I will try and keep this brief. Had parents evening for dd who is 8 and in year 3.
Every previous parent's evening has been very good with the teacher praising dd efforts and achievements.
However came away from this one in shock tbh.
Her teacher is the same one she had in year 1and has been her teacher since January as the year 3 teacher left at Christmas to begin maternity leave. The one on maternity leave also taught dd in year 2. So Apart from reception class dd has had the same 2 teachers and they have always said that she is very bright and a very pleasant member of the class. Her current teacher said previously that he would love a classful of my daughter, she is so good to teach.
Anyway tonight he said that although academically she is very bright she is beginning to "get on his nerves" his own words as when he speaks to her she quite often acknowledges him and he is "getting tired of her".
As if this wasn't enough I questioned whether her sitting on the third table from the top was still accurate in maths as I had always believed dd to be quite mathematically minded- I work in a school and know that she is cabable of doing at least the middle ability work of the year 4 class which I am in. The teacher then said oh yes I am going to move dd to the top table as in the recent sats test she scored the highest in the class and has more than likely been doing work which is far too easy for her-we are more than half way through the year and he is only now going to give her the appropriate work!!!
My final gripe concerned a personal issue which he admits he knew nothinh about but was very glad I had informed him.
Tbh I am left feeling annoyed at both him and the teacher on maternity leave as I feel strongly that both have failed in their job. If I didn't work in school would I have known to question her maths group or would she have been left to coast? And as for the getting on his nerves comment the more I think about it the more I want to report him.
Am I over reacting?
Sorry for long post.