One of my dc has come home today and told me something that has concerned me. To get the (not so) stealth boast out of the way she is one of those kids who is never in trouble, high achiever, always picked to represent the the school, honest and reliable etc so basically I have no doubt she's telling me the truth.
Her teacher is also the senco so she has a different teacher for days she is out of class. Today was the first day they had this teacher.
There are a group of boys in dd's class who have various Sen who are allowed to do an activity of their choice for a short while at the end of each lesson if they have worked hard and behaved well.
The teacher announced today that she wouldn't be doing this on the days she took the class as she didn't think it was fair that the other children worked hard and didn't get rewarded. She then said to the class that anyone who didn't agree with her should raise their hand. My dd told me that her and 2 of her friends and also some of the children with Sen raised their hands but no-one else.
Aibu to find it really sad that a teacher feels it isn't fair that children who find it really hard to stay on task for the whole session are rewarded for their efforts? My dd isn't one of the children who gets this reward but, as she said to me this evening, she doesn't need it.
Dd also told me that this same teacher had some of the bottom group maths class finishing off work in the classroom and told them that the reason they're in bottom group is because they're not good enough at maths to be in year 6!
Aibu to think this is awful? Dd told me she is going to speak to her regular teacher tomorrow about it but I'm not sure if that's a good idea as I don't want her to get on the wrong side of this teacher!