Did I ask this student too many questions?

[Warmday]

So there was one student in Particular who was really good at the start but all of a sudden her mood changed mid way. I noticed but didn’t say anything in the lesson.

Anyway. At the end I said “hey are you okay. You participated loads at the start but went quiet. She shook her head. So I said okay and left it. Then a second later she looked like she was about to cry. I said are you sure you’re alright. She shook her head again. I said is there anything you’d like to talk about? Again she shook her head. I said are you sure. Then I dropped it and I just left it there as I didn’t want to instigate anything.

Another teacher said she does this a lot but there’s no real reason.

I’m not sure if it then becomes a situation where She could say I was pressuring her to say something. I got a bit nervous after this conversation tbh.

Was I in the wrong should I have said nothing?

Pass it on to the Pastoral Lead - I'm going to guess, as you say another teacher said she does it a lot - that you are likely to be secondary?
So, depending on how your school sets that up, it might be Form Teacher, or Year Group Lead or Head of House or there might a be a specific Pastoral Team, especially during the pandemic?

You were absolutely right to do a bit of gentle prodding. Definitely pass it on to the HOY/FT or whoever deals with pastoral concerns. Someone needs to pick this up with that child as it could be something more serious. Without wanting to be alarming, one of the most severe CP and mental health cases that I’ve dealt with started with a pattern of behaviour similar to this. I’ve also had students exhibit similar behaviour over more minor things, but it’s never nothing at all.

I'd definitely mention it to her head of year or form tutor. They will be able to keep an eye on it and see if it is part of a pattern.

I think it's fine to ask a few times then back off - some children need that in order to be able to talk about things. It didn't work for her but I'm sure it won't have caused her major distress.