Current moan about primary education in WA
Jun 13th 2007, 10:22 am
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Re: Current moan about primary education in WA
Wendy, I hear your voice of experience 
It is hard not to worry about this though- all parents want their kids to do well.
On a more positive note I am so pleased with the increase in confidence my kids are showing... One of our motivations for leaving the UK was for a better life for the kids- they were in school with the local crack dealer's kids
It is hard not to worry about this though- all parents want their kids to do well.
On a more positive note I am so pleased with the increase in confidence my kids are showing... One of our motivations for leaving the UK was for a better life for the kids- they were in school with the local crack dealer's kids
We wouldn't be parents if we didn't worry about them ALL the time. I still worry about my oldest and he's nearly 20
Drugs were all over both my boys schools, so know just where you are coming from there!.
I asked my son the other week about drugs in his school here and he said 'Mum, they are everywhere. EVERYONE in my class smokes cigarettes'
Don't know if he's just naive or he's hanging around with the nicer kids (hopefully).
Jun 13th 2007, 2:46 pm
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Re: Current moan about primary education in WA
My daughter was one of the youngest in her year in the UK and was struggling in some subjects, partly because of that. Hence she was losing confidence and hence interest. Over here she is one of the oldest, doing very well and thriving on the confidence. I agree kids are doing stuff that they would be doing a year earlier in the UK but I like that they focus on personal development, sports, social responsibility etc here. Let kids be kids for a while. They catch up by the time they leave high school.
My daughter is dyslexic - she was youngest in her class and struggles. She started school at 4 years and 2 weeks already on special needs level 3. She didn't progress in 4 years in the uk to my mind barely at all and it took me 3 years to see ed psych.
She's been here 2 months, can now write stories on her own, has confidence and enjoys school and ed psche assessment was arranged in her first week.
I cannot praise this school and teacher enough so far.
She was cast aside in the uk - she has been included here. Brilliant.
She's a confident kid again willing to try anything once more unlike in the uk where she had started to hide herself away.
The other encouraging thing is - in her previous assessments in all other aspects other than writing she was in the top 10 percentile - they picked up on that straight away here and by giving her challenging subjects that she 'is' capable of doing they have again increased her confidence and ability to give things a go and not just left her sat in a corner feeling stupid like they did in the uk.
For me and my daughter its a big
to her school and the teaching staff thus far.And yes, after all she's just 9 - we're adults for long enough in our lives.
Jun 13th 2007, 2:49 pm
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Re: Current moan about primary education in WA
I'm with this one too.
My daughter is dyslexic - she was youngest in her class and struggles. She started school at 4 years and 2 weeks already on special needs level 3. She didn't progress in 4 years in the uk to my mind barely at all and it took me 3 years to see ed psych.
She's been here 2 months, can now write stories on her own, has confidence and enjoys school and ed psche assessment was arranged in her first week.
I cannot praise this school and teacher enough so far.
She was cast aside in the uk - she has been included here. Brilliant.
She's a confident kid again willing to try anything once more unlike in the uk where she had started to hide herself away.
The other encouraging thing is - in her previous assessments in all other aspects other than writing she was in the top 10 percentile - they picked up on that straight away here and by giving her challenging subjects that she 'is' capable of doing they have again increased her confidence and ability to give things a go and not just left her sat in a corner feeling stupid like they did in the uk.
For me and my daughter its a big to her school and the teaching staff thus far.
And yes, after all she's just 9 - we're adults for long enough in our lives.
My daughter is dyslexic - she was youngest in her class and struggles. She started school at 4 years and 2 weeks already on special needs level 3. She didn't progress in 4 years in the uk to my mind barely at all and it took me 3 years to see ed psych.
She's been here 2 months, can now write stories on her own, has confidence and enjoys school and ed psche assessment was arranged in her first week.
I cannot praise this school and teacher enough so far.
She was cast aside in the uk - she has been included here. Brilliant.
She's a confident kid again willing to try anything once more unlike in the uk where she had started to hide herself away.
The other encouraging thing is - in her previous assessments in all other aspects other than writing she was in the top 10 percentile - they picked up on that straight away here and by giving her challenging subjects that she 'is' capable of doing they have again increased her confidence and ability to give things a go and not just left her sat in a corner feeling stupid like they did in the uk.
For me and my daughter its a big
to her school and the teaching staff thus far.And yes, after all she's just 9 - we're adults for long enough in our lives.
Jun 13th 2007, 2:58 pm
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Re: Current moan about primary education in WA
They have thanks. I think we fell on our feet with the teacher she has at the minute but it's an excellent start. Nothing sweeter than having her jump in the car and say she's had a great day at school.
Sorry haven't been up to Hillarys - still busy with one thing and another and no car today
They still on every thursday ?
I think we fell on our feet with the teacher she has at the minute but it's an excellent start. Nothing sweeter than having her jump in the car and say she's had a great day at school.Sorry haven't been up to Hillarys - still busy with one thing and another and no car today
They still on every thursday ?
Jun 13th 2007, 2:59 pm
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Re: Current moan about primary education in WA
They have thanks. I think we fell on our feet with the teacher she has at the minute but it's an excellent start. Nothing sweeter than having her jump in the car and say she's had a great day at school.
Sorry haven't been up to Hillarys - still busy with one thing and another and no car today
They still on every thursday ?
I think we fell on our feet with the teacher she has at the minute but it's an excellent start. Nothing sweeter than having her jump in the car and say she's had a great day at school.Sorry haven't been up to Hillarys - still busy with one thing and another and no car today
They still on every thursday ?
Jun 13th 2007, 4:47 pm
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Jun 15th 2007, 9:37 am
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Re: Current moan about primary education in WA
Hi I may be able to help you. My Nephew now lives in Dubai and to make sure he keeps up with his Maths I have signed him up with a fantastic internet based maths tutoring service which is based on the UK National Curriculum.
I pay a monthly subcription but I do beleive you can pay an annual subcription instead. They are currently doing a special introductory offer too at the moment and offering a guarantee.
It is all based on the internet so regardless of whether your is Middle East/Austrailia or UK you get the full UK National Curriculum. You also get updates to say how well your child is progressing. It bases all the maths concepts on your childs Maths age and not their actual age. I think is it fab
If you want to know more about it please email me.
Elaine
I pay a monthly subcription but I do beleive you can pay an annual subcription instead. They are currently doing a special introductory offer too at the moment and offering a guarantee.
It is all based on the internet so regardless of whether your is Middle East/Austrailia or UK you get the full UK National Curriculum. You also get updates to say how well your child is progressing. It bases all the maths concepts on your childs Maths age and not their actual age. I think is it fab
If you want to know more about it please email me.
Elaine
