Dd didn't get her homework award at the end of term assembly before Christmas. She is a diligent and hard working pupil and was the only one in her peer group not to get the certificate. She asked her teacher why and was told she didn't score enough points. Dd said she thought she should as had always done her homework, got good marks etc. She was upset when we left school and the head stopped us to ask why she was crying and so I mentioned it. Later that day she copied me in on an email to dds class teacher asking her to check at the beginning of this term and saying she was surprised in hindsight dd was not on the award list.
I didn't hear anything more and so emailed class teacher (not head) this morning asking if it would be possible for her to check the scoring for the award as dd had been quite upset at not receiving it when she works very hard. dd came out of school today holding her homework award, but it was just given to her on the way out of the door as a bit of an afterthought - no apology, no explanation.
I think dd should had received an apology for the mistake but I need to get over it don't I and just let it go?!
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I should just drop thus shouldn't I?
GColdtimer · 08/01/2016 21:21
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No, I don't think you should. Your dd worked hard, so she should get her award properly as other children did. This is really demotivating for hard working child. I wouldn't let it go.
(I wish my ds was hard working like your dd! 
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Is your dd just happy she got it. Or is she upset she didn't have the big fanfare?
And well done to your dd. She sounds like a star! 
She is quite fixated on the fact all her friends got the award during the end of term assembly and she didn't. She was crying when she asked her teacher to check it as she couldn't understand why she didn't get the award when she worked so hard and was even more upset at her teachers refusal to double check. So I think she is mostly upset at the unfairness of it. Getting it given to her without further explanation at the end of school didn't really help to be honest but I think she has moved on, unlike me 
(although I am not letting on to her obviously).
for your dd. Seems like I'm a minority here.
I hope she gets what she deserve next time.
Bit you hit the nail on the head - if I pursue it, I look like a knob so I won't, but I don't think it was resolved satisfactorily.
Thumb - I do worry this teacher has a bit of a thing about DD. She is quite quirky (her last teacher loved her but they totally clicked) and dd thinks she is really tough on her. I think I will just keep an eye on things. I don't want to make things worse by keeping on about this.
Thanks for all the 
for DD.
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