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11 year old son not settling well at secondary

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indiaaah · 11/10/2019 22:24

Hi, my son started secondary school in sept. At first he was very anxious about it but as soon as he started , he felt better and I was relieved. However the last 3 weeks especially his behaviour has been appalling. I've had 4 phone calls in one week from different teachers telling me his behaviour is not acceptable. He's been involved in a fight which was instigated by another boy and I thought maybe he's been bullied and made allowances. However his behaviour is general is so bad in the classroom now that he's distrupting the class constantly. I have asked him if he finds the work difficult and he says no. He said he has friends and he takes part in sports activities , but for the life of me I can't understand why he acts this way at school. It's almost like the forgets he need to focus and drifts off into his own world. He's starting to show frustration when he gets told off now aswell. Parents evening next week and I'm dreading it! Any suggestions. I will be talking to his form teacher about senco. He used to have weekly counselling sessions for anxiety in year 6 - took me years to push the school to put that into place. Help!

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BillHadersNewWife · 12/10/2019 02:20

I did similar as an 11 year old and for me, what it was, was trying to establish myself. It was a much larger place than my primary and I felt intimidated. So I tried to make my mark...to seem tough.

Could he be doing similar?

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