My son is in year 8, but very young in the year, and a “young” kid - only just starting puberty, small and slim, academic and a bit nerdy etc.
He started a new school this year as we moved from Aus and he has had real issues with the girls in his year, basically meangirling him - moving away when he sits down, telling him “you can’t sit here”, groaning when he’s put in their group etc. It seems to stem from a couple of main girls who the others then follow
Because he’s new, he doesn’t have the backup of a group of established friends. The head of year has said that a couple of teachers have mentioned it going on, and I’ve spoken to the HOY about it and how he doesn’t want to do anything to make it worse etc.
So I feel like school are on board, but any suggestions as to how he can handle this? He’s never had it before, never come across anything like this behaviour, he’s always had a great group of friends. He has some friends at school but basically it’s also stopping the boys being friendly to him because they don’t want to incur the wrath of the mean girls. It’s a small year, only about 40 kids. I’ve said to ignore the girls, when they’re outright mean to practice his “wtf are you doing” face, and not to retaliate in any way (he wouldn’t do anything anyway, they’re all taller and bigger than him and he’s just not like that).
This is new to both of us - I’ve never come across awful girls like this before.