JCrakers
13-07-2011, 12:57 PM
This might be a bit long but please hang in there...lol
2yrs ago the primary school (lovely, friendly, good community) merged 2 years together due to low numbers and having to make cut backs on a teacher. So 4 classes of yr3 and 4 became 3 classes of mixed.
My dd was 7yrs at the time and was very happy at school until this happened, very confident and strong. She was split up from friends and placed in a class where she didnt like her teacher. Teacher was very strict (which is fine) but didnt have a soft side to her. One yr complelty wasted with me having to drag her into school by her arm some days.
She got friendly with 2 older girls (She was 7, they were 9) The 3 of them were a nightmare..falling in and out of friendship and basically like cats and dogs (thats girls for ya) But as well as falling out there was nastiness/bullying/emotional taunting. I went into school several times as dd has been having headaches with the stress and anxiety.
I went into see the head to change classes from Sept but these two girls have now left the school due to personal circumstances and I thought everything would be great, thought headaches would go but now she comes home with another problem of other girls being mean. I have kept her off school today and probably will do for the next two days (we break up on fri)
Im at the end of my tether with all the problems. I feel she has been left vunerable and emotionally drained. She isnt as confident as she used to be, hates school and if anyone says anything to her she is so sensitive.
I dont usually let her have days off school but now ive had enough. In my day we just had to get on with it but nowadays its different.
But I really dont know what I expect the school to do and I dont know if I should keep going in or just have a good word with dd and tell her to snap out of it....
Becky x
2yrs ago the primary school (lovely, friendly, good community) merged 2 years together due to low numbers and having to make cut backs on a teacher. So 4 classes of yr3 and 4 became 3 classes of mixed.
My dd was 7yrs at the time and was very happy at school until this happened, very confident and strong. She was split up from friends and placed in a class where she didnt like her teacher. Teacher was very strict (which is fine) but didnt have a soft side to her. One yr complelty wasted with me having to drag her into school by her arm some days.
She got friendly with 2 older girls (She was 7, they were 9) The 3 of them were a nightmare..falling in and out of friendship and basically like cats and dogs (thats girls for ya) But as well as falling out there was nastiness/bullying/emotional taunting. I went into school several times as dd has been having headaches with the stress and anxiety.
I went into see the head to change classes from Sept but these two girls have now left the school due to personal circumstances and I thought everything would be great, thought headaches would go but now she comes home with another problem of other girls being mean. I have kept her off school today and probably will do for the next two days (we break up on fri)
Im at the end of my tether with all the problems. I feel she has been left vunerable and emotionally drained. She isnt as confident as she used to be, hates school and if anyone says anything to her she is so sensitive.
I dont usually let her have days off school but now ive had enough. In my day we just had to get on with it but nowadays its different.
But I really dont know what I expect the school to do and I dont know if I should keep going in or just have a good word with dd and tell her to snap out of it....
Becky x