My DD is becoming increasingly intimidated by one of the girls in her class and her friends, known as "the gang". She was visibly cowering away from them this morning when I dropped her off. She has dyspraxia, which means she does struggle a bit socially, so I have found that I do have to keep a close eye on what goes on in the playground and help her deal with situations that stress. As the children are getting older the differences between DD and quite a lot of them are getting more magnified and her teacher has told me that she is quite unlucky with her year group as there are a large number of children who "have rather too much to say for themselves" - her words, not mine.
Is it normal at this age that they start doing the whole gang thing and that it causes a fair amount of tension in the playground ? I get the impression that it's not just DD who is a bit intimidated by it. Before I have a word with the SENCO I need to know if she's not coping with age related play stuff , if that makes any sense at all. This would be a lot easier if I had been through it before!
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Kittypickle · 15/11/2006 11:08
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