Mrs Coach
aka Jesus H. Woman
So Lil' Coach and Mini H will both be making an appearance in the first team for that year! Lil' Coach says he bagsies the centre midfield slot!
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So Lil' Coach and Mini H will both be making an appearance in the first team for that year! Lil' Coach says he bagsies the centre midfield slot!
HampshireSeagulls
Moulding Generation Z
Don't be ridiculous Starry. Despite a glowing year 10 report for English, our daughter's spelling and grammer is attrocious. When we queried this with her teacher, we were actually told "Oh we don't bother too much with that nowadays, but she has a wonderful grasp of Shakespeare and modern poetry, and verbally expresses herself very well in class."
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Oh, well that's all right then. Maybe she should start applying for jobs in Shakespearian English?
That is a stupid thing for a teacher to say, however, she is obviously grasping at the positives rather than telling you the negatives. We do bother with all aspects of English, because English is made up of all parts. Some parents don't like to be told their child is bordering on the SEN register because they are two or more levels below the national averages.
She needs to be set on a remedial spelling programme, which unfortunately will require home work, as if she does this at school it will separate her from the rest of the class. She should be looking at getting 15-20 words every couple of days to learn, and learning techniques for spelling (phonetic, contextual, syntactical, even look-copy-look-cover-write)
Grammar - comes with spelling. What's her handwriting like?
She needs to sort her "grammar" out.
"Verbally expresses herself well in class" - won't shut up and chats to her mates.
My oldest [year 4] writes pages and pages when set stories and stuff for English homework. His spelling's fine and he has a great imagination, but he is so keen to get it all down that he doesn't give a toss for neat handwriting or general presentation.
The teachers don't care, and just say that letting him express himself is much more importanat at this stage. They are very impressed with what he writes. I see untidy work and consider it sloppy! *harsh Dad*
The little one [Year 1] is totally the opposite. Absolutely fastidious about making every letter perfect. His writing is actually clearer than his older brother's but he only writes about 2 words a minute!
The teachers don't care, and just say that letting him express himself is much more importanat at this stage. They are very impressed with what he writes. I see untidy work and consider it sloppy! *harsh Dad*
The little one [Year 1] is totally the opposite. Absolutely fastidious about making every letter perfect. His writing is actually clearer than his older brother's but he only writes about 2 words a minute!
Bevendean Hillbilly
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Don't be ridiculous Starry. Despite a glowing year 10 report for English, our daughter's spelling and grammer is attrocious. When we queried this with her teacher, we were actually told "Oh we don't bother too much with that nowadays, but she has a wonderful grasp of Shakespeare and modern poetry, and verbally expresses herself very well in class."
:thud:
Oh, well that's all right then. Maybe she should start applying for jobs in Shakespearian English?
I recently endured my Sons parents evening at Newman...I was sitting with the French Teacher who was saying "Alex is doing really well, his basic vocabulary and grammar are coming along well" so I asked him to thank her in French for her comments and he says "Danke" I'm not joking, I really don't think that one or two of his teachers even knew who he was or what level he is at. Curriculum = Joke
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Is the correct answer.Spidery scrawl
Seriously though, I think the problem with poor handwriting, spelling and grammar stems from the fact that she allowed, nay encouraged, to use the computer for her essays and most other written work. Switch on spell-check, and hey-presto. Her "written" work that she has to hand in as part of her GCSE coursework is pretty good as it is all done on Word.
I am not sure I agree with being able to use computers for coursework etc... I know when we were kids, all we had to do was go to the library and copy things out of encyclopedias and such like, but at least we actually had to write it down, so like it or not, something still went into our brains. Nowadays, kids can just copy and paste from the internet, get a great mark, and actually learn nothing.
HampshireSeagulls
Moulding Generation Z
Spidery scrawl
Seriously though, I think the problem with poor handwriting, spelling and grammar stems from the fact that she allowed, nay encouraged, to use the computer for her essays and most other written work. Switch on spell-check, and hey-presto. Her "written" work that she has to hand in as part of her GCSE coursework is pretty good as it is all done on Word.
I am not sure I agree with being able to use computers for coursework etc... I know when we were kids, all we had to do was go to the library and copy things out of encyclopedias and such like, but at least we actually had to write it down, so like it or not, something still went into our brains. Nowadays, kids can just copy and paste from the internet, get a great mark, and actually learn nothing.
And now you start to see the conundrum. Do you let them use technology that they will benefit from later in life or make them use handwriting? I know it's a motor skill that they should be able to control, but in the overall scheme of things, how important is it to have nice handwriting?
The other problem is plagiarism of course - if it's typed, it's copiable - and at some point they are going to have to write in an exam. As long as it's readable, then I suppose that's all they can hope for.
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British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
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One of little bulldog's teachers moaned at me a couple of years ago because he showed no interest in dance, She seemed even less happy when I told her I was neither going to force or encourage him to do dance if he did'nt like it.
turienzo's lovechild
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- Oct 25, 2003
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yeah i always got moaned at in secondary school for pissing about in DANCE and GYMNASTICS, and this was what always gave me bad marks in P.E
the fact that i tried hard at MAN GAMES seemed to go over their heads
serious, why on earth would ANY teenage boy take dance serious?
the fact that i tried hard at MAN GAMES seemed to go over their heads
serious, why on earth would ANY teenage boy take dance serious?
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
- 10,974
Very few of them even want to do it and I really cant see the point of it unless a boy wants to do it, little bulldog has represented his school in football, cricket, athletics and basketball plus he enjoys other sporting activities as well so why moan about dance? I do wonder about schools these days!
