Heartbroken about DS's teacher

I feel really sorry for your son's new teacher. Nothing the poor woman does will be good enough because she isn't Mr T. Please help your son to get on with his new teacher.

Most children also benefit from accepting change and adapting, obviously not all children. From what you've said about your DC, I wouldn't worry (unless I've missed something). They will still see this old teacher in and around school, assembly, etc.

With all due respect, I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "punished".

Bet Mr. T is delighted to not have to deal with you at the school gate any more!

You sound a bit obsessed with Mr T and a bit delusional

It’s completely normal and healthy to change teachers

But if Mr T had remained in year 3 you would have accepted the alternative. Give the allocated one a chance.

Holy crap. That is a very high teacher turnover.

If his Y1 teacher couldn’t spell that’s bad, and you could reasonably have complained to the Head, but that has nothing to do with your current complaint.

If Mr T really is the best teacher in the school (or maybe the only man, or one of not very many men?) it’s a good idea for as many different children as possible to get the experience of being taught by him, while keeping a balance between the classes. The school will have thought very carefully about which children should go into each class and you shouldn’t even try to change their minds for no good reason. You don’t want to get a reputation as an over-anxious mum who tries to shield her child from every disappointment in life.

I would say how much your DS' confidence etc has improved bc he likes Mr T. Give lots of examples and see what they say.

The worst they can say is no.

Bear in mind that Mr T must have been involved in how to split the classes. He’ll have ensured that your son has a balanced class and friends with him.

Your DS will be absolutely fine. The biggest issue facing primary school children is lack of resilience and it’s usually related to their parents. How you react to this will affect how he takes it. It needs nothing more than a breezy, ‘That sounds like an awesome class and you’ll have so many exciting things to look forward to.’ End of conversation.

@OP imagine if all the previous children in Mr T's class had refused their new teacher? your ds would have never known Mr T. It's time to take stock, give thanks for the time with Mr T and let other children benefit.

YABVU.
You don't get to choose your child's teacher and you need to stop comparing with other people and trying to find a way to wangle your child into Mr. T's class.
Parents can't choose which class their child goes into because that would cause chaos. What if everyone wants to go into Mr. T's class?

The dramatic title made me think the teacher had died or something. He's still going to be there in the school and perhaps he runs an extra-curricular activity which your child could join.

Literally this *facepalm

I think I'd be more bothered if one of my DC had a terrible teacher for two years in a row.
My GD was allocated to a new class in September, away from her previous friends, and was bullied. The unsympathetic teacher did nothing, not even recording incidents though the problem had been referred to the HoY and HT by my daughter who had been told that they would keep an eye on the situation.
My DD removed both her children from the school at the end of the term, as did several other parents from the class and they are now happily established at a different local school.

This comment works in so many ways.

Please teach your child resilience and stop transferring your response to your own (unreasonable) wants onto them.
The teacher will still be in the school but is likely to leave in the future, so your child needs to learn to cope with change and be equipped to adapt, as do you.
Also, your Dc’s Y1 teacher may have dyslexia. Be kind.

I pity the fool

My son has started secondary this school year. So far he's had 3 different PE teachers, 2 form tutors and about 5 different English teachers. You'll do your son no favours by not instilling ability to cope with change at primary. I know you want the best for your son but kindly, the best for him will be ability to cope with change and learn to adapt to various teachers and classes

Sounds more like you have a crush on Mr T.

Your child will be fine and you need to get past this schoolgirl behaviour

At least the new teacher is good. We were never told until the last day of term which class and teacher DS was having the next year. As it happened a couple of times DS was moved to the "shit" class with a poor teacher (teaching things that were actually wrong but nearing retirement) so by September it "was too late to change now".
His attendance was poor for those years (home educated to some extent instead)

My DDs primary school had two classes per year and each year they swapped and changed the kids around. My DD every single year without fail got the teacher she didn’t want and every single year she ended up absolutely adoring them.

It’s something most kids go through, your son will be fine. Encourage him, talk about how great this change will be, how he will get to tell a new teacher about all the things he loves etc.

I actually thought you were going to say something had happened to Mr T with that title! Surely you knew he would be getting a new teacher next year?

My son also had an excellent teacher for two years on the trot and progressed very well during those two years. The two teachers (job-share) he's had during Year 5 turned out to be equally good. Better, in some ways, because they've helped identify that DC has SEN, and supported us wonderfully through the process of getting adequate support and a proper diagnosis.

Next year there'll be another different teacher. It hasn't hurt DC at all to have this variation in teaching and learning experience: quite the reverse. In some senses retaining the same teachers for long periods of time can make things too insular. The variety is better, healthier and more likely to promote independent learning and the ability to adjust.

Everyone has to move on in life from one stage to the next. Whether this is viewed as a terrifying, even traumatising experience or an exciting new opportunity depends on the individual child, the attitudes of those who surround them, and experiences to date which have prepared (or failed) to prepare them for this eventuality.

Next year my DC makes the transition to secondary school. This layering of different experiences has, IMO, been a far better basis of preparation. I want DC to grow up to be a confident, adaptable, fully functioning adult, dependent on his own faculties rather than over-relying on the guidance of others.

In summary, this might turn out to be the best and healthiest thing for your son, OP.

My mother was BIG on resilience. Huge. Massive. As a result of that (and other things) I’ve had a 25 year long career where resilience has been crucial.

FGS, do your son a favour and start the teaching of this now. He’ll survive the change and it might even be of benefit 🙄