Not happy at school
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_angel_
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Sorry but that sounds like a total cop out. What if he was on long term life-saving meds? They would expect the parent to give up work/ any life to administer the medicine???
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
i should think in such circumstance the child might be awarde a statement and then the person employed to support the child would be sufficiently trained to administer the meds, possibly
it is a murky murky grey area though, shiftyjunior needs his meds, they are vital to his health and well being and are a long term thing, its non-negotiable i'm afraid.
if i am legally required to send him to school then surely the must have some responsibility to meet his medical needs while he is there?
i've spoken to my mother who is a primary school teacher and she has given me some illuminating information, she agrees that they sound like they are not supporting him very much and if his behaviour were so serious as to warrant meetings and regular discussion then they should have been recording it and i should be better informed than i am.
so i have many lines of enquiry to follow with this teacher and i will suggest that i go and observe his behaviour in class, that teh TA or learnign mentor could give him a bit more support and encouragement if the teacher is unable to do so, that people do not discuss his 'problem behaviour' with me in front of him because he seems to have picked up on the negative terminology floating about and i will not have him describe himself in those negative terms
they wont be calling me in for meetings in a rush
_angel_
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i should think in such circumstance the child might be awarde a statement and then the person employed to support the child would be sufficiently trained to administer the meds, possibly
it is a murky murky grey area though, shiftyjunior needs his meds, they are vital to his health and well being and are a long term thing, its non-negotiable i'm afraid.
if i am legally required to send him to school then surely the must have some responsibility to meet his medical needs while he is there?
i've spoken to my mother who is a primary school teacher and she has given me some illuminating information, she agrees that they sound like they are not supporting him very much and if his behaviour were so serious as to warrant meetings and regular discussion then they should have been recording it and i should be better informed than i am.
so i have many lines of enquiry to follow with this teacher and i will suggest that i go and observe his behaviour in class, that teh TA or learnign mentor could give him a bit more support and encouragement if the teacher is unable to do so, that people do not discuss his 'problem behaviour' with me in front of him because he seems to have picked up on the negative terminology floating about and i will not have him describe himself in those negative terms
they wont be calling me in for meetings in a rush
There's a nurse at the school, he/she is already suitably qualified to admin meds. I can't see on earth why you would require a statement to do that. Just send the medication in, with instructions for dosage and sign any consent forms that need signing. That's how they do it at my son's school.
What would they do if they had an eplieptic child or an asthmatic one (they may well do?) They would have to have some kind of nursing intervention then.
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
The school nurse works part time and has to cover six schools in this part of lambeth so she's not on site or on call unfortuantely
mysterygirl
Stealth visit from work
Did you say you had a meeting with them today? Did they say anything useful?
Im assuming the other school is covered by the same nurse, so you'd be reliant upon the school (again) the remind your son to take his medication. Is there anyway you can speak directly with the school nurse, perhaps a meeting with her? Or can your consultant/GP intervene with her directly?
Im assuming the other school is covered by the same nurse, so you'd be reliant upon the school (again) the remind your son to take his medication. Is there anyway you can speak directly with the school nurse, perhaps a meeting with her? Or can your consultant/GP intervene with her directly?
_angel_
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There should still be some way of them making sure they admin the meds though, he can't be the only one taking medicine? Surely, at a time when they are meant to be promoting inclusion in schools, there MUST be provision for children with medical needs.
I think something is wrong with what you're being told.
Jonti
what the dormouse said
I suspect a confusion over what constitutes "giving treatment".
There's no need for a nurse, the only need is for a someone who is capable of acting as the child's parent while the kid is in school, to make sure the kid does as the doctor has ordered. There can't be anything more to it than that, surely
There's no need for a nurse, the only need is for a someone who is capable of acting as the child's parent while the kid is in school, to make sure the kid does as the doctor has ordered. There can't be anything more to it than that, surely
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
i coulod go on and on and on but i'll keep it as brief as possible
yes the other school is covered byt hem but they are a much much smaller school and i would hope that they'd be able to give him some more attention
i did have a meeting today and it was illuminating.
it transpires that this behaviour which is so unbearable and so concerning is the fact that he sulks.
i am told that the school will not tolerate sulking and that the other children will see him sulking and think that they should behave like that and that they cannot teach a sulky class. they wanted to know if he behaves like this at home and i said 'yes, yes he does because hes a child'. He has never really been one for having tantrums, a lengthy sulk is as close as we tend to get to tantrums, somethign I am very thankful for
in all seriousness, he does sulk and i would like for him to stop and to do the work but the way to do it is not by punishing him, its by distraction, coaxing a smile out of him or just plain ignoring it.
apparently he also 'answered back' to the teacher. answering back is frowned upon.
i asked for an example and the one that the class teacher(absent from meeting) gave me was that he told the teacher that she couldnt take the medicine from the table because it was his. that was rude, he was punished for it and i am supposed to be upset about him saying that when actually i am very very happy that he did.
i cant tell you how many times i've told him that nobody else can take his meds and as i explained to teh teacher, a child who goes through so much hospital stuff and who is always being told what to do and prodded and poked by adult strangers can easily conclude that their opinion and their voice is not heard or not valued.
the fact that he could quite rightly say to her that she shouldnt be taking his medicine away is a good thing in my book.
the team leader said that he simply can't talk to teachers like that, i asked if she thought it was best that all children should be passive and submissive to adults or whether it is reasonable to expect if not to encourage kids to assert themselves in safe situations, especially in an area with potential sensitivities liek this (she may think i'm a raving hippy...)
anyway, the upshot is that she went away with a few fleas in her ear, i will arrange an appointment with the class teacher and state my case as politely and as firmly with her as i did with this one. i have requested that they log and give detail of what they deem to be troublesome behaivour,what lead up to it and what punishment was given (its teh ABC log)
they have not been doing so already and said that they would.
i will discuss what methods i think will work with my child in getting him out of a sulk
they have said they want a letter form the doctor to state that he needs his medication throught he school day, it has not been necessary in teh two years that he has been in full time education and taking medicines at the school but they want it none the less. I will get one for them next week.
i want a copy of their behaviour policy, a copy of the things she wrote about rhys and for him to get some positive reinforcement when he does do good work because what they've failed to acknowledge amidst all this negative feedback is that he does get ticks and was star of the day last week.
its been such a long day, i could write reams and reams of rants but i will spare you. i feel much better and more confident that the problem is not my boy but rather an inexperienced teacher who feels out of her depth, applying rules without common sense or understanding.
they wont call me in again for a metting in a rush for fear of the paperwork i will create for them
yes the other school is covered byt hem but they are a much much smaller school and i would hope that they'd be able to give him some more attention
i did have a meeting today and it was illuminating.
it transpires that this behaviour which is so unbearable and so concerning is the fact that he sulks.
i am told that the school will not tolerate sulking and that the other children will see him sulking and think that they should behave like that and that they cannot teach a sulky class. they wanted to know if he behaves like this at home and i said 'yes, yes he does because hes a child'. He has never really been one for having tantrums, a lengthy sulk is as close as we tend to get to tantrums, somethign I am very thankful for
in all seriousness, he does sulk and i would like for him to stop and to do the work but the way to do it is not by punishing him, its by distraction, coaxing a smile out of him or just plain ignoring it.
apparently he also 'answered back' to the teacher. answering back is frowned upon.
i asked for an example and the one that the class teacher(absent from meeting) gave me was that he told the teacher that she couldnt take the medicine from the table because it was his. that was rude, he was punished for it and i am supposed to be upset about him saying that when actually i am very very happy that he did.
i cant tell you how many times i've told him that nobody else can take his meds and as i explained to teh teacher, a child who goes through so much hospital stuff and who is always being told what to do and prodded and poked by adult strangers can easily conclude that their opinion and their voice is not heard or not valued.
the fact that he could quite rightly say to her that she shouldnt be taking his medicine away is a good thing in my book.
the team leader said that he simply can't talk to teachers like that, i asked if she thought it was best that all children should be passive and submissive to adults or whether it is reasonable to expect if not to encourage kids to assert themselves in safe situations, especially in an area with potential sensitivities liek this (she may think i'm a raving hippy...)
anyway, the upshot is that she went away with a few fleas in her ear, i will arrange an appointment with the class teacher and state my case as politely and as firmly with her as i did with this one. i have requested that they log and give detail of what they deem to be troublesome behaivour,what lead up to it and what punishment was given (its teh ABC log)
they have not been doing so already and said that they would.
i will discuss what methods i think will work with my child in getting him out of a sulk
they have said they want a letter form the doctor to state that he needs his medication throught he school day, it has not been necessary in teh two years that he has been in full time education and taking medicines at the school but they want it none the less. I will get one for them next week.
i want a copy of their behaviour policy, a copy of the things she wrote about rhys and for him to get some positive reinforcement when he does do good work because what they've failed to acknowledge amidst all this negative feedback is that he does get ticks and was star of the day last week.
its been such a long day, i could write reams and reams of rants but i will spare you. i feel much better and more confident that the problem is not my boy but rather an inexperienced teacher who feels out of her depth, applying rules without common sense or understanding.
they wont call me in again for a metting in a rush for fear of the paperwork i will create for them
Sounds like your son may be better off in a private school. If every mum expected the teachers to do things like suprevise their child taking medications, writing up care plans, and providing behaviour policies etc no-one would get educated. In a private school you will get what you pay for and they will have the staff and the time to deal with all your son's special needs.
_angel_
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You clearly know nothing about UK schools.
Only people with special needs should be forced to pay through the nose for education because they're not "normal" or worthy...???
Not that needing to take medication of some sort exactly classes as a 'special need'
i hate this smiley, but, Jesus
Sorry, just read the special needs and did not mean it as 'special needs' as such. Just sounded like the kid may get on better in the private system where kids that have energy get encouraged in a way they cant be in large state school classes. One of my lads is in private and one lad and his sister in the state system. Suits their personalities!
_angel_
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Well, leaving aside the fact most people can't afford it, even if they'd want to, the state system is supposed to be flexible enough to accommodate a simple thing as supervising medication.
Schools are supposed to be in loco parentis, and extand care to all their kids. They're not just exam factories, although you could be forgiven for thinking this.
Thanks
If he takes them at regularly spaced inervals then he needs to have it about 4 times during school hours and i cant keep running up and down like that.
at the moment i've got all his medications in a bottle and said he just needs to be reminded to drink it regularly and should finish the bottle by the end of teh day. today he had less than a third of what he should have and now i have to wake him up during the night so that the doses arent too close together. I've had to do that twice this week when teh school haven't done what i asked which is a hassle. It means I've got to stay up late and he gets disturbed because instructions were not followed.
they dont allow watches but i'm going to look for some sort of an alarm that i can set to go off every hour to remind him to drink it. He is just too young to expect him to remember himself which is what the teacher expected of him today
i think shes going to say she doesnt want to accept teh responsibility of it, thats the impression she gave me today anyway
Gosh i hope so.
Unless he is doing something very very naughty that i dont know about (which is possible seen as i dont think the teacher is telling me everything) it seems like they are making a very big fuss over some quite normal behaviour.
It's terrible that the school are forgetting to give him his meds. They are really failing him if they can't even manage to do that. What is the medication?
My intial thought was that he's only 6. My class are children aged 5 and 6 and I wouldn't really call a bit of pushing in line bad behavior. They all do it, at that age it's very hard to sit/stand still for any length of time! She seems like she's being a bit drastic and if she gave him a bit more of a chance to settle into his new class she'd probably find he'll settle down soon.
Is he in year one? If so, I think it's quite a hard jump from foundation to 'proper' school, the routines are often more rigid and they have to work for longer lengths of time. Some settle quicker than others. The school seem to have quite drastic measures and I think a more sympathetic approach could be of more help. It's normal fro a child of this age to be restless and lacking in concentration, pretty much all of them in my class are!
Have you seen the head teacher alone?
BlueSquareThing
With chips
I think most of us prolly know that ;-)
To the OP:
We have lots of kiddies that have to take meds - at High School though fwiw. Some need physio and whathaveyou. In general the Learning Support Assistants tend to do the reminding, fetching and carrying for them. That *might* be a route to go down to make sure he's taking the meds at least - you could prolly justify him needing the help because of his apparant recent behaviour stuff.
Don't see this as me labelling him btw: I see it as using the scarce resources of time in the school to make sure he gets what he needs. In other words manipulating the system as much as you can.
Other than that, I think the alarm idea is a really good one. Just don't make it too loud so it wakes the entire class up!! ;-)
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
Bump
Aggghh.
More flipping drama.
He was ssent out of his class this afternoon for pushing someone. Fine I absolutely support discipline. No problem with that. I confiscated a toy from him and he will be missing a playtime when he goes to school.
fine
However, he told me that the head of teh year didnt like him. Why do you say that i asked him 'Because she said she was fed up with me when i went to her class'.
She also told my son that she was going to speak tot he head about him and taking him out of his class because he didnt deserve to be there.
He was really upset about it.
So am i actually. I am furious that anyone should speak to my child like that. That she would threaten him with exclusion before discussing it with me and that she would speak to him as though he is a problem.
So far he has come home with teh impression that he is lazy, the teachers cant'/won't remind him to take his meds and that they arefed up with him. Am I being reactionary in thinking that this is bad fro his self esteem? Maybe I am but I am adamant that they should not speak to him like that. Alienating him and making him think he is trouble will not encourage him.
I called and spoke to her, to establish what did actually happen and she did not deny saying that to him, she said that he must know that they wont have him behaving like that and tried to make out as though i was excusing him pushing someone when i made it clear more than once that i was not. I asked her if she thought it was appropriate to speak to a six year old child in that manner and she didnt see why not. She did not care that she had upset him, did not apologise and said that he would have been upset anyway because he was going to miss a playtime
I am speaking to the head tomorrow hopefully. I'm just so exasperated by it all.
Incidentally, the teacher did not tell me that he had pushed anyone or was sent out of the class when i picked him up, only because i went into the class to help him look for something and saw his name on the red traffic light and tehn asked what he had done. Surely as he was sent out of the class and did somethign bad they should have told me when i picked him up?
Aggghh.
More flipping drama.
He was ssent out of his class this afternoon for pushing someone. Fine I absolutely support discipline. No problem with that. I confiscated a toy from him and he will be missing a playtime when he goes to school.
fine
However, he told me that the head of teh year didnt like him. Why do you say that i asked him 'Because she said she was fed up with me when i went to her class'.
She also told my son that she was going to speak tot he head about him and taking him out of his class because he didnt deserve to be there.
He was really upset about it.
So am i actually. I am furious that anyone should speak to my child like that. That she would threaten him with exclusion before discussing it with me and that she would speak to him as though he is a problem.
So far he has come home with teh impression that he is lazy, the teachers cant'/won't remind him to take his meds and that they arefed up with him. Am I being reactionary in thinking that this is bad fro his self esteem? Maybe I am but I am adamant that they should not speak to him like that. Alienating him and making him think he is trouble will not encourage him.
I called and spoke to her, to establish what did actually happen and she did not deny saying that to him, she said that he must know that they wont have him behaving like that and tried to make out as though i was excusing him pushing someone when i made it clear more than once that i was not. I asked her if she thought it was appropriate to speak to a six year old child in that manner and she didnt see why not. She did not care that she had upset him, did not apologise and said that he would have been upset anyway because he was going to miss a playtime
I am speaking to the head tomorrow hopefully. I'm just so exasperated by it all.
Incidentally, the teacher did not tell me that he had pushed anyone or was sent out of the class when i picked him up, only because i went into the class to help him look for something and saw his name on the red traffic light and tehn asked what he had done. Surely as he was sent out of the class and did somethign bad they should have told me when i picked him up?
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
On the medication - any school refusing to participate in his treatment or claiming a "no drugs" policy in the face of prescribed medication would be wide-open for an action for assault. It may be that the school nurse has to be the one to administer it but this is the school's duty to arrange. If they persist in refusal, I'd suggest a meeting with your solicitor will disabuse them of this idocy very quickly - I've been here with diabetic kids & personally as a member of staff told to go to the bog to take mine. If it is any help, current thinking is that meds should where possible be taken in class, with the minimum fuss, in order to keep the situation as normal as possible for the kid. Wherever possible, they should be left to do the taking themselves.
As for the discipline, that sounds like the behaviour of an incompetent & unprofessional fuckwit - Maybe you should be going over their heads & creating with the authority to have the place investigated with an eye to some retraining.
Either way, don't stand for it.
As for the discipline, that sounds like the behaviour of an incompetent & unprofessional fuckwit - Maybe you should be going over their heads & creating with the authority to have the place investigated with an eye to some retraining.
Either way, don't stand for it.
LilMissHissyFit
Disturbed in a pink bra
statements are for special EDUCATIONAL needs...
medical needs would be covered seperately and protocols etc written up in partnership with the childs GP and training given to staff on how to handle it.
Thats not difficult, it happened very matter of factly in my childrens last school for everything from allergic reactions to disabetes
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
i hope to speak to the head tomorrow and i was thinking of registering my concernes with the lea.
a friend is a parent governor so i'll be on the phone to her this eveing asking for advice too.
i just need to dig out my son's birth certificate as i have an application form for a different school. they have a waiting list though....
i just dont know if this school is right for him
thanks for that advice pogofish.
i think i will draw up a list of my concerns and things i want them to resolve, put it in writing and send a copy to the lea while i look into other schooling options.
a friend is a parent governor so i'll be on the phone to her this eveing asking for advice too.
i just need to dig out my son's birth certificate as i have an application form for a different school. they have a waiting list though....
i just dont know if this school is right for him
thanks for that advice pogofish.
i think i will draw up a list of my concerns and things i want them to resolve, put it in writing and send a copy to the lea while i look into other schooling options.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Not exactly, education authorities here have the discretion to send kids to any school, which may or may not include private education. This is one of the reasons why many special needs schools are effectively private institutions or accept a portion of their intake on a fee-paying basis.
scifisam
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Aggghh.
More flipping drama.
He was ssent out of his class this afternoon for pushing someone. Fine I absolutely support discipline. No problem with that. I confiscated a toy from him and he will be missing a playtime when he goes to school.
fine
However, he told me that the head of teh year didnt like him. Why do you say that i asked him 'Because she said she was fed up with me when i went to her class'.
She also told my son that she was going to speak tot he head about him and taking him out of his class because he didnt deserve to be there.
He was really upset about it.
So am i actually. I am furious that anyone should speak to my child like that. That she would threaten him with exclusion before discussing it with me and that she would speak to him as though he is a problem.
So far he has come home with teh impression that he is lazy, the teachers cant'/won't remind him to take his meds and that they arefed up with him. Am I being reactionary in thinking that this is bad fro his self esteem? Maybe I am but I am adamant that they should not speak to him like that. Alienating him and making him think he is trouble will not encourage him.
I called and spoke to her, to establish what did actually happen and she did not deny saying that to him, she said that he must know that they wont have him behaving like that and tried to make out as though i was excusing him pushing someone when i made it clear more than once that i was not. I asked her if she thought it was appropriate to speak to a six year old child in that manner and she didnt see why not. She did not care that she had upset him, did not apologise and said that he would have been upset anyway because he was going to miss a playtime
I am speaking to the head tomorrow hopefully. I'm just so exasperated by it all.
Incidentally, the teacher did not tell me that he had pushed anyone or was sent out of the class when i picked him up, only because i went into the class to help him look for something and saw his name on the red traffic light and tehn asked what he had done. Surely as he was sent out of the class and did somethign bad they should have told me when i picked him up?
I can understand her saying something like being fed up with him, but it's really bad practice (she should be able to control her emotions, especially since that's what she's expecting him to do). She should have apologised and it shouldn't happen again. There's no way she should be telling a six-year-old he doesn't deserve to be in that class. With a teenager, you might well have a discussion about how their behaviour could lead to exclusion, but not with a six-year-old. I don't blame your son for being unhappy.
Regarding his behaviour - TBH, no I wouldn't expect them to tell you that when you pick him up. It would simply take too long to provide all parents with feedback about their child's behaviour day to day, unless it was really serious - and pushing another child, while an action that does need to be dealt with and discouraged, is not all that serious.
Contact the other school by phone to see if, by chance, they do have any places. Sometimes not all places are filled once the school year's begun. Of course, moving school might not be the solution, but it would be good to have it as a fall-back.
It's good that you have a parent governor to contact. They can have a surprising amount of power.
I know you work, but do you have any time free during the day? Would they let you volunteer one morning a week, maybe? Then you can see for yourself what the place is like. It won't be the same as if you weren't there, of course, but it will still make you somewhat better informed.
If they'll let you, you could make a list of when he should be taking his medications, and stick it somewhere he can see it easily (on his desk - hanging down perhaps, so that it's not in front of all the other kids' faces too, or in the front inside of his books if he moves tables a lot). Something like 'after playtime, I must take my meds,' or with pictures if his reading isn't up to that yet.
FWIW, the teacher might have needed to move the medication if it was out on the table in front of all the other kids, who might play with it or even take it. But then it would be better to tell him to put it away, rather than just taking it; of course, he might have refused to put it away, being worried that he was going to forget it!
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
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I could understand her saying she was fed up of him too, if she said it in the staff room but i dont understand why she thinks its ok to look into a childs face, especially my childs face(yes i know), and say that to him.
Its unprofessional and it teaches him nothing except maybe that he is a problem
I do agree but if it was serious enough fpor him to be sent out of his class and if the head of year is now seriously considering informal exclusions then I should think they would want to raise the issue with the parent and not merely threaten the chiod with it without giving any notice or details of teh behaviour policy and when such things would be implemented
Have done and our other local school has a waiting list. I will put his name down just in case
I have offered to go in and observe him in class so that i can see how disruptive he might be and they declined. They have not even given me a copy of their behaviour policy as requested. They like to keep the walls up and are very very poor at parental involvememnt.
I might just have to insist that i go in because they have not given me a full picture of what this problem behaviour is; he does not regularly push or hit, does not even disrupt lessons and as far as i'm aware he is not enormously disruptive in class. The specific problems they have presented me with are sulking and not finishing his work.
i dont mind her moving the medication, i just think that if she had explained it to him that he wouldnt have reacted in teh way he did (he said 'you cant take it, its mine'). moving it is fine if she still remembers to give it to him.
he now has a little laminated note on his table that says 'have i taken my medicine today?' and that reminds teh teacher when she walks past, we've also discussed times when it might be convenient for him to take it, as i dont know how the school day is broken down thats really up to the teacher to say when it would practical for him to have it
i'm off for a big cup of tea and some mindless telly. need to spend a few hours thinking about something other than schools and hospitals
Ceej
Where is my mind?
In Camden, primary school staff are not permitted to administer any medication. Certain senior trained staff may choose to administer life-saving medication, epipens etc but they are not legally obliged to do so, and must choose to accept any consequences if they do. You're not offered a lot of protection, and you're on your own if it all goes tits up.
We have a little cookery timer in the school office to remind children to take their medication, but again, have no responsibility if we don't. We only have one child who HAS to take their medication at a particular time, and the local authority Educational Welfare Officer arranges a nurse to come in each day to administer it.
Have you tried contacting the EWO at your local authority? It's their responsibilty to manage to keep children in school, and to facilitate any problems if they can't.
We have a little cookery timer in the school office to remind children to take their medication, but again, have no responsibility if we don't. We only have one child who HAS to take their medication at a particular time, and the local authority Educational Welfare Officer arranges a nurse to come in each day to administer it.
Have you tried contacting the EWO at your local authority? It's their responsibilty to manage to keep children in school, and to facilitate any problems if they can't.
Is there a chance the school doesn't like you and they are taking this out on your child?
Looby
Well-Known Member
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
no i havent, i wasnt aware that there was an EWO, teh school nurse did not mentione anything when drawing up the care plan. I will bear it in mind though, thank you very much for that info
well i should hope not
besides, who could 'not like me'? I am nice to the teachers, office staff and TAs, give good presents, interested and supportive in my childs education and i've written to the school about positive experiences and apprached teh head to say how great certain teachers were. I've tried to be supportive and pleasant as i can be but i wont continue to be so if they are going to be like this with my son.
scifisam
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I agree. I think it's a kinda understandable human slip-up to make, though, but it should at least be acknowledged as a slip-up and apologised for. I bet your son would be told if he said said to his teacher 'I'm fed up with you!' It was the wrong thing to say.
I was going on the actual incident itself, TBH, which really wasn't that serious. True, if they're thinking of excluding him then it should be you they're talking to about that, not him.
They have not even given me a copy of their behaviour policy as requested. They like to keep the walls up and are very very poor at parental involvememnt.
I might just have to insist that i go in because they have not given me a full picture of what this problem behaviour is; he does not regularly push or hit, does not even disrupt lessons and as far as i'm aware he is not enormously disruptive in class. The specific problems they have presented me with are sulking and not finishing his work.[/quote]
It is just possible that they have a policy of not allowing parents in class without a CRB check. My daughter's school has that now.
Something like that laminated note but set out in more detail would be better, I reckon. Since you already have the note idea going on and all. Yes, the teacher should be able to remind him to take his medication (it really is not that big a deal), but, in the meantime, you have to deal with it another way.
i'm off for a big cup of tea and some mindless telly. need to spend a few hours thinking about something other than schools and hospitals
That's my entire life right now. I've taken to reading dross like Agatha Christie, because it really is so different to my life!
It is daft that there's so much difficulty about reminding a child to take his medication. Admistering medication is one thing, but this is just about reminding a small boy what time it is.
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