It is not all plain sailing for Joey at his new school.  We had to go into speak to the Principal today as we were concerned that Joey was not getting enough attention and help.  It seems that one of the teachers who gives the extra one-on-one help is on maternity leave so Joey was not getting enough of that support, and he said that he was unhappy at times, unable to follow what was happening in class.  We were very worried that his fragile self-confidence might be hurt again.

We were reassured by our conversation.  Joey will spend the writing and reading classes each day in the lower class, where he will be one of only three.  Efforts will be redoubled when he is with his classmates. All the right things were said and we l;eft feeling happier.  We have a parent-teachere meeting on 8 February, which will be a good chance to evaluate progress.