Thought I would come back an update. I heard the teacher having a word with the whole class last week. She was really good with them, she was assertive, no yelling or harse words at all.

Then yesterday she was yelling at a student for forgetting to take her homework home and said (read: yelled) to this girl that it was her fault for not taking the homework home,(the girl lost the sheet in the classroom) that she would still have to do it all that night and return it the following day like everyone else was suppose to, and that she didn't feel sorry for her at all and to stop crying!
Then she went on a rant about how if she forgot her work for the class for the day, how she wouldn't be allowed to say 'oh oops, I forgot', how she has to remember to bring her stuff to class, so why shouldn't this particular girl remember to take her homework home? She actually said it wasn't fair that she has to remember to bring in class work and that this student thought she didn't have to remember..
I don't know...I don't like the way she is speaking (or should that be screaming?) to them, and for the record, my DD isn't even getting into trouble, the teacher practically fell over herself the other day to tell me that DD is doing really well in class and she has no problems with her at all!

I do understand and agree that the teacher should be respected by her students, (and yes, parents as well) but just because they are 8-9-10 years old, doesn't mean they don't deserve some respect from her either. Maybe that is just me though? I believe respect goes both ways, you don't automatically 'earn it' just because you are older than someone else.

DH and I had another chat about it this arvo, and he suggested I approach her and ask if everything is ok? I don't think I could do it, not yet anyway... Told him I am thinking of waiting until we have our parent teacher interview this term, and then report cards next term. Then I can re-evaluate what is going on in the classroom. I just don't want to leave it till it is at the point where DD is sick of going to school and hearing the teacher yell at single students or the class in general. I don't want her to come out of this year hating the idea of school and it being a horrible place to go...