Hi all, I’ll try to be brief! DS age 4 has just started school and unfortunately was separated from quite a few of his friends from preschool into a different class (there are 2 classes). He had one of his good friends from outside of preschool in his class and another boy he was friendly with, but not particularly friendly.
we didn’t kick up a fuss as we thought he would make new friends and would still have his old friends - they do a lot of free flow between classes and he still sees those friends at playtime’s etc.
he has made new friends and is well liked. However he has a particular attraction towards one boy in the class who is not very kind to DS. He has been saying he can’t join in with football, saying Santa isn’t coming to his house because he’s naughty and pushing him away saying he can’t play with another boy (DS’ close friend from outside of school).
I have, this evening, sent a message to the teacher setting all of this out. I have also suggested on more than one occasion to DS that there are lots of boys and girls in the class and perhaps he might like to find other people to play with at lunch times. However he is adamant he wants to play with this boy.
is there anything else I can do? The teacher is generally brilliant with any queries we’ve raised and is well known for being a great teacher so I’m hopeful she will sort this. What can I be doing in the meantime to help DS? We have a playdate in a week with another boy from the class and I’m open to arranging more - he quite often plays with his two friends in our street who are in his class.