School -What to do?!?

[Picklebob123]

3 months now my son roots to the spot outside his class gate, tells me he dosnt want to go in and I have to gently guide him to the teacher.

Says he dosnt want to go in, gets really nervous. Yesterday he even refused the teachers help to go in and she had to prize him off me. He says he misses me but me and his teacher don't think it's that. Teacher says he is OK at school but he tells me he cries at lunch time. Only spoke to her once throughout all this.

He gets up fine in the morning but he is now telling me on the walk to school that he dosnt want to go. Once a week complains of tummy ache at school He has also started sleepwalking more.

I'm worried if this escalates to be honest. Should the school be helping, I don't know what they can do or if I just carry on as I am.

How old is he?

How old is he?

I would ask for a word with the teacher, if she thinks it's not because he's missing you she must know a reason why, so I'd be wanting to know.

Sorry, he is 6.

Does he get anxious when in other situations, or when your not about. What was he like in foundation/nursery?
Speak to teacher and senco and send a message to the doctors (just so if you neeed their input it will be on record)
Have you tried going in a different entrance? Have you tried being first/last in line?
It could be so many reasons but main thing is your trying to address it, but do ask for a meeting with teacher to see what help they can offer, also make sure it's all logged in paperwork, just incase you need to come back to it and then you can say, we'll in February we agreed to try xyz but this didn't work so we tried abc so now what.
Don't panic though

He is fine if left home with his dad if I go out. He is anxious around heights, stairs (only recently learnt to walk down them). New soft play centres he can get worried and scared to try new things. Parks - getting better but dislikes swings and various other peices of equipment.

We are usually last in as have to get his siblings into class first, we have also been waiting to go in the same time as the rest of his class.

He didn't go to nursery but reception class he loved and went in absolutely fine. Not a hitch from day one.