Hm, well, es has been behind from day one in his school work, and welll, I suppose he is not academically minded....anyway, I have looked into different things and printed them of to show the teachers and otehr professionals in the past and well, not much notice was taken and people just tended to say, he is a boy it will pick up!
And yes it has picked up, indeed, no doubt about that!
Anyway, he used to be under ENT because his reception teacher thaught there mihgt be something wrong with teh hearing...(something I wondered about, as he learned to speak really late and I felt he couldn't understand me well, which was put down to us trying to raise him bilingual german-english, so, I stopped that, and hey he started speaking more, clearer and better), then I wondered about this condition, where their hearing is fine, but they can't actually understand well because their brain can't decode the information...can't remember anymore what that is called now....and that was poopooed...fair enough)...I have also questioned them about Dyslexia, and was poopooed, well, es is now 10 and we just had a parent evening...well, when es started the school there last year beginning of term his reading was assessed to be at age 4 (he was 9 at the tine)and spelling about the sameand maths/numeracy was below, but he has picked up some, and is now reading age 6+ etc...but obvioulsy still below his age group!
Well, we will do much more work with him now, seeing that he will start Secondary school next year, but his teacher mentioned that she would like him to be assessed for dyslexia and also that she would like to get him a "scripeter" (?) for the Sats, as she feels that he can describe very well and has in speach a good way and is creative, but that his reading spelling, writing abilities are holding him back...and I am fine with all that, but then it's all new to us...is there anything we should know? Any hints and tips????