My 5 year old is in year 1 (he will be 6 in July) and has spent much of the past year not very happy. He is extremely bright (he was reading fluently at 2 3/4) and is in the top of his class academically. At the teacher's meeting his teachers told me he lived in his own little world and seemed oblivious when some of the other children teased him at playtime. He wears glasses and we just had an operation a month ago to correct his divergent squint. He goes to a lovely village school and the vast majority of the children in his class are great kids. He just doesn't seem to click with most of them. He is not a boyish boy- preferring to have his nose stuffed in a book and says he doesn't want to play games such as boys chase the girls because he likes girls and doesn't want to hurt them. At playtime, he tells me no one wants to play with him and he spends the time walking around in circles, picking the thorns off of the rose bush or sitting on a bench. It is breaking my heart and I feel sick leaving him at school each day knowing that he is unhappy. Just now when I dropped him off he told me he hates school days because he doesn't have anyone to play with. I spoke to the head on Tuesday and she said she would be on the case and talk to his teachers and keep an eye out on the playground.
I so wish I could be a fly on the wall. I don't understand how whoever is on play duty doesn't spot a 5 year old sitting on his own and not encourage him to play with others?