DS aged 8 got into a fight at school. It was over with in a few mins, the boys made up and they missed a playtime and had to write about the incident at lunchtime. I thought it had all been dealt with and supported the school by talking to DS about making the right choices, etc, etc.
A week later the boys went to judo and were called over by the coach who talked to them about their behaviour as one of them had mentioned a judo throw had been used when they were fighting.
It turns out that without asking permission from parents the school had contacted the judo coach to ask him to 'tell them off'. The school have a relationship with the coach because he'd run an after school club there in the past so he'd been put in a difficult position.
- Can the school contact an outside body without a parents permission? (Excluding child protection)
- Can the school 'sub-contract' discipline?
- Have the school over reacted?
- AIBU to be really cross?!
Any comments gratefully received as I'm a bit open mouthed about it all.