Would you speak to teacher?

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DD (8) has recently got a new teacher - mid way through the year and will be the same teacher until end of this year now.

She's never been in trouble, bit of a dreamer but generally eager to please and one of those kids that goes under the radar a bit.

She's had problems with not wanting to go to school in previous years but we've worked hard with the involvement of the school to get her through it and we've had no problems so far this year.
Until this new teacher arrived. She's now started to complain of being told off all the time, never being chosen to answer questions, singled out of a group if there are a few chatting for example.

I've had this confirmed by two other children from her class.

She hates school again now and i can't blame her.

Would you speak to the teacher and if so how would you approach it?

Yes, I'd ask if I could have 5 mins at a convenient time.
I'd explain that your dd has had problems with not wanting to go to school in previous years but we've worked hard with the involvement of the school to get her through it.
I'd let her know that she seems to be having another bout of 'not wanting to come to school' and thought that it would be best to let the teacher know - possibly (if you know) saying that 'when it happened before X, Y, or Z seemed to help, but obviously no guarantees the same thing will this year, and I'm sure you'll perhaps have your own thoughts, but just wanted to let you know so we can work through it together'.

So it is not a criticism, more of a 'how can we work through it' meeting.

Thanks that's great advice. X

Agree with the other poster.

You can have this chat without accusing, but letting the teacher know about the reluctance is important (especially if she tries to hide this at school and the teacher might not have picked up on it). The teacher is new so doesn’t know what you DD was like previously so has nothing to compare to.