How much can you pull a child up academically in a year ?

[flutterby1]

I have a DD in year 6
Honestly I've left most of her schooling to the school
But not I have more time on my hands and want to dedicate this last primary school year to bringing her on academically

Times tables, spellings etc work towards SATS

Can 30 odd weeks of home study make any impactful difference ?

( this is not just for SATS but to bring her on for secondary school too and just in general)

Thanks

Yes.

Massively so.

Gosh yes - you can bring them on loads in a year

My daughter made 3 academic years progress in one year (after a dyslexia diagnosis and correct adjustments ) with no 121 support so I suspect it is easily possible to do even more than that for some!

Wow, this is encouraging thanks people, I thought I'd left it to late and I'm suffering from mum guilt

Too!

Honestly? You can pull up their academic standards enormously in one year.

All you need is: dedication, patience, time and some books.
All they need is: an incentive.

Take time out of your week (about 45 minutes, twice per week) to work through some books (I'd choose CGP from Exam Ninja, Amazon, WH Smiths, Waterstones or whatever).

It's the routine of regular study that cracks it.

P.s. Avoid apps, the progress won't be anything like as comparable.

I used to do business services for a lot of online tutoring companies who all had roughly the same stats. I can’t remember the numbers exactly but I think it was around 1 hour per subject per week for 6 weeks and the average child would improve by one grade (or something not far off that). So yes, 30 weeks even by yourself would make a huge difference!

It sounds like you’ve got it covered by yourself, but if you ever did want unbiased recommendations for online tutoring then TLC LIVE are great for her age group as they cover both primary and secondary, so they’ll continue topics and you don’t have to swap companies later etc.

Thanks both

There is a very real risk you can do more harm than good if your child is not amenable. After 6.5 hours at school, the last thing most kids want is more 'challenging' work!

The school can pull them up a load in a year too, and they will be focussing on Y6. Talk to her teacher and ask for one or two areas to focus on. Tend to agree with BlitheSpirits that too much could be counter-productive.

just wondering how you managed this please?

She has visual stress alongside dyslexia. So the main thing was correctly coloured paper etc. Her teacher that year saw the immediate improvement and so supported and bought more resources herself when the LS team tried saying they didn't have budget.

It was mostly that teacher who got her and supported/ encouraged. She made massive progress that year

Yes. Get a tutor. They learn better from tutors.

How's it going @flutterby1 ?

Yes, my DC also gained 3 years in 1 year for Maths - but they had been poorly taught and also spent a lot of time doing repetitive work so got very bored. By focussing on those areas they were less confident in, and stretching them in areas where they were confident, they improved hugely. Fun was important - they made up similar questions for me and told me if I got them right or not.

A lot, if you're determined, and the child is motivated.
In my final GCSE year, my mum tutored me for maths. She's an excellent mathematician, but not a teacher, and although it was fairly painful for us both, we got me up from a grade D to a B.
I ended up getting the "mathematics progress award" from the school, because I'd arrived quite a low Year 7, and finished pretty high. Mum and I still joke that we shared that prize. Team effort.
I'm now a teacher, and private tutor maths myself, which my mum finds absolutely hysterical.

My DH is not a maths teacher but he is a very patient and laid back person and excellent at explaining things so it can be retained. He tutored my DC who is his step child in Maths and Science. My DS's best friend was struggling at Maths so DS asked if he could come over too. DS got an A* but his friend was on track to get a D/E partly because he had a not very good teacher and the teacher had also been off sick for a couple of weeks too. He came 3 times a week for 1 hour. DH printed off about 15 past papers. He asked them both to do a paper. Then he marked and went through the topics they got any questions wrong on. DH spent most time with DC friend because he was most behind. He improved a lot and his Mum asked the school to let him sit the higher paper. School gave him a past higher paper and he got a C so they let him sit higher paper in exam. He got a good B grade. All progress took about 7-8 months.