DD has had an excellent teacher in yr2 this year. It's as if he has some kind of "Pied Piper" effect, and DD tries hard even in subjects she hates. She gets on with him very well indeed - he likes teasing her and she likes the attention I guess. It is the school's policy not to set spelling tests. Despite my efforts to teach spelling at home, DD's spelling is rubbish. I recently completed a school questionnaire and I gave her teacher an extra copy. I said all is great, except the lack of formally taught spellings. In response to this, the next day DD's teacher gave her a folder of spellings to learn at home for tests a couple of times a week at lunch time. So, DD is finally learning to spell, to my enormous relief, and she is now asking "who's going to test me on my spellings over the summer?" I can't believe she's even contemplating doing spelling during the summer. Alas, I do not possess the same "Pied Piper" effect as her teacher. DD has many more words left in her spelling folder than there is time left in the term, and her teacher started it with only 3 to 4 weeks left anyway. So, a question for all you teachers out there, would it be a massive, cheeky imposition to ask DD's teacher if he'd perhaps be kind enough to carry this on during or after the summer holidays? I don't imagine DD is going to get "individual" spelling tests from her new teacher next year. But, her current teacher will obviously have a new class to worry about. Basically, I wish he could have done this for the whole class earlier in the year.
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