The current schoolyear opened up nicely with Miguel happily attending the 1st day of school last June 15. I accompanied him to school and even fetched him afterwards. He seemed ok that day.
Then on the 3rd day, he just suddenly refused to attend class. I dismissed it as just some kind of tantrum so I let it go.
My alarm bells started ringing when he still would not go to school on the 4th day and on succeeding days. Did somebody bully him? Did the teacher scolded him? Or maybe he doesn't know anybody from his class and he feels lonely. I contacted the school directress and asked if we could try to transfer him to the afternoon session in the same class where his BFF is. I figured he might feel encouraged attend go back to school if he has a good friend in class. His BFF, with his lola even dropped by our house to fetch him but he was adamant to stay home.
No amount of bribing and cajoling could make him go back. I tried going with him to the nearest Mini-Stop so we can buy baon of his choice but it didn't work. He just ate it at home. I also bought him Toy Story water jug and told him that he can bring it to school and show it to his classmates. It likewise, failed. He kept saying "yoko school, hirap school".
By this time, I was getting really worried and so I called up the school directress and Miguel's class teacher to inquire. They told me that Miguel might have been overwhelmed with the amount of activities that their Kinder class entailed. They said that his age might be a factor as he only turned 4 last April while his classmates were either turning 5 this year or are 5yo already. They offered to let him go back to Nursery instead (to which wer were agreeable) but by then our problem was more than what class he would attend but how to get him out of the house to go to school.
Then on the 3rd day, he just suddenly refused to attend class. I dismissed it as just some kind of tantrum so I let it go.
My alarm bells started ringing when he still would not go to school on the 4th day and on succeeding days. Did somebody bully him? Did the teacher scolded him? Or maybe he doesn't know anybody from his class and he feels lonely. I contacted the school directress and asked if we could try to transfer him to the afternoon session in the same class where his BFF is. I figured he might feel encouraged attend go back to school if he has a good friend in class. His BFF, with his lola even dropped by our house to fetch him but he was adamant to stay home.
No amount of bribing and cajoling could make him go back. I tried going with him to the nearest Mini-Stop so we can buy baon of his choice but it didn't work. He just ate it at home. I also bought him Toy Story water jug and told him that he can bring it to school and show it to his classmates. It likewise, failed. He kept saying "yoko school, hirap school".
By this time, I was getting really worried and so I called up the school directress and Miguel's class teacher to inquire. They told me that Miguel might have been overwhelmed with the amount of activities that their Kinder class entailed. They said that his age might be a factor as he only turned 4 last April while his classmates were either turning 5 this year or are 5yo already. They offered to let him go back to Nursery instead (to which wer were agreeable) but by then our problem was more than what class he would attend but how to get him out of the house to go to school.
After almost 2 weeks of being in limbo on what to do next, hubby and I decided to pull Miguel out of his current school and re-enroll him in a progressive school whose Kinder curriculum is more play than academics. Caloy and I both think that this kind of set-up is more appropriate for Miguel.
It has been a week since classes started and Miguel seems to be doing well. It looks like he's enjoying his classes and that's enough for now. His academics, reading and writing, can still wait a while.
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