May I have a proud mother moment please?

[Notterrysmine]

My dd is severly dyslexic, and finds academic study extremely difficult. She has bought home her y9 key stage 3 results, which were taken from her summer exams.

Mathematics 8b
Science 7a
English 6a

and all other grades 6c or higher.

So very proud of her.

Wow, fab

Wallow in your pride!
Lovely.
Is she getting a prize for all her efforts?

you deserve a proud mummy moment or few! so does your DD!!

Unfortunately not - it's her slight moan about the school, the only one in the whole year group of 170 pupils, is the one, who gets the highest mark, but doesn't have to work to get the marks. Even the winning child is embarrassed they get the award, as they say themselves there are more deserving winners.

But hey, the school sent a postcard home to say how pleased they were with my dd's attitude, and the results were due to her work ethic.

But YOU can provide a prize!
Special meal out?

New outfit?
Treaty thing like health spa?
Something she's had her eye on for a while?
Her choice of activity/present?
Lots of praise and big hugs etc etc.

enjoy!

Oh sorry misread your post - I think she may be getting that new Hollister hoodie she's been harping on about for months

And she had the hugs, and squeals this evening.

Yay!

And she can wear it to the tt gig!

I think that may be necessary

on a slightly different note...stop using dyslexia as excuse.

she is normal. people are different. yes, you can use dyslexia to get extra time, but not becuase she needs it, but because you are using the system.

thats my view of course, but nobody in life will give her credit for dyslexia, so pls stop doing it now.

of course you are the mother, so the call is yours.

also... well done for results. :)

ps i am aslo dyslectic.

kris123, the point of getting extra time (or any other access arrangement) during exams is not to give an advantage, but to remove the disadvantage students with SpLDs such as dyslexia face.

This is especially important when ensuring that the results of a test measuring knowledge are accurate.

As a parent, you cannot insist on access arrangements- the criteria for them are incredibly stringent and set by the JCQ; not even the school can decide who gets them.

OP- amazing results, well done DD

She doesn't get extra time - as she's always the first to finish all exams, so the school said no point her having extra time.

The assistance she has had, is due to her photographic memory, she's been given the skill of what the question is asking by the picture of the words - she doesn't read, she just recalls the meaning of the images she sees. All words to her are seen in their entirety as an image. She has then learnt what picture she has to draw to obtain the correct answer.

I'm not using the dyslexia as an excuse, I'm saying in spite of dyslexia she has achieved.

In spite of dyslexia but because she has a photographic memory. You should give both pieces of information in your OP.

Many severely dyslexic children struggle so much, not including all the relevant detail undermines their (lower)achievements.

Well done to her, that's a fascinating strategy she has for overcoming her difficulties.

You are right to be proud when you have seen how hard she has worked. Ds has sld problems as well and did ks3 last summer and got similar levels. Ds got the maths prize, but I don't think dcs school necessarily give the prize to the highest mark.
I was more proud of his overall improvement in written English. He went from scraping ks2 level 4 by one point after a lit of extra 1 to1 to a level 7.

well done notterry's dd!

Years ago I marked accountancy postgrad exams.
There was a student who because of genetic damage to his wrist bones had permission to type on a laptop.
I LOVED marking his exams.
No bad spelling, no wandering lines, no illegible words.
If they had not allowed him that leeway he'd never have passed. He now works for a big firm in London. Rightly so.
In the days of computers, the fact that one cannot write neatly, quickly is an utter irrelevance.

Once OP's child is in work, the accuracy of the response rather than the neatness or speed is what will matter.
A Dyslexic who checks everything will excel over a braggart who checks nothing.
And so it should be.