Hello
Has anyone got any advice about changing schools. My DS has started reception in September and I know it's early days but he is struggling. It's a very big school and he went to a very small preschool and very easy going which he thrived in and gained so much confidence there.
Since starting reception he has lost his confidence saying he is useless and rubbish. I see his teacher at least once a week saying he's falling behind and he's starting to being mean to the other children by saying they are rubbish but when I asked him about it he says he is the one that's rubbish.
They have reward stickers and charts and he never gets anything all his friends appear to be thriving and he has started resenting them which is hard to watch. He's so angry with us all the time we have no joy at home anymore.
He is obsessed with getting his homework done but he panics so much he ends up Scribbling all over the page.
His teacher is lovely but I think they are very focused on the academic side of school as that's the only thing they get praise for. Now I see her at least once a week and he's been referred to this and that. I believe he's to young. I come form a place that kids don't start school toll 5.5 years of age and they don't really learn to read or write till they are 6/7.
He loves his friends but I think the only option is moving him to the smaller school down the road which don't seem to have the same focus. It's a religious school and my husband is not keen but I'm really in two minds as I find his behaviour is getting out of control and he's starting to lose his confidence at the rate of nots
Sorry for the long post but I'm at a loss here and just wanted to hear anyone else's experience