Dd2 is in y4. She’s a quiet, sensitive soul who is often overlooked (never star of the week etc). In some areas she achieves highly but is never given praise. She’s come to hate school.
One area where she really does struggle is maths. I’ve mentioned the terrible time we have doing maths homework on numerous occasions to be told “there is no problem, she’s fine and just needs a positive mindset”. That’s a lovely thought but the teacher isn’t at home with us dealing with a sobbing child who cannot grasp fractions, for example.
Last week the teacher collared Dh at drop off to tell him dd is having huge problems with maths, they are very concerned and are moving her away from sitting with friends in class because she relying on them too much.
I couldn’t make parents evening (please no judgement; we simply couldn’t get there) so on the return slip I asked if there was any way the teacher could call for a 5 min chat. I’ve written similar notes on half completed maths homework. Dd is at after school club five days a week; I don’t often see the teacher (who has also told the class to tell parents to stop complaining...).
I spoke to the deputy head last week who felt that this entire situation is unacceptable - especially as I have been told there are no problems then suddenly there are - and has arranged a meeting for me with the teacher next week.
How do I tackle this? I want to support dd but how can I if the teacher won’t accept there’s a problem? It feels like it’s too late now
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Massive problems with dd2’s teacher
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madnessitellyou · 02/02/2020 09:18
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