Dd is 5.8yrs and in reception. I recently had the chance to look through her work in class. She has written a total of 10 sentences all year. One sentence this month. Two last month. This is typical of her class, and more to do with the pace of work for the class than Dd herself. There is no written work by any of the children on display. Each child has a writing book, where they occasionally (maybe once a week) draw a picture then label it underneath. E.g, 'I went to my friend's party' written by the teacher, then copied by the child underneath.
They do have another book where they practice writing individual letters and some basic digraphs (sh, ch) but that's it. Nothing in relation to any phonics they may (or may not) be learning that week. No emphasis on writing whole words or constructing sentences.
Is this normal? Reading through some of the other threads on here it seems as though the pace in Dd's class is incredibly slow. Should I be seeing more evidence of being taught to how to write / construct sentences by now? Dd has great pen control and very neat writing. She loves practicing individual letters, or familiar names in cursive (has done for nearly two years now). I feel she is definitely ready for more at school, but I am repeatedly being told that they learn through play.
It is similar pace with numeracy. Literally two pages of basic addition (to ten) all year. Just lots of writing numbers to 20, or counting the dots and writing the number in the box. I know they do practical numeracy work, counting one more, one less etc. How much written numeracy work is typical at this stage in the year.
Several other parents were also equally shocked when we saw the children's work. We are concerned about the pace when it comes to basic literacy and numeracy, but it is so hard to know what to expect. Lots of us feel that there has been barely any progression all year.
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Should I be concerned about the lack of writing?
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Annanon · 22/05/2013 14:37
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