My daughter (just turned 10, Y6) has looming assessment days and entrance exams for senior school, she’s currently at a prep. Consequently this term is ramping up with more homework.
She’s considered a bright all-rounder but the quality of her homework is terrible - she doesn’t care, cannot seem to spend time on it or let her brain engage thoughtfully before answering.
Last night she had some comprehension, her initial answers were absolutely awful and she hadn’t bothered to read the first bit of paper telling her to plan, spend x amount writing, use best handwriting, full sentences etc. I ended up re-doing it with her, encouraging her to think hard about what the question was asking and how we could get the answer by thinking about what the text was inferring.
The second set of answers was better and she will hand in both as I think it’s important that the teacher can see her first attempt which she did entirely alone.
The schools we’ve selected are reasonably academic, she really likes them. We contacted school to check they were happy with our choices and asked them to be honest if they were concerned she wouldn’t get a place - they said yes, but seriously based on last night’s first effort in her strongest subject, there is no way she’d get the pass mark…..
I feel like we should look again and consider less academic options but she’s adamant about these schools. I know her homework usually is of a lower quality than she produces in school but I am still freaking out!!!
Any words of wisdom much appreciated. I hate the stress and I hate the arguing.
I’ve always said to her that wrong answers are fine if you’ve tried your hardest. I don’t want her to be top of the class but just to care a bit more and take pride in work she does - she didn’t even bother to read the comprehension passage thoroughly before starting to answer, so she hadn’t digested the full story.