Ds is going to have the one teacher I realy didn't want him to have :(

[IllegallyBrunette]

I know I can't do anything about it, but I feel quite sad about it, as I just don't think their relationship will be a happy one.

Ds will be going into yr1, and imo this teacher is more suited to teaching older children.

Dd1 had her in yr 1 aswell, and although she is a good teacher, she just doesn't seem to get small children. She doesn't know the meaning of the word fun, and I am not sure I have ever seen her smile.

Ds can be a complicated little chap, and I think they are going to clash.

I hope it works out. I am starting to wonder who ds1 wi have for year 2. His teacher in year 1 now is fantastic - can't speak highy enough of her - and she really 'gets' ds1.

I have this exact same worry for my daughter next year. I am just praying she doesn't have the same year 1 teacher, my son had. I am more than happy for them to have the same Reception teacher though.

It might be worth talking it over with someone at the school.

It is a worry, and I worry about him more than his sisters because they were just alot more able, confident and good at everything.

Ds tries really hard and has come on such alot since he started, but I think if he clashes with this teacher it might undo all of the good work he has done so far.

Just trying to remember who the TA is for that teacher.

I'd fel daft raising it as a problem, right now, as I suppose they'd think I haven't even given it a go so how can I possibly know if they will get on or not.

I think that nearer to the end of term, we have an individual meeting with their current teacher and their new teacher, so hopefully that will give me an insight into what their relationship might be like.

If it helps my son wasn't happy at all when he heard who his teacher was going to be for this current year. Turned out she had told him off once. Now, he absolutely likes being with her and much more than last years teacher.

IB, we had this we dd this year. Ds had had an awful time with her.

Strangly it has all worked out fine now.

Good Luck I do hope it is ok

ds has a really strict yr1 teacher. She appears to be a miserable old dragon but he really works for her. They have bonded over ww2 and beetles. I was really worried as ds is a tender little thing with wobbly self esteem and a self destructive temper but he has responded well to some really firm boundaries from this dour grumpy woman..

Thanks Beety

NAB - Thats good to hear.

Hopefully I will be worrying about nothing.

Thankfully I managed to keep my horror to myself when Ds told me. I want him to make his own mind up about the teacher and not pick up negative vibes from me.

Of course as soon as he ran off after telling me, I was mentally thinking 'OMFG, she cannot teach my baby, where is the next nearest school, with nice teachers' ROFL.

Pigleto, your Ds sounds exactly like mine

Ds has a teacher this year who I was worried about. I found that when she was doing the things that I worried about, it helped to talk to her about it. She does not really get very boisterous boys (which ds is) and they sometimes seem to get in trouble when they just need to let off steam (this is 4 and 5 year olds). I have noticed that now she is aware that I have concerns over ds's behaviour and how the school deals with it that she discusses approaches with me and is perhaps more considered in how she reacts to ds.

I have never told her what to do or said I think what she has done is wrong, I have simply continued to ask how he is doind and why certain things have happened.

I've no idea who dd will get in Y1 but all I'm hoping is that it will be someone kind and encouraging. Her Reception teacher is super-efficient, very very strict and seems to speak to the children through gritted teeth. Dd's self-esteem has definitely dropped this year.

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