Is this teachers behaviour ok?

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DD1 is in year 5 and is constantly complaining about her teacher. She has 6 seperate sheets of homework this weekend and has no understanding on how to do them, nothing has been written in her book and DD said the teacher just handed them out and then took 200 house points away from DD's team when she tried to tell the teacher she didn't know what to do.

The teacher constantly makes the children stand up during lesson time if she thinks she saw them talking or doing something she doesn't like and takes hundreads of house points away for very trivial reasons which means none of the children get rewarded.

DD has manged to get to year 5 without me ever having to speak to the school, the only time I speak to the teacher is parents evening when I'm told everything is fine.

DD is reallly upset with the teacher and has said she feels like a failure and her work at home is going down hill, when I asked her why she thought she wasn't understanding the new work she said it is because she has to stand up if anyone talks to her and it makes her upset which then makes it hard to concentrate.

I know this post is making me sound very precious but do you think I should speak to the teacher/school? The last thing I want is for DD to give up trying her best, she only has a year before senior school so year 5 is really important.

Have you been happy with the school so far, barring this teacher? Has your daughter complained about this sort of treatment since the beginning of the year? How did the teacher seem in parents' eves and is there a general concensus among parents, do they all feel the same?

I would speak to the teacher in the first instance, write a list of your concerns. If you still feel unhappy, go to the head.

Six sheets of hw and when asked for help they lost housepoints? Hmm.

Sorry OP, just noticed what you said about parents eve and thus far with school. My advice would still be the same though! Good luck.

I have been happy with the school regarding DD1 but she has complained about this teacher since she started! It just seems to be getting worse and will come out of school in tears at least a couple of times a week.

Parents evening was a non event, teacher said she is doing well and is generally lovely with no concerns.

I have had the view that DD needs to toughen up and get used to lots of homework but the standing up and loss of team points is really getting her down which means she isn't understanding the work.

The teacher sounds like she is loosing control of the class tbh

Go in and start off with an informal chat with the teacher. Explain that your dd has become very despondent and tearful about school recently and can she shed any light as to anything that might be happening in school to contribute. If she says everything is fine, tell her that no, it isn't fine, from your point of view.
By this time you'll probably have drawn your own conclusions anyway. Leave it a further week or two to see if things improve and after Easter go to the Head.

But, to be pessimistic, your dd is probably stuck with her for the rest of this year anyway, so may just have to keep her head down and ride out the year.

200 house points deducted? What kind of scoring system do they have (mind boggles)?
It's 4 months to the end of her y5, will she likely have this teacher again?

Oh I do hope not ragged DD has said she will just shout "100, 200 do you want to loose the lot" and the children sit there wondering who the teacher is actually talking to!

DD has also said that lots of class friends are kept in at first play but have no idea what they have done, that really upsets DD because she doesn't understand why she is being kept in and knows she will loose housepoints if she asks.

There is a planned 3 day school trip next month and the teacher is constantly threatening to not let them go.

It sounds like this teacher's approach is causing your daughter anxiety, OP. I do think something needs to be done to stop your child becoming more anxious. Do speak to the school, and let your child know that she shouldn't blame herself and she can only do her best.

Some teachers aren't that great .... reminds me of ones at my prep school. Bear in mind that the head may choose to do nothing and leave them to it. However when someone stands up to them, then sometimes they do choose to change and leave that child out of their 'tactics', if they understand that the parent will not tolerate it. Certainly happened at my school - unfortunately my mother never believed me until after the event - but after I left she told me whose parents had complained, and they certainly were not subjected to what I and others were.

Also how about you get self-study books for her (eg Bond), so she can figure out with you at home what the hell she is meant to be doing, and then she doesn't have to talk to the teacher and can ride the year out, but not suffer academically.

You need to log this then tell you dd that you will be having a meeting with the teacer to give your dd a chance to change her story as children exaggerate. If she is being truthful then you need to have a meeting as this is not acceptable behaviour for a teacher.