Please can anyone offer me any advice?
My dd is in yr 6. Obviously I’m biased but she’s a kind girl, pretty and bright, She has always struggled with friendships at school though I have no idea why. Recently, to encourage her independence, she started to walk to school by herself. She then started walking with another girl from her class. It was fine at first but the the other girl changed. Started ignoring dd then talking about her to others in the class. Calling my dd fat, boring, ugly. Sometimes my dd has heard her saying these things and sometimes other classmates are feeding it back to her. My dd is so upset and she is very anxious. She was diagnosed with ocd last year and although we were making progress with this, recently things have taken a nose dive - her hands are red raw from excessive washing (she does this when she is anxious).
I’ve been into school several times. I’ve seen the teacher, the class TA and the Head teacher. Dd is going to be seen by the nurture team but not much else is being g done. My dd says it would be better if she was dead. I’ve given this info to the school...... Nothing is being done.
Dd usually goes to school in tears and often comes home in tears. She is withdrawing from school - won’t go to the school disco this week, won’t do any clubs etc.
I’m out of my mind with worry. I’m in tears typing this. I went to school to see the teacher again today. Teacher pretty much told me that girls are cruel and that dd needs to sort it out herself and be more independent! Getting the impression the teacher is sick of me, she has refused to see me before. When is it a friendship issue? And when is it bullying? Several times on purpose.... isn’t that bullying?
I’m at the end of my tether. Any ideas? Thanks