DS2 (7) started at a local junior school in September. Generally he's been getting on fantastically, but I have a slight niggle. I don't know whether I should raise it with his teacher, or whether it would be pointless and I'd be marking myself out as a pain in the neck. Hence my AIBU!
The school has run two big competitions on a times tables app, announced in assembly, where the children had to get as many points as possible over the course of the week. The first one was just for Year 3. DS came home buzzing and went hard at it over the whole week, completely unprompted, and ended the week with the top score. The comp was never mentioned again.
Two weeks ago the school ran another competition, this time with the whole school (240 kids, up to Year 6). Again, DS was hugely motivated and put in a colossal effort over half term, coming top and getting his average speed down to 0.6 seconds per question. He was so proud of himself. We never had to prompt or encourage him to do this - we know he knows his tables and wouldn't have minded at all if he didn't want to engage with it.
A teacher told him that he'd get a shout-out in assembly, and every morning he said excitedly, "Today's the day they're going to call me up in assembly!" But it never happened, and after a couple of weeks he said sadly that it wasn't happening, and then stopped mentioning it altogether.
It's bothering me because he's such a hard worker, really polite, GD across all areas, represents the school at sports, yet never gets star of the week or any recognition. He's very self-driven, but I can see that he does want a smidgen of praise or validation, and I don't want him to feel deflated when he tries so hard.
Should I mention it gently or leave well alone?
YABU = leave well alone
YANBU = yes, mention it