Good Morning All,
Welcome to the new Good Morning Thread.
May it last as long as the last one.
Welcome to the new Good Morning Thread.
May it last as long as the last one.
Morning Towery
sun sun sun sun sun
It is blowing your way
sun sun sun sun sun
It is blowing your way
Morning all not had too bad a night again
hope youre all well. Floaty hope youre okay not heard off you
hope youre all well. Floaty hope youre okay not heard off you
Good morning, Momma. Sun is out here, brief respite before tomrrow's gales. Was thinking about Floaty too this morning.
Morning everybody, have a successful day.
Morning everybody, have a successful day.
Morning all, sunny here but a very dark sky.
We are going to daughter and son in laws for dinner tonight.
Hope everyone is ok.
We are going to daughter and son in laws for dinner tonight.
Hope everyone is ok.
Sunny here.Granny thank you. We're looking at if we can afford maths lessons at his level outside school to supplement things.
They say it's an ill wind that blows no good, and it's true. He's snapped out of thinking about himself, as older lad who's been waiting for heart op had a (thankfully) mild heart attack yesterday and is now in hospital with op re-scheduled for Monday! Have been running around like a mad thing trying to rearrange everyone's diferent comitments.
Momma glad your knee is coming along.
Floaty's rather occupied at the moment, but is in touch, and I'm sure she'll apreciate being in everyone's thoughts.
Arti, to be honest if he really enjoys Maths he'll be happy with text books and encouragement. If you can jumble sales, car boots and a knowledge of the syllabus(generally available online) should give plenty of resources. He should be able to work happily from GCSE teats if he's yr8 and top set!.
can`t they allow him extra time for the settings tests too ?
there should be allowances for those they know can do the work but in a slower timeframe
afternoon monkeyman :)
there should be allowances for those they know can do the work but in a slower timeframe
afternoon monkeyman :)
good luck to the lad having the Op
as long as the GF isnt wearing a nursey outfit 😉
hoping Floaty is keeping well - she must take care ofherself too - all the hasssles of travelling wont help
as long as the GF isnt wearing a nursey outfit 😉
hoping Floaty is keeping well - she must take care ofherself too - all the hasssles of travelling wont help
ARTI , do not take it lying down. BEFORE ever they applied for son to have extra time they immediately gave it to him in the in-school tests for Maths(basically to see what difference it made and whether it was worth the effort). With the extra time for Maths(his weakest of the core subjects) he went from a 4c to a 5a in less than 1 term(that is 3+ years progress!). In Science and English where they didn't give him extra time he remained stuck on 4b/a. School then gave him extra time for all exams(except taped ones) both inschool and externalfrom then on. Even the KS3 taped mental Maths gets extra time because they can be read it to the pupils(higher tier as well as lower). He also took the exams in the special needs area to ensure he was as relaxed as possible. College have offered the same facility.
Schools attitude is blatent discrimination. Your son is entitled to extra time in order for him to have the same chance to show his ability as other children. The extra time is not there to allow him to achieve an artificially high score in his exams. To not allow him the chance to take the test properly and then to insist he is put in a lower set because of his failing is discrimination. At the least they should multiple his marks up based on the percentage of the paper he actually completed.
The schools argument does not hold water - they say should a child with higher marks be held in the middle set whilst your child is in their place? - rubbish, it is about ability. Master Arti has shown that ability throughout the year and should not be put down. If the middle group's teaching is so far behind that they will be repeating last years work(for the top set) then any child promoted from it will be floundering(without a really serious amount of extra tutoring). If the boy could cope then they should squeeze him in(from a person who went to school when our teachers thought 30 was a small class!). Son was offered top group Maths in middle of year8 and found he hadn't a clue what the teacher was going on about and chose group 2(for him the right choice).
Both schools my kids are at do Edexcel Maths and the GCSE Edexcel textbooks are very good, very clear and have the answers in the back. Not sure which books we are going to use for daughter but you would be welcome to them next year(got intermediate and higher ones). Sorry to go on but I am getting really quite riled over this.
((((Master Arti)))) he might not want them but he deserves them.
Schools attitude is blatent discrimination. Your son is entitled to extra time in order for him to have the same chance to show his ability as other children. The extra time is not there to allow him to achieve an artificially high score in his exams. To not allow him the chance to take the test properly and then to insist he is put in a lower set because of his failing is discrimination. At the least they should multiple his marks up based on the percentage of the paper he actually completed.
The schools argument does not hold water - they say should a child with higher marks be held in the middle set whilst your child is in their place? - rubbish, it is about ability. Master Arti has shown that ability throughout the year and should not be put down. If the middle group's teaching is so far behind that they will be repeating last years work(for the top set) then any child promoted from it will be floundering(without a really serious amount of extra tutoring). If the boy could cope then they should squeeze him in(from a person who went to school when our teachers thought 30 was a small class!). Son was offered top group Maths in middle of year8 and found he hadn't a clue what the teacher was going on about and chose group 2(for him the right choice).
Both schools my kids are at do Edexcel Maths and the GCSE Edexcel textbooks are very good, very clear and have the answers in the back. Not sure which books we are going to use for daughter but you would be welcome to them next year(got intermediate and higher ones). Sorry to go on but I am getting really quite riled over this.
((((Master Arti)))) he might not want them but he deserves them.
Morning all - don't think there's much good about the weather today.
morning GP hope you have a stress free day 🙂
its grey here but dry atm
hopefully it stays that way
((((((((((((((((everyone))))))))))))))
its grey here but dry atm
hopefully it stays that way
((((((((((((((((everyone))))))))))))))
Morning all
weather not very bright dull bit like I feel at the moment must be the time of year
Arti scott might have some old revision maths books from his GCSE'S if you think they might help can have a look for you
Hope your SIL is improving granny
Just going to have a quick bath now before i head off to work for a few hours
have a good day all
love dooley
weather not very bright dull bit like I feel at the moment must be the time of year
Arti scott might have some old revision maths books from his GCSE'S if you think they might help can have a look for you
Hope your SIL is improving granny
Just going to have a quick bath now before i head off to work for a few hours
have a good day all
love dooley
