School confiscating phone

@Zanatdy an amazing chain of events....

Who contacted you to tell you his phone had been confiscated? How did you know?

No the school phoned me as he told them he had to pick up his sister

Isn’t it just

whats wrong with posters on here these days? Make up absolute rubbish in their minds from one comment. Yes my son only ever picked his sister up once and yes that day he had his phone confiscated (only time ever). What’s so hard to believe about that?

So the mobile now stays at home to be used by her if there is an emergency. Presumably the walk to school is safe, otherwise why do it? She doesn't need the phone at school.

She can leave it at home then. Natural consequences.

I wish school would just let kids use technology as the reality is they will soon be off to uni/work with free access to phones

Plenty of people work in jobs where they don't have free access to their phones. There's already a recruitment and retention crisis in education. I can't imagine anyone would train to be a teacher if schools allowed a class of 30+ students to freely use their phones.

It's about following the rules. Yes you are both inconvenienced. Tell him to follow the rules going forward! I would fully support the staff, it must be a nightmare for them with children always trying to be on screens.

Snap!

@Zanatdy so he contacted mummy in the training course for the be tone he got his phone confiscated and had to collect his sister?

How did he manage that? I presume the school had to intervene and help him?

That was good of them, given he'd obviously broken rules.

@Zanatdy amazing how the only day he ever picked her up he has his phone confiscated 🤐

@kisstheblarney ,

It’s secondary school. Pick the kid sister up first and come back for the older child.

Parents get a copy of the school’s policy, which allows them to keep children for 15 minutes (sometimes more) without notice. A cheeky school near me lets the children out at 3:30 but has an official finish time of 4:30. That’s so they can give one hour’s detention at no notice. It is a surprisingly popular school as it gets good results.

Spot on.

@Zanatdy so you assume that OPs child is also perfect, so should escape consequences?

How did your son contact mummy to tell her he couldn't pick up the little sister she'd made him responsible for?

Although I fail to see why a phone was needed for that?

He had to pick her up once because I was on a training course and dad was working overseas. I think he could manage to do that once.

My son actually didn’t do any wrong and received countless awards and walked out with top grades. You need to give your head a wobble if you think someone’s child is a problem as he once (in 7yrs there) had his phone confiscated. It’s laughable how some posters on here think they can label someone as a problem child from one incident. Sitting outside with a friend on their phone. Anyway not having this conversation as your opinion is ridiculous and couldn’t be further from the reality of my son who caused the school no problems when he was there for 7yrs. But hey ho, carry on making up ridiculous assumptions

I think I have read this post before, and the answer is still the same. They want to inconvenience the parents so that they in turn effect change on the childrens behaviour. If your childs behaviour is resulting in the phone getting confiscated, then your child is at fault.

@Soontobe60 and how on earth did he contact mummy to sort it out for him without his phone?

OP give them a ring and see if they will give her it back. Stress you are a working single parent so can't collect and they are putting DD in danger.

I wish school would just let kids use technology as the reality is they will soon be off to uni/work with free access to phones

Why is one child being held responsible for their sibling???

It's a wonder those who were at school before the invention of mobile phones ever survived

But what about the cries of you can't keep my child 15 mins late because he's got to collect his little sister and you haven't told me in advance they'd be late?

Teach your child to the follow rules. - Simple.
The phone won't need to be confiscated. I'm sure if there was a real emergency and she didn't have it she would be clued up enough to leave the house and as a neighbour for help. If not she shouldn't be left alone with or without a phone.
As for her walking home alone without a phone -has she no friends to walk with?
All else fails get her to learn your number of by heart then she can always contact you from a friend or neighbour.
I full back the school where phones are concerned. Left my sons there for 2 weeks he never had it confiscated again.

I agree with OP, it is not theirs to take beyond the school day.

Many schools have a policy that the pupils collect it from head of year/head of pastoral at the end of the day (or 15 minutes after).

Having to hang around after school and get a bollocking from a senior member of staff is enough of an incentive to not do it again.

Schools are also generally not insured if phone gets nicked overnight.

Now what aren't I surprised @Zanatdy !

My precious son does no wrong......

Poor teachers!

Alternatively.. give them the brick to take to school. Less chance of them wanting to play with that!