Heartbroken about DS's teacher

Keeping the same teacher for 2 years at primary school (Y3/4) may not be as good an idea as you think.
That happened to dd and were pleased at first, but the teacher did have some weaknesses which became more obvious in Y4.
It hasn't been mentioned so far, but it is a concern for teachers that some pupils are becoming too dependent on them and that a different teacher is needed for the pupil to move forward.

Hello op.

Your child is not a little Prince. He is very special to you, rightly so, but he no more deserves special consideration than anyone else.

Heartbroken is ridiculous. Hyperbole at its worst.

Yes, they will.
The system in this country, where kids get different teacher every year is insane.

I come from a country where for 4 years I had the same teacher and it was awesome!

It's probably now too late to change their mind, would have been better to have voiced this before they allocated kids. You can still have a conversation with the head and see what they say.

Don't turn something incredibly positive into a negative for yourself or your son. He's had a fantastic year with a great role model. His learning has come along. Time to move on to another teacher and another experience. Hopefully this will be a teacher he remembers into adulthood. That teacher has already imparted their positive influence. Time for other kids to benefit now.

Now you’re being ridiculous

Honestly you are being ridiculous. The next teacher could also be amazing.

This is why teachers and head teachers are burning out and leaving. The school has to deal fairly with every child and makes decisions on the basis of what will benefit the most students. If parents could just accept that sometimes they can't have exactly what they want then we would save a lot of time and stress. Unless the new teacher is unqualified or not dbs checked then you are totally unreasonable. Sometimes your kid will get a teacher they don't click with . That's the odds. It even happens in private schools.

So would all the other kids in the education system but unfortunately we don't have that so you need to drop this. You get a different one each year that's the system.

Anyone else think Mr T maybe didn’t want OP as a parent 😂😂

also I read the OP in the voice of Amanda from a motherland

Omg we don't get to chose our kids teachers. Get over it you are being ridiculous

Why is your so special? He has benefitted from this teachers experience and now another child needs his help more. Stop being that entitled parent and get over yourself. Your son is thriving. Others are not. Your son is not special. He is not more important or more deserving than any other. He is only special to you. It is normal for class teachers to change every year or at least every two so you need to teach your son some resilience and that change and being able to adapt to change are vital life skills. Carry on like this and you will be setting him up to fail miserably at coping in secondary school.

This thread is batshit.

I think if Mr T really wanted your son in his class he would be.

Your son is doing so well which is great - sounds like it is time to see if he can do just as well with another teacher. At the end of the day you have zero experience with this new teacher - they may turn out to be the best teacher for your son yet.

This is ridiculous. He won’t benefit from continuity as it will be harder to change when he inevitably has to the following year.
i imagine you are taking this harder than he is but it’s a bit dramatic to make an issue of it like you are

This. I thought you were going to say your child’s favourite teacher had died, and you were struggling to explain death to them.

Continuity is something your son presumably gets at home. In the outside world, kids have to learn to deal with a variety of teachers and classmates, and eventually with a variety of colleagues and managers. Most of the people he encounters in life will not be a permanent part of his life, and he will be no different in that respect from anyone else.

Give the new teacher a chance. They may be amazing for your son in a different way.

Make sure you tell Mr T how great he’s been. It’ll mean the world.

I think this is this idea 😂

Primary school is always a mixed bag Some years you have a fab teacher, the next...meh. I sincerely hope you manage to overcome this kind of thinking before secondary, cos honestly you and your kid are really gonna struggle.

Are you in love with Mr T?

I bet you're sick to the back teeth dealing with parents like the OP....

Is Mr Wonderful going to follow your child all the way through to Y6 and beyond? No he isn’t.

Has it also crossed your mind that when they were working out the classes Mr Wonderful had a quiet word and said “ Please don’t put the Bluetie child in my class, I think I have served my time with that parent, it was like being under 24 hour surveillance. couldn’t even relax doing my hobby as that was seen as a “bond” between us.”

My DD (our youngest) is just finishing reception with the most amazing teacher. The best I have encountered at primary school.

But I accept that now it's other children's turn to have him and that we are lucky she has had the most awesome year.

That's just how it goes.

Please don’t set up a club, your son is going into year 4 the last thing he needs is his mother running a club. He is growing up and he needs to learn - yes sometimes they still need their mum to fight their battles for them but this is really really not it. Is he with his friends in the new class split? Because friendships are more important than having the same teacher

it seems you have a good teacher so let it go