Dont quite no what to make of this

[Hai1988]

Im quite annoyed but don't know if I should bring it up with the teacher.

Dropped DS of into reception this morning and most mums hang around for a few minutes every morning probably being it is only the second week, so although DS is fine I don't like to leave him being one of the only ones not to have a parent with him for the first couple of minutes iyswim.

Anyway don't know why I said all that it is irrelevant

So this morning they are given this worksheet, DS sits down and looks at it, it says "my name is" with a line underneath it at the top of the page, then it has a frog with a line next to it then a rocket with the same and then star,sun and so on.

DS writes his name at the top, then writes what each picture is on the line next to each picture, with little bit of help from me on the spelling but he pretty much does this on his own.

He then starts colouring the little pictures and I say my goodbyes and leave.....

When I pick him up on the way home I ask how his day went and did he finish the colouring he was doing when I left, he then replied that what he did was "wrong" he was only supposed to write him name over and over again on the lines next to the pictures.

Now both me and DS thought that what he did was what he was supposed to do and wasn't told otherwise, now although that wasn't what was supposed to of been done, I cant help but think it is wrong of the teacher to tell him what he did was "wrong"

What do you reckon??

[GypsyMoth]

maybe she didnt tell him that

he may have seen others work,or overheard the teacher explaining to another child.

[IndigoBell]

It's very likely they didn't tell him it was "wrong". It sounds to me like you are over reacting. It's really no big deal. :)

[scurryfunge]

Don't worry about it....you have given him praise presumably for doing what he did.

Unless you are going to sit next to your child everyday, I would let the teacher get on with it.

[muddleduck]

now I understand why most schools don't let parents into the classroom

[bigchris]

How silly to let the parents in the classroom

[Hai1988]

I dont know why he are let in also thb i think it is ridiculous, the only reason i hang around is i dont think its fair that DS be one of the only ones with out a parent there.

[Smithagain]

I'd have done exactly what you did with the worksheet. But I'm flabbergasted that you are expected to stay in the classroom for long enough to do anything like that.

I'd be willing to be that the teacher didn't actually say "that's wrong" in a cross sort of way - or that there has been a bit of a misunderstanding. But it's seriously not worth making a fuss over.

And I'd strongly recommend starting to leave the classroom earlier, and encouraging other parents to do the same. The disruption of all the parents being in there might well be making it hard for the teacher to let the children know what they're meant to be doing.

[bamboo]

I think you are over-thinking this and definitely wouldn't broach the subject with the teacher.

I do feel sorry for teachers who are expected to start their day with half the parents in the classroom (though I understand why you did). Goodness knows what time they manage to start some proper work.

[Hullygully]

I would confront the teacher and be really angry. What the hell was she thinking? Are children really likely to be called "frog" or "rocket"?

[JustKeepSwimming]

Quite often there are other parents hanging around with their kids in DS1's classroom (reception) but he is happy without me so i leave (nearly always have DS2 with me too so easier on everyone if we leave, lol).

Most likely thing is the kid next to him can only write his name (as my DS1 would) so wrote his name on every line and then told your DS that was what they were meant to do, so don't worry about that at all.

Just be happy about his writing and enthusiasm for school work :)

[PlumBumMum]

TBH I understand your reasons for staying but don't think you should have helped your ds with the worksheet,
thats what homework is for,
the teacher could have started explining what she wanted but your ds already had his done iyswim

[PlumBumMum]

Or JKS's suggestion about the child beside him came to mind too!

[Hullygully]

Who was the child next to him? Was it Hippopotamus?

[Hai1988]

I wasnt really helping tbh, just to clarify most of the other children in the class were also doing the worksheet.

[Hai1988]

Just asked DS and he said it was defo the teacher that said he was wrong, but told him never mind, what he did was great, its just no what the teacher wanted

[Hullygully]

I would nut the teacher. And that other kid.

[JustKeepSwimming]

Bizarre, but sometimes teachers (an ex-teacher myself) fall into a trap of playing 'guess what i'm thinking?/what i want you to do?' and think because they know what they want done everyone else automatically does too.

Surely it can't have been intended that they write Jonny* next to all of the objects, that doesn't make any sense.

*name picked at random!

[Hullygully]

Unless the teacher has those objects and has called them all by one name. Perhaps her own, mayhap she is a megalomaniac and wanted them to write Miss Anthrope next to eveything..

[RustyBear]

Maybe the sheet was going to be cut up to make labels for things

[memoo]

I'd be more worried OP that you yourself couldn't understand work that was set for a reception class!