Tuesday 29 January 2008

8th Follow-up Assessment


Harry's results were a bit disappointing, but Sarah said they were more consistent which was a good sign. He's still fidgeting and lifting his toes when the platform moves which have given him 2 more red scores - practically same as last time. HE CAN DO IT - so we must work on balancing exercises - more on the wobble board. His mental are still fluent which is good. She talked about him finishing once we can get his balance into the green for 2 assessments. His eye tracking (smooth pursuit) is just what they want to see at the end! He's also grown 2 cms. in 6 weeks.


Monday 28 January 2008

A hard mental task!!!!

Thought I'd post this video. This was early one morning, and Harry obviously struggled to understand what I was asking him towards the end !!

Tuesday 22 January 2008

Spellings and Reading

Just an update to say Harry had his spelling test last Friday and got them all right. I popped into school and had a chat with his teacher and she has given me ALL the spellings that have been done this current school year - there's quite a bit to catch up on.

He had his small group spellings today and, as usual, got them all right too.

With regards the reading, the Barrington Stoke books have been great, but they are beginning to seem fairly easy for Harry to read. His teacher has got the whole class reading Darren Shan books (vampires and demons), so Harry wanted to do the same and has just started Book 1 and doing really well.

Wednesday 16 January 2008

Spellings

Harry brought home both the class spellings and his small group spellings last night.
We tried both and he got 100% right for the small group spellings and 14 out of 17 for the class spellings, which I thought was excellent for the first day of learning. Started another new book - we're certainly racing through them. He even wants to read a Darren Shan book (all about vampires & demons) as they are proving popular with this classmates!

Wednesday 9 January 2008

A sample of Harry's homework


Here's Harry's homework this week from his Spellings Group. He did need some explanation on where to put the words, but once he understood it he worked well and he wrote slowly and neatly. He found the spellings easy.

Tuesday 8 January 2008

On the wobble board with eyes closed


As you can see, Harry is doing well with his balancing and spellings. I am going to ask his teacher if he can try the class spellings to see how he gets on with them as the special group spellings he is now finding easy. He is willing to give it a try.