Miss 12 is a little genius!

This blog post is a little out of order as other things - like Master 8 - took my mind off some pretty cool stuff Miss 12 achieved this week.

She has been with us 7.5 months.  6 months ago she had her Reading Comprehension tested and scored in the 'below average' range.  In fact, she scored 'below average' in all topics.  She has just had her end of year testing and she got "above average" for reading comprehension and "average" for maths and vocabulary.  We are just incredibly proud of her and the effort she has been putting in at school lately.  She spends hours doing reading and maths homework (voluntarily...it's above and beyond what is set for her).  Her hard work has paid off! She is doing so well. I hope she wins an award at her end of year 8 prize giving! She must be in the running for Most Improved all rounder.

I certainly don't take the credit for her progress.  She has an amazing teacher who she absolutely adores.  She loves school, and in herself has found the desire to be successful.  I even heard university mentioned the other day!

AND

She was given the choice of high schools to attend and chose the best she could have.  She has chosen our local high school which has an excellent reputation and excellent success rates.  It has the ugliest uniform, but even with holding that opinion quite strongly - she still chose the school.  The second closest one has no uniform...and she still chose the best.

She had an interview with the principal last week, and she has her entry testing next week.  High school - here we come!