When I picked DS1 (year 2) from school yesterday, one of the other boys in his class told me (in a kind of na na na na na way) that DS "got into lots of trouble today". I asked DS what happened and he told me that he a) said "pee" while in the toilets ("because I didn't know we weren't allowed to say it in the toilet - I mean that's what we're doing in there"); b) said "dead" ("I'm dead meat"...... for saying wee apparently and c) he blew on his recorder when he wasn't meant to in music class. He said for these three things he was told off by his teacher, the head-teacher and the music teacher.
I didn't see any of the teachers to ask either at pick up yesterday or today or at drop off this morning but DS has just told me that he was kept in at break as punishment for his behaviour yesterday.
Now I'm quite prepared to be told that there was more to it than he's telling me - he's not a saint and can be a bit silly (he's very young for his year) but he's generally a really well-behaved child and has never been in trouble - we got a school report a couple of weeks ago and it couldn't have been better.
But AIBU to think that 1. you don't give a 6 year old detention unless its something really bad; and 2. if his behaviour was that bad we should have been told about it?
I'm going to write an email to the head asking if there was more to it than he's told me but I just wanted to know if I was being totally unreasonable in thinking detention is not justified in this situation.
so as not to drip feed, he's been at this school about 9 months and we lived abroad before so totally different school system - plus this school puts an emphasis on being "traditional"..... so it's possible I just don't know how these things work!
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To think you don't give a 6 year old detention for saying "pee"?
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Butterfliesprettybutterflies · 05/02/2016 18:19
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