Behaviour

wow what a bad teacher she must be not to be able to motivate a 5 yr old to do anything! Maybe he needs a diferent teacher?

oh dear - i think that the teacher is partly to blame. Its not as if they do hard work, and they should be making it fun. Gabriel did lots of colouring in and cutting out and stuff like that in his first couple of terms. Did he attend a kindy before school?

Oh thats a bit strange. I definitley think the school should be better equipped to deal with this but maybe you could talk to the head or deputy about what you could do. Maybe he isnt ready for school yet though.

Not all kids attend kindy so i find it hard to believe that a teacher hasnt had experience with kids who arent used to sitting and listening.

My five year old is autistic and frequently does things that are "inappropriate". the teacher has NEVER asked me to pick him up cause they can't deal with him. I think you need to sit down with his teacher, ask what your boy is doing, and then ask what THEY are doing, cause it dounds like he is being a five year old boy, not naughty and they should be able to handle it

Hopefully it's just that he an energetic young boy.

He sounds similarish to my DD who is 7 1/2.

Hopefully his difficulty isn't the same as her's though.

Sophie has significant developmental delays, though the have been observed by a Child Adolescent Health & Mental Services social worker, they have not formally been reviewed. She is on the long waiting list for Child Development team to do an assessment.

Her issues became apparent partly at Kindy. She used to moan and grizzle instead of using words. She didn't understand the concept of taking turns and Kindy teachers told me on several occasions, that she was pushing other children off play equipment.

She has had speech therapy since Kindy and til about 6 and her speech and language is fine now.

Problems she had/has, became more evident once she started school. Since starting school, she has had a teacher aid, reading recovery and worked with a resource teacher. She is getting better, but socially, she'd rather be a loner, then join in. But that's more she's unsure when it comes to social interactions and how to initiate them.

To be honest, I find she is more able to relate to younger children and seems in the same stage as younger children. Of course it saddens me that she has these issues and as a mum, I think I've done something wrong, but fact is, I haven't.

Don't think your boy has the same issues as my Sophie. But yeah, that's just what's going on with her.

Her teacher does struggle at times, as to what to do, as Sophie is disruptive and very attention seeking and demanding of the teachers time and she loves one to one, but the reality is, the teacher can't offer her much one to one in the usual sized classroom.

Oh that's really good to hear