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DD Y10 - What would you do?

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HappySonHappyMum · 08/10/2019 19:53

My DD has a GCSE Biology teacher in Year 10 that is really ramping up the pressure on my DD's class. So far this term she has threatened each student with a call home if they don't get 50% in their tests and she is also threatening them with moving them to Foundation level Science if they don't achieve. My daughter's anxiety is going through the roof. She is continually stressed by this teacher. She has become so anxious about 'failing' that she has scratched herself until she bled. She wants me to get her a Science tutor so she will be 'good enough'. She is an excellent student and is predicted 7's in her GCSEs, she's in top sets and is doing really well - but this teachers continual pressuring is undermining the confidence that she has in herself. I really need to contact this teacher. How should I approach this? I don't want to undermine my daughter but this can't continue. If I emailed her - what would you say?

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HappySonHappyMum · 10/10/2019 12:03

Posted this message last night night but included my DDs name so it was deleted - major fail on my part! When my DD got home last night the trusted teacher has spoken with her and calmed her a bit. Some of her friends Mums have received emails saying their DDs are 'failing' and their Mums have responded with emails in return - lets just say that there's more than just me unhappy with this teachers approach so I'm expecting a bit of a shift in this teachers methods but we will see...

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