DD1 (8) in year 3. She has been stewing over something for a couple of weeks. She's not the type to talk openly, but I have made her a 'worry book' that she occasionally writes in. But somethings got to her really bad, shes not even wrote in that.
For the past few weeks, shes been going swimming on a wednesday afternoon with the school. She hates water. She started going in year 2 and didn't like it then either. I tried taking her myself, just me and her, just to try and build her confidence in the water a bit, and she was just shaking and crying even though we went for a few months! The waiting list for private lessons here is something ridiculous as well, we have got no chance.
Anyway, she came out of school yesterday in an awful mood (not like her...she usually screams 'MUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMY and throws herself at me when she comes out!) and last night she barely ate her tea, she was whimpering, hardly slept, didn't want to go to school this morning (not like her at all if you knew her!! She loves school!! to the point she was in tears when she realised she was off for another week over easter when she thought she was going back!) On the way to school this morning, she started crying and blurted out that the other year 3 teacher yelled at her in the pool yesterday, even resorted to telling DD that another teacher was getting really fed up of her not wanting to do anything in the water and...wait for it....she made dd stay in for the 2nd year 3 session, so she had to stay in an extra session, petrified Thought it was out of order really.
DD didn't want to go to school this morning as she had got this teacher for maths. She is such a timid little soul, she shouldn't be scared at that age. I would have gone and had a word with this teacher, but didn't really see what good it would do, as apparently shes just the sort to yell at everyone and shes really strict. So I asked the headteacher to ring me. Waiting for that now. Not sure if i have done the right thing just going straight to the head??