for getting to grips with 3d shapes, esp if you play too and talk about it.

Websites w maths games can be useful too although I do think young children do best with actual, physical things to help them get to grips w numbers.

Speaking as someone who has struggled with maths all my life I'd urge you to help her get to grips with it rather than be tempted to go down the "maths is hard and for boys don't worry about it" route.

Sorry- so many typos

"Shut the box" is the game for number bonds

Games with coins, maybe a shop with prices on items? Or a cafe with a menu with prices and coins? Don’t use round numbers.

A learn the time watch. Or maybe a pedometer, how many more steps to 100 etc.

Baking - let her weigh items.

Lego.

Estimate when out and about. How many cars in the street, or flowers in a bunch.

Pontoon?