School Swot!

So I went to the Small Yorkshire Show at school - my word there were loads of entries.  Most entries had not been done by children - way too neat and perfect.  Tom iced his cake in the morning - I let him do it his way so it was rough and ready.  All the other big cakes were perfectly iced - pahhhhhhh!  We didn't even get placed.  The winning cakes were all carrot cakes - paaaaaaaaaaaa!  I'm not bitter and twisted, but don't think I have ever got placed at a show!

Anyway the (parents of the) school did well.  The Gardening Club has been growing veggie boxes outside all Spring and they were looking brilliant.  I had a good look around, not only were they good, but the children were confident showing me round and very knowledgeable - this is why it is known as the best club at school.  Wonder what is going to happen to them over the holidays?  No-one seemed to know...

Tuesday Tom got his school report - he got a 5 for effort for everything (first time ever) and all the usual teacherisms 'delight to teach', 'happy', 'friend to many' etc.  It was school open evening so we went back in to look at Tom's work.  He hasn't changed: we found many comments from the teachers about not finishing work (mainly Ms Gill who didn't contribute to his report - his report was written wholly by Mrs Bromley even though she only teaches him in the morning), his presentation is messy and handwriting needs looking at.  In Maths, he still doesn't read the question properly a lot of the time so gets lots wrong until it is pointed out that he has divided rather than subtracted etc etc.  His concentration may have improved, but it is still letting him down.   Mrs Clements will still have this to work on - good luck...!