Ds (year 2) spent an hour and a half crying tonight after school. He said that all the teachers hated him and that he was stupid.
He had some literacy work sent home to 're-write'.
(Two weeks ago he had maths sent home on two nights in a row because he had not done enough.)
Tonights work had a comment written next to it saying it was not his best work and to re-do it. No suggestions of what was wrong i.e. handwriting not joined up, not enough written. So I did not know whether he should just re-write it or add to it. Anyway he was in such a state, he just re-wrote it, trying to do joined up writing.
Had a phone call an hour ago from another mum who said her ds had told her that my son had 'been in real trouble at school today'. Apparently, the teacher had told him in front of the whole class that his work was 'apalling'.
No wonder he was upset. The message he seems to be getting is that none of his work is good enough.
Am being pfb to think that teachers should encourage their students and not tell them things like this in front of the whole class?
What should I do?