A primary school pupil is disrupting the class but concern about how thechild is punished at home is preventing teachers raising the issue withthe parents.
The pupil's teacher explains how she tried to balance her concerns aboutthe child's home life with the need to address the behaviour.
I was teaching a class of five-year-olds in my first year as a qualifiedteacher. One child kept disrupting the class and was not working as hardas he could.
My instincts told me there was more to his behaviour than was firstapparent and I feared that if I spoke to his parents they might beathim. I'd spoken to other teachers about the situation and we were neverquite sure what discipline for this child was like at home. We all had afeeling that it was very strict but we never had any proof.
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