http://www.literacysolutions.com.au/blog/2008/11/30/repeating-a-school-year-%e2%80%93-a-big-decision/ Insights into Teaching Literacy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:11:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.literacysolutions.com.au/blog/2008/11/30/repeating-a-school-year-%e2%80%93-a-big-decision/#comment-325 Linda Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:02:03 +0000 http://www.literacysolutions.com.au/blog/?p=15#comment-325 My daughter (now 25)began went through preschool, Year 1 & Year 2 & coped quite well and although quiet, quite confident. In Year 3 (a 1/2/3 class with 2 wonderful teachers) she realised and, because she was a conscientous student even then, began worrying about having difficulties with a few areas of maths and some literacy activities.The teacher approached me about applying for additional support in Year 4 but I said we had already begun talking about her repeating Year 3. After lots of talking with her during the last term she did repeat the following year (with the same teacher) and everything fell into place. She still had to work consistently hard in some KLAs but finished Year 12 with an OP of 4. If she had not repeated I believe she would have 'stressed out' and lost confidence in herself and her academic abilities. I also believe that having been in a 1/2/3 class made it easier for her to repeat because 2/3 of the class were students she already knew and the teacher made her feel important because she was already familiar with many of the routines in the classroom. My daughter (now 25)began went through preschool, Year 1 & Year 2 & coped quite well and although quiet, quite confident. In Year 3 (a 1/2/3 class with 2 wonderful teachers) she realised and, because she was a conscientous student even then, began worrying about having difficulties with a few areas of maths and some literacy activities.The teacher approached me about applying for additional support in Year 4 but I said we had already begun talking about her repeating Year 3. After lots of talking with her during the last term she did repeat the following year (with the same teacher) and everything fell into place. She still had to work consistently hard in some KLAs but finished Year 12 with an OP of 4. If she had not repeated I believe she would have ’stressed out’ and lost confidence in herself and her academic abilities. I also believe that having been in a 1/2/3 class made it easier for her to repeat because 2/3 of the class were students she already knew and the teacher made her feel important because she was already familiar with many of the routines in the classroom.

]]>