I Haven't Changed.
Found my Year 3 report today, which made for interesting reading.
Background:
It was 12th April 1999 when I switched schools, such that I could be in a feeder primary to what my parents reckoned was a better high school. As it happened, both the one I'm at and the one I would have been at got about the same 5 A*-C GCSE percentage for the year I sat GCSEs, so it may have made no difference at all.
If you didn't have "Blackwell" then you missed out, its inventors would assure you. A graduated spelling scheme in which you progressed from red through to violet after an initial test. On arrival at the school I got 95% in said test and spent three and a bit years learning the same 20 spellings. Fantastic.
Child's Own Comments
My Year. My year has been an interesting one. I feel better in P.E. with ball skills. In handwriting I feel I've improved since my last school. I have made progress in spelling although I don't like Blackwell. The highlight was mental arithmatic [sic]. I did not enjoy language. Maths was OK. In Science and Humanities I feel I've done well. This school has too many rules compared to my last school. I did not enjoy weaving in art.
Quite shocked at my "maths was OK", but from the actual maths report:
"...She has achieved excellent multiplication and mental arithmatic [sic, I learn from the best] test results. Next Steps: Rachel will be soon working on division."
Background:
It was 12th April 1999 when I switched schools, such that I could be in a feeder primary to what my parents reckoned was a better high school. As it happened, both the one I'm at and the one I would have been at got about the same 5 A*-C GCSE percentage for the year I sat GCSEs, so it may have made no difference at all.
If you didn't have "Blackwell" then you missed out, its inventors would assure you. A graduated spelling scheme in which you progressed from red through to violet after an initial test. On arrival at the school I got 95% in said test and spent three and a bit years learning the same 20 spellings. Fantastic.
Child's Own Comments
My Year. My year has been an interesting one. I feel better in P.E. with ball skills. In handwriting I feel I've improved since my last school. I have made progress in spelling although I don't like Blackwell. The highlight was mental arithmatic [sic]. I did not enjoy language. Maths was OK. In Science and Humanities I feel I've done well. This school has too many rules compared to my last school. I did not enjoy weaving in art.
Quite shocked at my "maths was OK", but from the actual maths report:
"...She has achieved excellent multiplication and mental arithmatic [sic, I learn from the best] test results. Next Steps: Rachel will be soon working on division."