My 8 yr old DD has been at her school for 2 years now. Her first class p3 was great, made new friends eventually & had excellent marks all year. Then the classes become split in p4 by age groups so 2 p4 classes divided by older/younger.
She has found this class much more difficult. The teacher (admittedly) teaches by strict old school shouting & I have found this had really had a negative impact on my DD. She is an only child & I never shout at her as frankly I don't have too, she is very well behaved.
The teacher has recently paired DD with a more outgoing girl as she found that my DD was quite shy & thought this may help her. (I have just been told this by DD). At the last parent/teacher meeting DD's marks were down considerably from Christmas, even though we do extra lessons each week together.
Also for the past few weeks DD has been feeling sick, not sleeping to well & falling over at school alot. To the point where trousers/tights have been ripped. I've been asking DD if anything is wrong & eventually she tells me this morning that this outgoing girl has been name calling/pushing/laughing etc.
It's had a huge impact on her confidence (which I had noticed & thought it was a phase, tried to help by talking to her, take her shopping etc). The school deny any such thing would happen as "the teacher is very perceptive to goings on in/out of class".
What to do now??
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Mrsambition · 29/05/2013 14:49
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