My daughters teachers have told me that she is extremely quiet in school, doesn’t say much, doesn’t engage in carpet time and won’t speaks up when she needs to. It’s so strange since she is exceptionally confident and loud at home, a real boss of the house madam. I know she can sometimes be shy with new people and can be a bit quiet but I’m surprised that 2 terms in to year 1 she is like this. I’m also majorly annoyed that the teachers have waited until the end of the second term to mention anything to me.
I’ve spoken with my daughter about this, she says she just feels shy. Anyone have any suggestions how I can help her be herself at school? She’s such an amazing character and it makes me so sad that she’s suppressing all that joy and bubbliness at school all that time. 5 days a week for 6/7 hours she’s not being her true self.
for context, she doesn’t love school even though her school is lovely. Her friends are nice and there’s nothing of concern. She just isn’t fond of the school life, hates getting ready for school etc etc and has been since nursery.
can anyone help :( the teachers didn’t seem overly helpful when I asked how we can all help her overcome this. Just said to build her confidence but not stating actually how to go about that.