Her new school gave this year's intake holiday homework to do, even though the intake hadn't actually started at school. I mentioned some of it in earlier posts. Miss Tween wasn't happy about it, but got into it a bit as she did more and more tasks, and as her booklet came together.
By the end, she was working really really hard at maing it look good, and shesqueeed in extra task after extra task.
The school use the homework to get a feel for child. It helps them understand how motivated they are, and what some of their strengths and weaknesses might be. We didn't correct any of Miss Tween's work, because we wanted the school to get a true picture of her abilities and needs.
Since starting at the school she's had 'normal' homework, and tests in some classes, which is still focussed on the school finding out what the intake already know. She's been frustrated that there are lots of areas that she doesn't know anything about. She's very cross with her old school. We've said not to worry about the actual scores she's getting, just to use it to know where she needs to work extra hard.
We hadn't heard anything about the mammoth summer homework until she She messaged me last night.
"You know the homework.. I got gold, the highest mark"
We're so pleased...She really deserved it. She worked so hard.
