I found a picture in Dd3's bag!!

[Ineedalife]

It is adressed to me, It says To mummy I missed u today, love from Dd3. On the front there is also a picture of me and her and she has a speech bubble saying "please bring me home"
Inside there are several pictures of people one says me on top of it and "I am sad I want my mum" underneath it.

She says she drew it in the last week of term.
It made me really sad, do you think I am reading too much into it or could she be trying to tell me that she is really unhappy at school.

I know she had a really bad couple of weeks at the end of term which included her being sick [I think] due to stress.

I have been trying to decide whether to move her to another school. But if I try to talk to her she is unable or unwilling to talk about school.

If only there was someone who could tell me what to do.

I doubt that the teacher would have known about it tbh. I think Dd3 probably did it during wet play and then put it in her tray or bag.

The school are completly ignoring her issues and at the moment communication has broken down between us and school, mainly because I have given up going in because they never listen to me.

The trouble is Dd3 has 2 friends at the school who she relies on, a lot. I am scared that if I move her she won't make more friends and will be even more unhappy.

Can you use the picture to support or start a conversation with her?

My DD1 wrote a poem in a book at school in year 2 about being lonely in school. We found it while looking through her books at parents' evening. I was gutted but the teacher wasn't at all interested. We later discovered she has AS and had been utterly miserable throughout her time in the school. I wish I could go back to that time and make them take notice of it.

I can understand your worries about moving her but I think you should show it to the teacher and ask what they propose to put in place in response.

Pixie.. she is 8.

Thankyou for your advice I need to do some visits to other schools I think and see if they can put my mind at rest about helping her to make at least one friend.

I had to move Dd1 twice because the first move was a big mistake and she went from loving school to being a school refuser. The second move was brilliant and that is where Dd3 is now, Dd2 went right through this school but the HT [who is not the one that was there when I started Dd1 and 2] is really determined not to recognise Dd'3 issues [possible ASD] without a DX. So I really think we are not left with much choice.

We are back at CAMHS next week, think I will mention it to them.

I am def going to talk to her. Just trying to find the right time.