DS(6) has become increasingly negative about school on the past week or so, saying he doesn’t want to go and the work is too hard. This morning he was very down and I have to say he has lost his spark and enthusiasm for school almost completely.
We are already aware he is very behind in phonics (Yellow band) due to his refusal to engage until only a few months ago. Maths be is only slightly behind in.
I mentioned his attitude to his teacher this morning and she said he is having 1-to-1 with a TA for phonics and maths each day, as when they are sent off to do independent learning he will just sit there and do nothing. Obviously the TA must be spread across the whole class so I can’t imagine he gets individual attention for long (and nor should he), probably just to get him going with the work.
I’m having a 10 minute meeting with his teacher next week but is there any questions I should ask her? Aside from doing the obvious like his reading book and Numbots, reading to him a lot which we have always done, and incorporating maths into daily life, how else can we help him re-engage with learning? His teacher said she also doesn’t want him becoming dependent on having individual support constantly when the other pupils are doing what they are asked ok.
DS suffered a lot emotionally during the lockdowns, as being an only child the total isolation was crippling, and I can see my child slipping back to like he was then 