to think DS's teachers is either thick or heartless?

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DS1 is 8 and dyslexic.

So his teacher makes him and the class shout out their scores they get in mental maths and spellings each day. AS DS has a auditory processing issue and find spelling very hard, so his scores are 1 or 2 out of ten at best when done this way.

I did not know this and I get a call last night from a Mum of a girl at school who said she was upset that my DS gets teased about it all the time by some of his classmates. I asked DS about it and he was so upset and said he felt more thicker since he went back to school

I am fighting the desire to go to school and belt said teacher around this head and ask her WHAT THE FUCK SHE IS DOING.

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO ANGRY at her stupidity and lack of thought. She know what he finds hard and to humiliate him in this way beggars belief.

I am LIVID.

I don't blame you.

You have every right to be mad, your poor ds.

either totally insensitive or just plain bloody nasty!

Write her an email expressing your concerns to start with and ask for a meeting to discuss ways forward.

I hate hate hate this type of public humiliation/glorifying. Go and speak to the teacher. It is pointless and does no one any good, but can do a lot of harm imho.

I'm not surprised you're angry. I'd be fuming too.

meeting with the head, straightaway. i would be Through The Roof.

This teacher needs a spot of public humiliation too. I suggest bollocking in front of all the pupils - see how she likes it.

hmm, bullying by the classmates is bad enough but this seems to be bullying by the teacher. If she is aware that his sensory overload cannot handle this, then she is being downright evil; but even if she claims not to be aware, it's still ritual humiliation.

Bet she wouldn't much like it if the Head teacher got all the teachers to stand up in assembly and shout out how many complaints they'd had against them, or anything else.

Make a complaint - to her primarily but with the very clear indication that you are going above her if it doesn't stop immediately.

i would go to the head tbh, and ask how this fits into their anti bullying policy. fuck the teacher.

That´s awful.

I didn´t think that happened anymore-certainly not at primary!.

I would complain to the head.

You are sure the teacher understands exactly why this is a disaster for ds? Am trying very hard to be charitable here but cannot why a teacher would do this when they know full well they have a pupil who will have to shout out 'one' or 'two'.

Speak to the teacher URGENTLY and explain why this is shit and tell ds you are doing so.

Have I accidently wandered into the 1970/80's?

Isn't this what teachers used to do to children then?

My ex is dyslexic and he was routinely humiliated by his teachers making him feel and look 'thick' when he's anything but, it's cruel.

Don't let her get away with it.

I would go to the Head, too. Or else ask f a meeting with the tacher and the SENCO. The teacher is clearly not accomodating your DS's needs at all. In fact there are 2 separate but linked issues - 1 about the method wrt to his auditory / dyslexic issues, and 2, the bulllying.

A good teacher would not do this, even if s/he has no idea of a specific learning difficulty.

Email the SENCO and copy in the head.

Is it at all possible it doesn't happen quite in this way? Not saying DC isn't telling the truth or the other child but is it possible wires have got crossed somewhere?

I went in guns blazing about something similar only to find the reality was rather different! I would tackle the teacher first to find out if this is factually correct (just in case).

I think she's both, and also a nasty bitch.

precisely tethers and edam. it's something you might do ONCE, but when yuo see a child having to be humiliated in front of his classmates, well, you stop.

anyway, if blu, aka the most reasonable woman on earth, thinks you should go to the head...

That's horrible.

My mum was telling me last night that my nephew was laughed at by his classmates for only getting 2 spellings right I am really shocked that this kind of ritual humiliation still went on TBH.

There really is no excuse for treating children in this way.

My god!!! I'd ask to check her qualifications. Go to the head please, make sure this stops.

One of the teachers in our local junior school does this with YR6 getting them to shout out their mental maths score and then adding them to a spreadsheet (my dd went to the school thats why I know), don't know what happens about children with dyslexia though.

That is really nasty.

Agree you should check just to make sure the story is right - could you go in and say you're concerned given your DS's special needs and would like to know how things are done at school so you can best support him at home? Then if she describes the same situation you've heard of, you can tell her what a pile of crap it is.

(Mum works with dyslexics: she says the phrase 'so I know how best to support him at home' is very effective, because the teacher feels nicely flattered that you seem to be asking for advice and wanting to fall in with his/her way of teaching - so you're far more likely to get the information you need!)

YANBU! Regardless of any learning difficulties, this is a horrible and humiliating thing to do. No child will enjoy shouting out 1 or 2, and sadly some children would be a bit embarassed shouting out a high score. I HOPE the teacher is being thoughtless rather than mean.

I would check with her first, say I was wondering if you could tell me about this mental maths scores thing, but say it positively so you either a) get the truth out of her or b) if not quite as described don't look like a fool. If is as stated, I'd do an oh, that's interesting, thank you for explaining. And then book an appointment with the Head.