DD is Y9 and dreading going back to school tomorrow. She says it’s boring. With a bit of digging, we found out that it’s boring because there’s no one to talk to. Her old primary school friends dropped her and her current friends are neither in her form or in her sets so she’s alone in most classes.
She finds school work too easy, does zero work at home and thinks school is a waste of time. Her predicted grades are A* in all her GCSEs apart from Art. When they were finalising their options (in her school, they pick 5 subjects in Y9 and narrow it down to 3 in Y10) I asked school if she could keep the extra subjects but school said they couldn’t because of timetable issues. She is not, as far as I know, in the school's ‘more able’ register.
What I was wondering is, does anyone have any tips or suggestions on how to improve her engagement with school? I’m scared that with her apathy towards school she will end up not caring about her learning and, consequently, her grades. I already asked if she wants to change schools but she said ‘no, everywhere is the same’. I challenged that and she just shrugged. I suggested the school’s extracurricular clubs and she agreed to give the tennis club a try.
I don’t even know what I’m asking anymore 😣 sorry for the ginormous rant.