School starter behaving badly

[AlinaG]

My daughter started reception last week and we are already in trouble! She has been going to nursery there and all was ok last year. The teacher has moved up with her in Reception and since going back my daughter is really misbehaving in school, she doesn't listen, laughs at the teacher when asked to do something, runs around, calls all the other children names (silly pants, P-- face) and picks up fights in the school diner!!
She is not even 5 yet, pointless to say how embarrassed I am. More to the point - I have no idea how to deal with this behaviour and what I should do /say to my little one to encourage her to drop this non-sense.

I should mention that she has started school with a couple of boys she has been friends with for a few years and she only wants to play with them. I believe she does this to make them laugh and that makes her feel important somehow.

Help please?
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Sorry don't have much of a clue on how to advise you on this one. Would be interested to hear what the school have said about how you all move forward though.

There's very little you can do to manage the behaviour of a child this age remotely. Expectations have to be made clear by the staff she is with and consequences need to be immediate. All you can do is remind her that you agree with them.

I would ask for a meeting to discuss how they are managing her behaviour, how behaviour is managed in the classroom in general, how much positive reinforcement they use and what they feel you can do to back them up.

Unless you have similar issues at home, there isn't much you can change.

You just wrote about my situation OP. Identical. I am giving it a few more days then I think I am going to have to discuss with school

I know this is going on as she tells me everyday that she has been told off for messing about etc She wants to be liked and now wants to be good for Her teacher but can't seem to do if for a whole day