My lovely ds, who has always enjoyed school. He has a strong group of friends. At his parent/teacher meeting in October, his new teacher said he is just above average, but coasts. I agree with her. He is an intelligent child who is a happy soul, who is very interested in school topics, but is capable of more.
His new teacher said at the meeting she was going to move him to her table, especially for big writing, and she was going to push him as she wanted to get more out of him.
To begin with I was pleased she was making this effort, and being proactive. But I get the feeling it has backfired a bit. My son is a softie, who takes everything to heart, and wears his heart on his sleeve. She is known as a shouty teacher with not much of a sense of humour.
She is definitely on his case but it has resulted in him now dreading school. I overheard him saying to dd that he wanted to be homeschooled, as I wouldn't shout at him like his teacher does.
He has done a couple of pieces of work on their topics outside his homework and taken them into school. When I ask him if she liked them he said she hadn't seen them.
On the eve of them going back to school I feel quite sad for him. I know the answer is to meet with his teacher, but the school head is very defensive of her staff, and any attempt to discuss difficulties is always met with defence.
Anyone got any tips on how to handle this?