Week 26: Mid-Year Report

 

 Type of writing: Kit turns 6 months in a few days, so this is his mid-year appraisal.



The Theivamanoharan Academy

Mid-Year Report

 

Student name: Kit James Raj Theivamanoharan

Teachers: Mum and Dad                                Date: 8th November 2020

 

English

Kit has grown in conversation when it comes to verbal and non-verbal communication. Initially, his expression oscillated between deadpan (Bill Murray) and wailing tantrums (Donald Trump). Over time he has become more interactive, smiling at funny noises and responding to changes in tone. He also has a hunger for reading, putting books in his mouth and sucking relentlessly on them.

Maths

Kit is considering digits more and more of late. He is recognising the shape of these fingers and toes - and the space his mouth has to contain them. He realises that four digits is the optimum, as five can lead to his gag reflex being stimulated.

Science

Kit has experimented from birth with a combination of hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane. This flatus expelled through the anus has increased in propensity and potency. Kit enjoys the science of his lower body and seems to revel in this study of gas.

Food Technology

Although Kit isn’t making his own food yet, his interest in taste has grown. At the start he was a fussy eater only taking his mother’s milk; now, he is consuming sweet potato, butternut squash and other posh vegetables that his teachers didn’t have until they were 25.

Dance

At first dance really wasn’t Kit’s thing. He showed little desire to move his body. When, however, he discovered the power of limbs, he realised a real enthusiasm for dance – like a Strictly celebrity that’s gone on a ‘journey.’ He now enjoys dancing to Disney tunes with his female teacher and Chuck Berry’s ‘You Never Can Tell’ with his male one.

Art

Although Kit was rightly described as a ‘work of art’ from birth, he was unable to produce them. Of late though, he has become quite prolific; one of his works was even displayed in The Fridge Gallery (see Week 23). His favourite medium is hand and foot print, an ‘action painter’ in the lineage of Jackson Pollock if you will.

Technology

Kit has recently shown an aptitude for construction – or should I say, destruction. He likes nothing more than knocking down the building block tower his male teacher has constructed for him. There’s every chance, if he fulfils his promise in this area, he could be a very fine wrecking ball operator.

Music

Kit was given a glockenspiel from birth. At first, we had to manipulate his body into playing the instrument; now, he independently strikes the keys with a violence that resembles the drum playing of Bamm-Bamm from Flintstones.

PE

Kit showed a complete reluctance for physical activity when he was born. Now, he is exercising regularly, doing gymnastic floor work on the mat; and cardiovascular workouts in his gym. This week, he went swimming with his female teacher, where she commented, ‘he really did kick his legs.’ When the pools re-open, he can’t wait to jump straight back into his learning.

 

Overall comment

Although you shouldn’t have favourites in a class, Kit is ours. He is our sweet, lovely boy.

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