Thanks tril I will write all that down..

I asked at the end of last term & was told Evan is on level 15 and Glenn is still on 1. I was told that they are fine & doing well. BUT when I spoke with the guy who is coming tot he school to do the reading recovery with the yr 1 kids (all 5 of them, small school.. but I believe only 3 need it) he told me that I should be concerned about Evan. At this stage he should be on level 26 & on 28 by the end of the year. 15 is something I should be concerned about & is not fine. He said for Glenn, its not too big a deal as he will be a part of the reading recovery programme next year as he will be in yr 1 & its the only grade its offered too. But wasn't offered when Evan was in yr 1.

I feel so bad as homework has been such an issue for Evan & we somewhat gave up doing in in yr 1 as it just caused so much trouble at home. Even the teacher agreed to just not do it. This year we have struggled also. Last term he started doing it at school. But seems I was under the impression that they are doing fine. Average with where they should be I wasn't too concerned about it all. Afterall, if it was a problem they would have told us right?

So here I am now in the last term of yr 2 for Evan. Being told he is a year behind by the specialist in reading recovery & I should be worried about it. But his teacher is blocking me getting the help for him. Telling me he is fine...

ARGGHHHHHHH It just makes me so angry!

AND I remember I asked about it being normal or not for schools sit kids out of the Naplan tests? Well I have since learned that it was not a child/ren who had disabilities ( as far as I know there is only 1 kid at the school who may have fallen into that scenario) . I was told a mother was asked by the school to sit her kids out. Mother was ok with that so that's what happened. I have emailed the Dept of edu about it. No reply yet though.