Hags, what can I do about DD2? She has done absolutely abysmally in her MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) tests - has got WORSE since last year, so actually going into reverse rather than even staying the same. Her teachers all say that she is bright, but she just has no interest/can't be bothered to try with anything. She has had a rocket put up her arse in French and is now performing at the level she should be. To avoid being put down to beginners, she had to give a presentation in French and write a story in French, of 2 sides of A4. Her teacher said these were "flawless" which just goes to show she can do if if she has to.
Her MAP test results put her as "below average" (they score you on a centile, compared to other children at the same age in schools across the US and international schools following the US curriculum), largely because, I suspect, she couldn't be arsed to do them. Her teachers say "Oh she will do better when she is in Middle School next term, she will be more stimulated and challenged." But why aren't they doing this in Primary? Why can't they get her interested? She says quite frankly, that she is "bored with it all", and nothing, except her art, gets her interested. I am seriously thinking of packing her off to boarding school in UK, where she will have to settle down and do her prep and have a more structured day. It is a battle of wits to get her to do any homework at all at the moment - if she doesn't do it, she is kept in at break and lunchtime until it is completed. Even this doesn't motivate her to get it done in the evening.
We have tried incentives - more pocket money, a day out, something that she wants, but that doesn't work. Nor does punishment - removing ipad/laptop - she is just as happy with her nose in a book and drawing as she is with computer stuff. Quoi faire?