Joey had a good day at school today.  And, as we are always forgetting to comment on her, so did Isabela!

We also had our teachers conference with Mrs H.  Very positive.  Joey continues to make real progress in reading and writing.  To the point that she thinks that he could move up a class in the new year ion reading.  He still grumbles and looks for excuses not to do work but does settle down and once he has forgotten that he 'can't do' something, he just gets on with it and does very well.  behaviour much better as are social skills - but they could still do with improvement.  He says what comes into his head too often, even if it is not appropriate.  And he tends to dominate small groups of peers with his powerful personality.  We agreed that he should go back to one on one with the social behaviour teacher for a session a week for the next few months.  Said it before, but we will get there.

Also agreed with Mrs H that we can be flexible about homework.  Especially when he has an after-school activity, he gets back just in time t see other kids come out to play, or at least before he has finished his own homework.  Given the importance of encouraging social interaction with other kids, we can be a bit flexible about letting him off some homework, where appropriate.

Should add that Mrs H says that he is also doing very well in other subjects and is certainly on a level if not in advance of his peers intellectually.