On Friday my my DD aged 9 came home in tears. She told me the classroom's assistant teacher took her out of the classroom and then screamed in her face. I don't mean just yelling, she literally bent down and raised her voice at her and made her cry, and then continued to pick on her the rest of the day by ordering her about with not a stern voice but a plain mean one.
My DD thinks it was because they were in the field at playtime and there's a woman that often walks past the school as there's a neighbourhood close by and a girl in DD's class yelled "freaky friday" at the woman. It's not just a school thing - local kids also call her that. My DD told the playtime teacher and the girl was made to stand by the wall for a few measly minutes. Same girl also sits at the table with assistant teacher with a few other children that struggle with the work more than the other students, so I am guessing the girl told the teacher. AND DD only thinks it is because of that because while being screamed at she was too terrified to comprehend anything the teacher was saying. The only other problem we've had with this teacher is a few weeks ago my ex-DH was taking her to school and they still hadn't opened up the doors to let everyone in and it was 15 minutes past the regular time, ex-DH had work so he knocked on the door and they got let in. After putting her coat up she was interrogated on why her dad had banged on the door when he only knocked because they hadn't opened up and he was running late.
My DD isn't lying either. We live near two students who witnessed the whole thing. A girl in DD's class who told us and a girl in Y4 (classroom opposite Y5, no doors closed). She now broke down this morning because she was too scared to go to school in case the teacher shouted at her again.
WIBU to go in and see this teacher? I realise children get stern raised voices from teachers but my DD and the other two students told me it wasn't yelling but screaming the words out. Over something as trivial as a tattle tale? I'd rather my DD do that then join in and harass the poor woman.