Helped Dd with homework, teacher questioning her

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Just wanted others perspective on this as feeling a bit uncomfortable

Dd, who is 7, was off ill recently for a few days with a virus. When she returned, the teacher gave her some work she had missed to catch up on, dd had this plus nightly homework.
At the weekend, she was trying to complete the rest of it for school, is still not 100% but tried really hard and then started to get frustrated and upset and wasn’t able to do more. Worth noting that Dd is v bright, but is Nd and sometimes easily overwhelmed.
Dd was worried she would get into trouble at school so I helped her by colouring the sheet for her.

Dd came home on the first day she handed in her homework folder with all the sheets in and said the teacher asked her if she had done this sheet herself, Dd said yes. I said to her she should have said I helped her with it, it’s ok. I thought that was that and forgot about it.
Today Dd came home and said that the teacher had asked her again if she did it by herself and Dd said yes and the teacher then asked if she was sure she did.

Dd is now very anxious, I said i’d send in a note saying I helped you with it as she wasn’t feeling well and was a bit overwhelmed. She doesn’t want me to though as thinks the teacher will be cross with her.

Any thoughts on this? Shall I send the teacher a quick email?

I'd let the teacher know. I imagine she wants to know how much help she had to see if it needs going over again. Reassure your daughter she won't be in trouble.

Quick email to confirm dd very anxious and got herself in a twist, but yes you did help.

and that will be the end of the matter

You shouldn’t have asked her whether or
not you should contactt the teacher. She is 7. And anxious!

email. Job done

I didn’t really ask, I said i’d put a little note in her bag explaining and dd said she didn’t want to

Does it seem odd that the teacher questioned her twice, one day after the other?

The teacher is quite scary really 😬 I don’t want to create any issues for Dd

Maybe the teacher is checking the consistency of the work done at home with what she does in school. Maybe she was giving her the chance to say she had help at home if she was concerned that today she didn't seem to understand it.
Send an email to explain.

It's probably very obviously not all her work.

Not in the slightest
she correctly thought your daughter was fibbing

Is it something your dd is struggling with, so the teacher is essentially asking of you helped because she is clearly having trouble with it?

personally I wouldn’t have made her do it all to catch up if she still wasn’t 100% but I’d email the teacher to let her know the situation

Huh? the teacher isn’t scary.

Drop her a short email putting her in the picture 🤷‍♀️

Was it just colouring or did you do actual work?

l so I helped her by colouring the sheet for her.

the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree it would seem

Why is a 7 year old given nightly homework?! Is this private school. Unless it's a bit of reading and spelling I think this is totally unreasonable. A child who's off sick a few days doesn't need to be given work to catch up on. I would have politely told the teacher my child is bright she's not been well and doesnt need this extra pressure. In many countries kids are only just starting school at 7. It's madness to stress her out if she's been unwell. Tell the teacher yes I helped her colour what is the problem?! Poor child's been unwell she's totally out of order.

You haven’t met her?

Just colouring

???

I know, I agree

Colouring as homework seems pretty stupid
I think most homework is a waste of time in primary bar spellings and refresher of maths
Stick dd on bbc bitesize games and let her chill and recover
I wouldn't say anything to the teacher and just going forward tell dd she doesn't need to be doing colouring as homework
If the teacher is being pass aggressive tp DD and has a problem with you having coloured the sheet she can phone or email you 🤷‍♀️

Weird comment. Some primary school teachers ARE scary. My DC had one who used to shout at the children all the time. And she used to force the Muslim children to bow their heads and put their hands together during the Christian prayers (church school).

No, she's not being scary. It's her job as an educator to understand if a child in her class needs support. An anomaly in homework could mean an issue is being masked or covered up that the teacher or school should be helping with.

Colouring in isn't valuable homework anyway, how ridiculous. Have her concentrate on the content and if no time/energy to colour in, then she's still done the main task required.

What on earth was the purpose of sending 'catch-up' colouring home? And goodness knows why you felt that it was important enough to colour it in. It would be obvious that an adult had coloured this sheet. DD needs to know that it is important to.tell the truth. It is your job to teach her that OP.

7 year olds don’t need to catch up on work after a couple of days off sick, especially this close to the end of a long term.
Just send a quick email, teacher is being passive aggressive, surprised she’s got time to bother with this, but she’s upsetting your daughter.

you would think teachers would have better things to do at the end of term.

Just email the teacher to discuss. She may seem scary but probably isn't and may just be trying to work out why your daughter's work is different to usual. I think a quick email to check in is the best advice. Although I teach a very different age group, I find it helpful to understand students' circumstances from parents. I can only assume it is all the more important at primary.