Rant about your childrens school here!

[ShiftyBagLady]

Check that it is a blanket rule, though. Maybe it's just one teacher being over-strict, or maybe only one kid's allowed out at a time, or something.

yes i will. i spoke to the teacher briefly and said i know its hard to teach them when some are leaving the class but i object on medical grounds so she said it was alright for him but i dont know how she will justify it to the rest of the class.
i will speak to the head though because i tihnk its a stupid rule. the teacher said that they have ot teach them not to go during class.

 

[Dhimmi]

£20?!!! Is that for the whole year?

Believe so... can't believe you got off so lightly. I'm also up for parent governor.

 

[moomoo]

yes i will. i spoke to the teacher briefly and said i know its hard to teach them when some are leaving the class but i object on medical grounds so she said it was alright for him but i dont know how she will justify it to the rest of the class.
i will speak to the head though because i tihnk its a stupid rule. the teacher said that they have ot teach them not to go during class.

You should tell the little one to pee on the floor in the classroom, the teacher can rethink her policy when she's cleaning it up.

 

[citygirl]

Sorry moomoo. i can't post on this thread,. as i have nowt to whinge about....

as you were

 

[pogofish]

Moomo - that system is just too much. I'd be creating all sorts of awkwardness at anywhere pulling a stunt like that.

Besides, where diet/health are concerned, schools are invariably guilty of dishing-up quite incompetent advice IME.

 

[spring-peeper]

You should tell the little one to pee on the floor in the classroom, the teacher can rethink her policy when she's cleaning it up.

nope - tried that one. they make the kid clean it up

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

If he had a school to go to - that would be nice

Tell me about it. I have no moans abut eldests school. The youngest can't go( they havent offered us a school or sorted his statement) and the middle one wont go after being bullied out of their last one.

 

[weepiper]

My eldest started school this August. The first day of going full-time she came home with a massive red mark on her cheek which I noticed the minute she got off the bus. I asked about it and she said she'd been joining in with the primary 2s play-fighting in the playground at lunchtime and had got accidentally headbutted OK these things are hard to avoid but none of the playground supervisors noticed and her class teacher didn't notice all afternoon either - so I only had her version of events whereas I would expect a school to a) notice that kind of thing and b) phone home or at the very least send a note home in the case of a head injury. It turned into a massive black eye overnight and she still has a bruise a week and a half later.

I phoned the school the next morning and got phoned back by the deputy head after she'd been and talked to little weeps and her teacher and the playground supervisors, and she did apologise profusely, which smoothed my feathers a bit.

But only a bit

edit to add she also has a big shiner in her school photo

 

[_angel_]

grrr
my boy came out of school in an enormous huff because the teacher wouldnt let him go to the toilet.
he's come home twice this week(so every day this week) saying that the children are not allowed to go to the toilet during lessons. Okay, I can see teh reasoning it can be disruptive to the class but they are only 6, why should they have to hold it for what must seem like eternity to them because the school says so. How are they to concentrate on their work if they are bursting for a wee? bladders have rights too you know

so now I have to discipline him for stomping about and being a sod which could have been avoided if he's been allowed to go to the flipping loo.

Six! Some of them still wet themselves at that age!!! That's ridiculous. A bit like playgroups insistence that all kids were out of nappies before being allowed in (this is two years pre school btw)

I think some so called professionals have no idea of the needs of kids whatsoever.

 

[scifisam]

yes i will. i spoke to the teacher briefly and said i know its hard to teach them when some are leaving the class but i object on medical grounds so she said it was alright for him but i dont know how she will justify it to the rest of the class.
i will speak to the head though because i tihnk its a stupid rule. the teacher said that they have ot teach them not to go during class.

Six is just biologically too young to expect kids to hold it in (well, some can manage it, but many can't, especially boys). It is disruptive if you have kids leaving the class, but the teacher has to deal with it.

nope - tried that one. they make the kid clean it up

Good God! Did they press his nose in it too?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

My eldest started school this August. The first day of going full-time she came home with a massive red mark on her cheek which I noticed the minute she got off the bus. I asked about it and she said she'd been joining in with the primary 2s play-fighting in the playground at lunchtime and had got accidentally headbutted OK these things are hard to avoid but none of the playground supervisors noticed and her class teacher didn't notice all afternoon either - so I only had her version of events whereas I would expect a school to a) notice that kind of thing and b) phone home or at the very least send a note home in the case of a head injury. It turned into a massive black eye overnight and she still has a bruise a week and a half later.

One of the great things about my primary school was we were allowed to play fight, used to wrestle around on the ground, get covered in mud, rip trousers and all the things that are great about a little kid.

When I got to secondary school I found out they took things very seriously and you had to right an incident report. There seemed to be a lot more aggression in the school.

Did your kid complain or were you getting upset on their behalf? I think we wrap kids up in to much cotton wool these days, a bit of play fighting is part of growing up.

 

[weepiper]

I wasn't bothered about the fact she'd been play-fighting, I was bothered that the school hadn't noticed a socking great mark on her cheek until I pointed it out to them the next day. And also quite bothered that something that could easily have caused a concussion wasn't reported to me (because they hadn't noticed)

 

[cyberfairy]

Six! Some of them still wet themselves at that age!!! That's ridiculous. A bit like playgroups insistence that all kids were out of nappies before being allowed in (this is two years pre school btw)

I think some so called professionals have no idea of the needs of kids whatsoever.

I work with year one and two kids and they are always allowed to go to the loo-however they have to go one at a time and they are not allowed to go during all of the two minutes of tidying up time when most of the kids suddenly discover their full bladder Never heard of it not being allowed-they might have been told not to go when asked though when they asked though for the reasons above? Although it seems it is a blanket rule at the school described after re-reading and object hugely to that-you cannot concentrate when needing a wee and kids bladders are a lot smaller than adults.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

At my son's secondary school he got a severe fracture that required an operation. He'd also hit his head. They didn't take him to hospital because it was their policy not to and they reckoned he was OK because he was 'very quiet after the accident'. It was a few hours before they could contact me. The accident also shouldn't have happened in the first place. I could have forseen that someone could easily slam into a wall.


edited to add. This wasn't in the playground, it was a PE lesson in a classroom, not a gym.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

I work with year one and two kids and they are always allowed to go to the loo-however they have to go one at a time and they are not allowed to go during all of the two minutes of tidying up time when most of the kids suddenly discover their full bladder Never heard of it not being allowed-they might have been told not to go when asked though when they asked though for the reasons above? Although it seems it is a blanket rule at the school described after re-reading and object hugely to that-you cannot concentrate when needing a wee and kids bladders are a lot smaller than adults.

Well i spoke to the teacher and she said that it was a rule,they have to teach them/train them not to ask during lessons and so on but that if they really need to go they let them go. I just think they are too young for it and it seems a bit contradictory to me so i will speak to the head about it when i see him next(didnt get aq chance this week) because children tend to be a bit anxious about their toilet habits in foreign environments and in school and i dont think its right to put restrictions on allowing them to perform a bodily function, i wouldnt do it at home so i wouldnt expect them to to do it to my child at school purely because it hampers their schedule. Have spoken to a friend whose daughter is in year 1 and she said her child had said the same thing. ridiculous rule

At my son's secondary school he got a severe fracture that required an operation. He'd also hit his head. They didn't take him to hospital because it was their policy not to and they reckoned he was OK because he was 'very quiet after the accident'. It was a few hours before they could contact me. The accident also shouldn't have happened in the first place. I could have forseen that someone could easily slam into a wall.


edited to add. This wasn't in the playground, it was a PE lesson in a classroom, not a gym.

my mum is a primary teacher and she said a girl fractured her ankle in pe and hobbled all the way up to top of the building, about 6 flights of stairs before they realised she was injured poor thing
shocking that they didnt take him to hospital. thats negligence surely. i'd be writing very terse letters if i were you.

 

[_angel_]

At my son's secondary school he got a severe fracture that required an operation. He'd also hit his head. They didn't take him to hospital because it was their policy not to and they reckoned he was OK because he was 'very quiet after the accident'. It was a few hours before they could contact me. The accident also shouldn't have happened in the first place. I could have forseen that someone could easily slam into a wall.


edited to add. This wasn't in the playground, it was a PE lesson in a classroom, not a gym.

How long ago was this? I'm pretty sure that wouldn't happen now! They seem to be the other way OTT about getting kids to the doctors over the most minor thing.

 

[Nougat]

After an incident that occured on Thursday, I have now found out that my Daughter's school doesn't think it is important to inform parents that their child needed medical attention

 

[Mrs Magpie]

How long ago was this? I'm pretty sure that wouldn't happen now! They seem to be the other way OTT about getting kids to the doctors over the most minor thing.

About four years ago. It is a shit school though. Still is. The school where I work would send a member of staff in an ambulance and hopefully meet the parent there. I've taken a kid to hospital. Couldn't get hold of the parent, stayed with her while she had treatment, I signed consent forms (that's set up in advance with every pupil in case something happens) took her home and left her with her adult sister. The parent didn't get home till much later and was really grateful that we acted as if we were her parent.

 

[_angel_]

About four years ago. It is a shit school though. Still is. The school where I work would send a member of staff in an ambulance and hopefully meet the parent there. I've taken a kid to hospital. Couldn't get hold of the parent, stayed with her while she had treatment, I signed consent forms (that's set up in advance with every pupil in case something happens) took her home and left her with her adult sister. The parent didn't get home till much later and was really grateful that we acted as if we were her parent.

You're right, it is a shit school. Should kick up a bit of fuss.. question the head teacher about their 'policy'.

Was this the same place that couldn't offer GCSE History btw?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Yes.

 

[mentalchik]

When my son broke his wrist at school he had to wait until i could get there from work which took a while as i didn't have my own transport.....

he was white faced with pain and almost vomiting with the stress.....

ironically that school was literally across the road from the general hospital !

 

[Mrs Magpie]

You're right, it is a shit school. Should kick up a bit of fuss.. question the head teacher about their 'policy'.

I did kick up a fuss at the time and was just stonewalled. "It's not our policy." Luckily he didn't have a serious head injury, just a very large bruise. It was the fracture that was serious.

 

[Popsicle]

That's shocking Mrs Magpie, did they not have any trained first aiders?

It amazes me that they thought your son was ok because he was really quiet. That's a sign that something's wrong, not the other way around.

 

[_angel_]

When my son broke his wrist at school he had to wait until i could get there from work which took a while as i didn't have my own transport.....

he was white faced with pain and almost vomiting with the stress.....

ironically that school was literally across the road from the general hospital !

Really, why are school's this crap? My son's special school took him to hospital once after suspected head injury that was just a slight bump!

I would have thought all of them would err on the side of caution what with worrying about being sued.

 

[Jonti]

My child's primary school now has compulsory homework (some of it devised by fools or illiterates). Beats why the school can't do the job it's paid to do in the hours it's paid to work. But children who don't do it are "named and shamed" in front of the other kids. I guess it's all part of the school's new emphasis on the Christian ethos (and the new headteacher's career).

I hate the way this bossy snob and her sycophants intrude into our family life. They take from us time that could be better used going to museums and exhibitions, or just reading to each other

 

[likesfish]

some teachers are good some are just shit at first aid/injurys
some child after a days rock climbing managed to knock themselves out running in the car park
One of the teachers was throw some water on him to wake him ffs
the others were great waited for the ambulance he was coming round they took him to a and e to check on him

 

[weepiper]

When my son broke his wrist at school he had to wait until i could get there from work which took a while as i didn't have my own transport.....

he was white faced with pain and almost vomiting with the stress.....

ironically that school was literally across the road from the general hospital !

that's awful

before mine started school I was waiting in the doctor's for an antenatal appointment and a teacher came running in with a wee boy about 9 who'd somehow managed to get a pencil stuck right through his hand poor wee soul was sobbing and clearly terrified and the (male) teacher was being absolutely brilliant at keeping him calm til his mum got there.

 

[q_w_e_r_t_y]

My child's primary school now has compulsory homework

Do you consider this strange?

My childrens school has that too, but I wouldnt have expected anything else...usually reading; writing practice and sums - takes about an hour in all.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

My kids all had homework at primary and the eldest is 35. It wasn't a lot. The naming and shaming is out of order though.

 

[scifisam]

Like I said, my daughter's school is mostly wonderful. When she hit her head they sent her straight to hospital with a classroom assistant. I actually arrived at the hospital before them, because my workplace is just behind it, but I appreciated the care anyway! I would have thought that was mandatory - if not, it should be.

My kids all had homework at primary and the eldest is 35. It wasn't a lot. The naming and shaming is out of order though.

Agreed with that. Naming and shaming is counterproductive, as well as really mean.

We never had homework when I was at primary school, though; I suspect it's more widespread now than it was 20 or 30 years ago. It is useful to consolidate knowledge gained in the classroom, for 'metalearning' (thinking about what you've learnt and how you learnt it), for getting them used to secondary school, and so on.

That is, good homework is useful for all that - poorly set homework is only good for the latter.

Of course, my daughter's sat out of maths lessons for so long that she's terribly behind, so I make her do at least an hour's maths and half an hour other work at home every night, so she's well used to homework! She's even been voluntarily doing the school homework the day it's set!