School

I went to pick Little Prince up from school today, and when his class started to come out of their door and he wasn't there in front I began to wonder why! The teacher walked out last, with three boys including Little Prince - she then lined them up against the wall outside their door and beckoned me over!! Uh oh!!! It appears that Little Prince's wild behaviour since Christmas isn't calming down and could even be escalating! He has been fighting and being silly during most playtimes and the behaviour has started spilling into the classroom too. Earlier in the week he told me he had spent time in his previous class after a fighting incident, so I wasn't overly surprised! The teacher has now decided that he will be having a behaviour chart (stickers to earn extra lego playing time each day) and that we will review it in a couple of weeks time. She also agreed that if they don't see improvements soon then we might have to get back in touch with his peadiatrician for more advice and support.

I talked to Little Prince on the way home and he says he is behaving like that because he doesn't like school any more and the work is too hard! I tried to point out that he finds his reading and his spellings easy and he did agree with that, but he says his sums are too hard! He has always been very good at maths, so I was very surprised to hear this! I think I'll have to talk to his teacher next week and see if the work expected of him has made a sudden jump in difficulty??

I tried to talk to Mr Messy about all of this but ended up putting the phone down on him!! All he seemed interested in was if the other boys were being given behaviour charts too!! I don't care!! They aren't my children and I don't have to deal with their behaviour - all I'm interested in is how to support Little Prince and help him deal with school in a more appropriate manner!! Urgh!!!!