The teacher was supportive, gave me some sequence cards to help with number patterns, sending her maths book home for the weekend so we can see what she does and then do it at home too. She tried explaining how they do maths counting (using tens and ones) and I was lost, so I have to get my head around things first too before helping DD.

Her writing and reading is behind to, again I thought her reading was great, she reads so well and attempts every word in her books, yet she's not even on the reading level that's expected by now.

There's targets pinned around the classroom of what they should be doing now and by the end of year 1. She's falling behind in most. Just sucks. Last year she aced Prep and was going great guns, and this year she's gone backwards.

I have purchased counting boards they use in class, I'm now waiting to be paid on Saturday and I'll buy a counting frame too. I'll do anything to help her and not let her feel she's not good enough.

My heart is aching, crying as I type.

I don't feel the school is supportive, 2 terms have passed and not said boo about the issues. The teacher (now anyhow) seems supportive but sorta like 'you fix the problem at home as I don't have the time in class'. There's a teachers aide that comes for another student, but apparently helps DD2 more then the other student.