Reading at the end of reception

I just had the meeting with my daughter teacher and it did not seems very good 😕
She told me my daughter was in the lowest group for reading and writing and that she was excepted to be able to read and write fews sentences at the end of this year.
My daughter can already read and write fews simple words and I thought it was already good for her age but apparently it’s not enough…
I would like to know what is the expectation in others schools and what are your child abilities at the moment.
After the meeting I also felt lots of pressure from school.
I am not originally from the UK and in my country children don’t learn proper reading before they turn 6. So when I saw the expectations were so high (according to me) for children this age, I was a bit surprised 😳

in our community

Who’s wrong?

Me and my partner went to stake and shake to share a burger for a small snack we went to go pick up his daughter and my son from his brothers house my partner asked me I’m going to give my half to my daughter I’m like okay whatever he goes and takes the burger and told her to eat it I got bothered because we were literally at stake and shake he could’ve just got her a whole meal knowing she hasn’t ate yet I told him you would’ve literally bought her a meal he takes away the meal and throws the food at me and told me not to ever say that again if her child is hungry she can have the food she comes first like why get me excited about the burger to give it to his daughter. I’m so fed up and I’m very upset.

Husbands/ partners going out

This is something I’ve struggled with for years!! My husband will go out most / if not every weekend! And he doesn’t see anything wrong in it as he works hard all week, so wants to have a few drinks at the weekend but I hate it and he doesn’t see anything wrong with it. Am I being dramatic?

Childcare entitlement

I am aware this is a very lucky position to be in, so please don’t think I’m complaining, just trying to navigate!!

My husband is starting a job at some point in the next couple of months tbc where his salary will be just over 100,000. We are hoping to up his pension contributions slightly so that we are entitled to the 30 hours, as otherwise my salary becomes completely redundant/we will be paying more in childcare than I earn. He is starting this job after having to leave his previous role which ended in March.

How will our eligibility be assessed when a) he has been unemployed for the past 3/4 months
b) he is going to adjust his salary but obviously hasn’t yet

Is it done per tax year, calendar year, is there anyone I can talk to, like a helpline etc?

I am a teacher, so my daughter needs childcare from Sept 2026.

Grateful for any help xxxx

Childcare GOV account

Help please😅 I’ve had a message in my childcare account to send 3 months worth of payslips so they can check if I’m still eligible for the free childcare. Do they mean my payslips? (I’m on maternity and not earning any money) or my partners pay slips?! Or both?🤣
I’m so confused!

Am I a bad parent?

I have a 5 year old who gets into EVERYTHING. She knows the difference between wrong and right and I’ve been trying for so long to help her and get her behavior back on track. My bf doesn’t help much when it comes to discipline he lets her get away with shit and I’ve told him he needs to be a better authority because she thinks she can do whatever she wants.

So today, she did a number of things:

1. Pushed her 1 year old brother on the floor
2. Continuously ignored when we told her to sit down and eat and kept getting up
3. Gave her brother a dirty water bottle
4. Put a water stopper in the toilet and then flushed it and stopped it up
5. While in the shower, I told her to wash herself (she knows how she’s been doing it since she was 4) and instead she refused and wasted soap and just rung her towel out instead of washing herself AND THEN lied about washing herself.
6. Took my phone charger and lost the port then blamed it on her brother

We have to go to my nephews birthday party and I told her if she’s good today we can go. Am I a bad parent if I leave her at home with her father tomorrow? I have given her so many chances to do the right thing today and she just took advantage of my kindness. And we do discipline her (time-out, no toys, no tv) but she will just go and find something else to do to get into trouble. Thoughts?

I can’t watched frozen or moanna anymore

I’m not strict about the tv being on but I am strict with what’s on the tv.

My 2 year old daughter loves frozen and moanna but I can’t do them anymore, I think I know all the words and they annoy the hell out of me.

Any other suggestions of nice Disney film that maybe aren’t obvious but suit a young toddler? She still plays while the tv is on, it’s more for when I’m cooking breakfast and trying to get organised.