I ask because DS2, in Y3 (jsut turned 8) is alowed to leave the classroom and no one ever checks if he is collected. Normally this is fine...he knows if he is not collected to go to the secretary.
But last week an after school activity was cancelled. The secretary tried to call me at 3pm, and left message on home an mb, then phoned DH's mobile. DH asnwered, and said "I will try to contact Lynette" The secretary explained to DS that his dad would collect him(so DS tells us) and let him out on to the playground to wait. Before DH could call me, another mum from school phoned him, and explained she was with DS, who had told her he was waiting for his dad to collect him. She realised it was a 30 min drive for DH, and asked should she take him to her house. DH said yes, and texted me to let me know where DS was.
Now, I know it's my fault for checking my phone when I leave work (I am not alowed to have my phone on at work, but a message can be given to me in an emergency, such as this), but it's only a 5 min drive from work to DS's school.....So I arrive at school 1.5 hours after the end of the day to find there was no after school activity...the secretary explained had left me a message on the home phone...had phoned DH, who had said "I'll sort it" and she had no idea where DS was now.
I then checked my mb phone and discovered from a text DH had sent where DS was, but DS is an independant little chap, and would have probably walked the mile home, or the two miles to Granny's if no one had turned up (he had already been to the secretary who had sent home out side).
Should the secretary have told him to wait in school, or am I just being precious?
Yes, I fecked up by not telling the school to contact me on my work number first(actually I think I have put that as the first contact ), but they have always managed to contact me in the past when DS has forgotton his lunch/thrown up, etc.
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How are you KS2 DC let out at the end of the day? Am I being precious?
LynetteScavo · 12/06/2011 18:57
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