Hot Mummee and I had a chat with Caitlin on Thursday night, after I had updated HM (her majesty!) on what’s been going on with Caitlin’s schooling this week year.
Since Saturday was a schoolday (replacements for Chinese New Year long break) we decided to go chat with Teacher Rachel again.
Turns out that Teacher Rachel has already had a word(s) with Teacher Ann; twice in a week in fact.
In a nutshell, Rachel now is having a slight issue broaching this with Ann, because Ann tends to be the sensitive type. Having been told twice in a week already, Rachel thinks it’s best not to highlight her teaching style again so soon….
In the meantime, Caitlin has again seem assured now that both her parents have gone into her school to try and solve her problem. Also, HM has also convinced Caitlin that she should remain in the classroom when Teacher Ann enters for her lessons, and not be tailing Teacher Rachel so much. She has agreed to “comply”, but like all 4 year olds she may succumb to her “fears” again when the time comes.
So this morning on the way in the car, not surprisingly Caitlin starts whining about going to school again. But this time she was complaining about the length of the schoolday itself. I managed to convince her that it is for her own good, because she can use this time (and she does) to complete all her homework, and be free of them when she returns to Grandma’s.
She accepted that, and off to school she went. At least there were no more tears from my “brave girl”.
I shall see how her day in school went today.
Good for her ! Brave girl.
It must feel good to Caitlin that both of you went ….comforting that telling her problems to daddy and mummy does resort in REAL help.
Well, it’s still early days.
Yesterday though she did seem cheery in the evening. I asked how school went and she said it went alright.
This morning though, as kinda expected, she declared she didn’t like school again, but without the previous intensity in protesting.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed…
It is quite disheartening to know that she dislikes or fears school at such an early stage of her life. She has another what… 20 years of school??? Oh dear! I do strongly believe that a teacher is crucial and plays a key part in a child’s academic development and learning ablities. At the same time, she has to learn to accept the facts of life that not everyone around her will be nice and kind to her. Teacher Ann may be stern as long as she does not believe in capital punishment! And if I understand the articles before this, part of the reason Teacher Ann is strict with her is because my niece is a chatter-box! So how can we work this out???
Good work…just keep an eye on things. Kids at this age are surprisingly good judges of character. Who likes the sticty pants teacher, regardless of your age?!
Hope she will have a better week in school this week.
I had had a couple of horror teachers too, but we eventually learn to cope with such stress and move on.
Some affirmation and help with homework at home maybe?