My DD has a new year 6 Teacher, she has had her in the past as an occasional supply teacher & it does seem that she has it in for DD & seems she likes to like to undermine DD - I ended up having to complain about one incident early last year after posting for advice on here & been advised to do so. (She told DD that if she was her normal teacher, she would not be in top group as she didn't deserve the place - DD was very ill at the time, suffering badly with headaches from a neck injury, finding it painful to write & still at school doing her very best, she was heartbroken)
DD is according to every other teacher she has had, a "model pupil" she loves to learn, is in top sets, G&T etc & has a perfectionist streak a mile wide, so no-one is as hard on DD as she is on herself - she also has a diagnosed medical problem (EDS) that causes anxiety, aches & pains, headaches, IBS & much more, so the last thing that she needs us unnecessary stress as it makes her more ill -
DD was really looking forward to going back to school so much, she has had some pretty awful bullying problems this last few years & the ring leader has just left the school, so she was really looking forward to enjoying school & not getting picked on - I couldn't understand until this evening when DD broke down in tears on the way to the library, why she has been so anxious & not sleeping well at all.
DD tells me that First thing she got when walking into class this morning was to be told by this teacher that her "work yesterday was way below the teachers personal standards & that she might even rethink her grouping as she wasn't up to her expectations for top group" - it was a price if written work & DD had been proud that she had managed to do do much as writing is something she struggles with due to pain in her hands
She also insisted to DD that her end of term Maths grade was below what it actually was & that she didn't deserve to be in an above top set - DD was so upset at been called a liar that she went & asked last terms teacher who agreed DD was right - the day DD had taken the exam she had been very ill & took it with an injury, her teacher had said afterwards that she would have easily got a grade 5 had she not been in pain.
DD has told me several more stories & now owns up that this is what has been worrying her so much, she feels this teacher is just doesn't like her, though she does own up that the teacher is generally grumpy with all the class, she targets her more & all DD has told me is the same sort of undermining behaviour -
DD is very honest, takes her school work very very seriously & is generally known to be very mature for her age, loves help out in class etc & rarely complains about any teachers, bar the odd, X was in a bit if a mood today - shes generally very understanding of the pressure teachers are under & has never repeatedly complained about any teacher before - so I don't doubt her story at all.
She has said that she knows year 6 is tougher as its preparing them for high school, so she's now worrying that this is what high school will be like.
Surely the ethos of building confidence, not undermining it as this teacher is doing with DD doesn't change in year 6 does it
Advice please
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Rockinhippy · 10/09/2013 17:29
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