We've just moved to a new area so both Dcs started a new school. We looked at several schools as it was really important they go somewhere they'll get a good education and have caring teachers etc. Dd decided on a school a little way away, rated outstanding by Ofsted and a couple of people commented on how great the headteacher was etc, children seemed happy and polite when we visited . Ds wasn't bothered where he went which was fine by me as he is such a socailable happy little boy I knew he'd make friends. He's been at this school a couple of weeks now and hasn't seemed to make friends and it seems some children are being quite unkind to him. He hasn't gotten too upset about this yet as he is really positive by nature,but I can tell little by little its getting to him. Everytime I ask him about his day and he says whats happened he'll make excuses for people "they kept kicking over what i was playing with because they're eyes must see different and they thought it was a ball" or "he was being naughty to me but its okay". Have spoken to his teacher who says he is always smiling in class and agreed to pair him up with a buddy to play with. This hasn't seemed to happen yet and everytime I ask him seems like something new has happened. I even witnessed a little girl telling him off even though he was just stood there smiling (she didn't notice I was there). I would change schools but dd is settled and she was really anxious about starting a new school plus don't want to keep changing their schools but seriously considering just changing ds school if I can get them both in class on time. Ds is five.
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