It's been going on for at least a year. I raised the issue at parents evening, when the teacher said tht he prefers to read a book at playtime. He prefers to read a book because the other boys won't let him join in the games and I alerted her to that possibility. She seemed to acknowledge it, but it's still happening. Today he said that now that it's too cold to read in the playground and he's not allowed to go inside, he wishes he could join in. He's 9, year 5.
My feeling is that they are not pro-actively supervising playground stuff and this is not because they have a philosophy of letting the kids get on with it, it's because they haven't really thought about it. DS has been told that as it's their own ball, they're allowed to choose who to play with it. My feeling is that if children are bringing in toys and using them to bully other children (and excluding them from games falls into that category) then they shouldn't be allowed to bring them in.
So. How do I approach this to get the result I want? Which is DS to be included in playground games.
Help!!!