I am after some advice as I am really struggling to help my year 1 child. He is really anxious but only in lessons (he goes to school absolutely fine). He comes home at least 3 times a week saying he spent the whole day worrying. His class teacher has noticed that there are days he does nothing and just seems to be watching the rest of the class as if he's waiting for something to happen. He is now waking in the night worrying about lessons and then waking up really early in the morning. The school aren't making any suggestions and have asked me to give them advice, but as I am not in the classroom it is very hard to know what is actually happening.
For background the class is very boy heavy and there are some challenging children, but nothing too extreme (no table throwers or biters) and a fair number of low ability children who struggle to access the curriculum. He says he can't concentrate and learn because he's so worried but he can't tell me exactly what he's worried about although it is definitely the other children and not the work itself. As a result he doesn't seem to be making great progress at school as he's so focused on the other kids and not what he should be doing, although the school say he's doing fine when I speak to them but then his reports would suggest he's not. He now thinks that his teacher thinks he's stupid which isn't helping matters. Does anyone have experience of this and can give any advice about what they did with their child and the school?