Mr Tumble at school?

Also just to add there's a high chance that if it was shown at school it was during a wet play/lunch. In my school KS2 classes are in their own classes during wet play with older buddies and staff who supervise (flitting between two classrooms). Obviously you can't do that with younger children so they're often all together in the hall during wet play and the only way to entertain 90 odd kids at once for a period of time is watch a film or TV show

You're meant to have a licence for that now

Do you not watch iPlayer?

My kids used to watch cbeebies numberjacks at school, and they were both terrified of the number taker they had a point but it was quite educational
They are teens now and still remember Mr Tumble and would probably still watch octonauts! 🤣

My eldest liked Something Special when he was a toddler. It is inclusive and the Makaton section has received a lot of praise.

I would agree that it is too young for typically developing Reception age DC and that there are other more age-appropriate cBeebies programmes to show at school (particularly the more overtly educational ones such as Numberblocks, which IMO is a work of genius)

Your kids will get screen time at school, so I would probably aim to get over that one

ETA Xpost with op

It’s pretty funny that you’ve just slated Mr Tumble so comprehensively seeing that the program is all about kindness and a therapeutic approach to education and inclusion. You are literally the antithesis to everything it’s about 🤣

Here's the thing, YOU don't run the class or the school. Your opinion is irrelevant. If you were to complain about something like this in our school, it would be filtered out by admin staff and not even be passed to the teacher.

Mr Tumble is actually brilliant at highlighting how all children should be inclusive.
My granddaughter used Makaton regularly when she was about 3 .
Am surprised that you have never heard of him.

We saw Justin Fletcher at an event a couple of summers ago and I think he said it was coming up to 25years of Mr Tumble. Just think how many children it has helped to communicate in that time! DD1 took her time at getting going with some words and we loved learning makaton signs from Mr Tumble together.

To be fair, the creepy dress-up and drag Tumble characters that Justin Fletcher does in Mr Tumble are intensely cringey. My DD didn’t even realise they were all him for absolutely years and years, and was gobsmacked when I pointed it out.

I think it's unfair to assume a school isn't good because they showed the kids a some Mr Tumble on TV. (You said the school was otherwise good.) I am sure there will be plenty of books, topics, stories and projects your DC will be exposed to at school that they will deem boring! PPs have explained well what Mr Tumble is all about which should put your mind at rest.

Just give the (otherwise good) school the benefit of the doubt and let them crack on with the job.

Yes, you are being unfair by watching 2 mins and making a fool of yourself for declaring it "inane, lowest common denominator drivel". Borderline offensive, OP, given the content.

I thought Justin Fletcher / Mr Tumble did great work

The TV show was initially shown middle of the night and niche, then upgraded to peak time and mainstream

Might be worth reading this for a bit of empathy

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/12/rob-delaney-a-heart-that-works-book-excerpt/672566/

"After my son got a brain tumor, his treatment left him unable to speak. Children’s shows that used the language program Makaton became a source of joy for our family."

That’s good ours use to just put on SpongeBob

You could be a bit more open-minded of the needs of people different from you.

Have you been watching some of his other programmes by mistake instead of the ones aimed at really small kids? He has several, like Gigglebiz.

Your kid’s already taking his socially and intellectually superior cues from you, so I feel sure there’ll be no lasting impact on his development.

It’s the only thing that holds my 18mo’s attention so I stick it on in the morning when I’m trying to make a cup of tea without said toddler wrecking the joint. My 3yo isn’t particularly interested in it so I can see why your school age child was unimpressed.

I’m sorry you found it patronising @x2boys
I have a child with similar needs and I didn’t find it patronising at all. It really helped when she was younger to see there were other kids out like her.

Lighten up!

My son watches all sorts at after school club and sometimes in school hours and Mr Tumble is not inane, he teaches inclusivity and is targeted towards SEN children who use Makaton as well as neurotypical children…..

There are definitely battles to pick in life and this is not one of them.

To be honest the Mr Tumble character is meant to be funny.
He's a clown 🤷

I'm not sure he did
As the parent of a severely disabled non verbal teen, I always it incredibly patronising.

Very educational programme and perfect for children to watch. Can't believe a child you saying your child is calls him a silly man. It's not the right language for a child. Yabu by the way and sounds like it you not your child who has issues.