Raw deal?
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:35 pm
Does anyone have any advice regarding helping an 8 yr old raise his attainment in writing/reading/comprehension skills?
My middle son has just moved into KS2, ie Yr3. He took his KS1 SATs at the end of last yr and achieved level 2 "a's and b's. My older son has always been at the top of his class for everything and has just sat his 11+.
I am starting to think my younger son has perhaps had a raw deal from us as parents. I know him to be a very intelligent boy with particular skill in Maths. However looking back, his SATs have shown that he is not performing as well as he could, if he had had the same amount of time spent with him as our older son.
This has in no way been intentional, I think it has happened because, as we both work full time and our older son has been approaching a critical point in his education, and we have a younger son just starting school, we have given him help as required and not (as we should have) to encourage him to work to his potential.
I know what I need to do in general terms to help him, but wondered if anyone has any experience of materials which may specifically target this area of his development?
Thank you in advance
angelz
My middle son has just moved into KS2, ie Yr3. He took his KS1 SATs at the end of last yr and achieved level 2 "a's and b's. My older son has always been at the top of his class for everything and has just sat his 11+.
I am starting to think my younger son has perhaps had a raw deal from us as parents. I know him to be a very intelligent boy with particular skill in Maths. However looking back, his SATs have shown that he is not performing as well as he could, if he had had the same amount of time spent with him as our older son.
This has in no way been intentional, I think it has happened because, as we both work full time and our older son has been approaching a critical point in his education, and we have a younger son just starting school, we have given him help as required and not (as we should have) to encourage him to work to his potential.
I know what I need to do in general terms to help him, but wondered if anyone has any experience of materials which may specifically target this area of his development?
Thank you in advance
angelz