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Would you contact school about this? Really odd lessons.

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Vivalebeaver · 17/11/2012 22:16

Dd is in yr 7.

First couple of weeks there she mentioned something about a history lesson I thought was odd. But it was first few weeks and I thought maybe the teacher is settling them in.

Dd said they were watching a documentary and everyone was bored. Teacher realised this and stopped the film and let everyone come and draw faces on the board instead.

Then last week dd mentions that her history lesson was about the history of Nicky Minaj's breasts! Apparently this pop star has had a boob job so that's history. She used to have small boobs in the past, now she has big ones.

She's never had any history homework.

Dd says most of her lessons not just history are really easy and that she's bored.

Oh and drama homework this week is to write a leaflet of a fake illness and put the leaflet in your GPs surgery waiting room. I keep asking her if she's sure but she's adamant and she has written it in her planner.

I'm more bothered about the history.

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Kez100 · 18/11/2012 03:30

There may be some sense in the Drama work. She may want to work on illness but prefer not to pick a genuine illness because someone may know someone with it, and that can be personally upsetting. Drama is about thinking outside of your own shoes, so there may be a basis to it and further work.

History is just plain weird.

ProphetOfDoom · 17/11/2012 22:45

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Vivalebeaver · 17/11/2012 22:35

That sounds a good way of putting it Maltida, was trying to think how to word it. Thanks, will send an email saying I'm worried dd isn't bringing her history homework back, etc.

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Dominodonkey · 17/11/2012 22:35

I am always one of the first to defend teachers as they often get a bad rap but this all sounds very strange and inappropriate.

I agree with schmaltzing - contact the HOY to check what she should be doing. HOY will generally go to Heads of dept or Assistant heads if they concerned about what is being set.

ProphetOfDoom · 17/11/2012 22:32

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Vivalebeaver · 17/11/2012 22:31

The made up illness is drama not history.

Her friends are backing her up on this. I've not asked them about the history lessons but one of her friends has photos on her fb page of lots of kids drawing faces on the board which ties in with what she says.

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lljkk · 17/11/2012 22:31

I would ask school about it.

SoggySummer · 17/11/2012 22:29

That sounds mad!

Perhaps the Nicki Minaj thing (clutching at straws here but bear with me) is a teacher trying (in some kind of weird way) to try and make the kids see how history is relevant/they are making history themselves kind of thing?????

The drs waiting rooms leaflet - odd again. I dont get the historical lesson there at all and how do all the local Drs surgeries feel about a loadd of 11 and 12yos leaving home-made fictional leaflets in their waiting rooms? How will these leaflets get graded and marked??

Are you sure your DC has grasped the concept correctly???

Vivalebeaver · 17/11/2012 22:28

They've been learning about the made up illness in drama. It's called mouseophobia or something. I don't know what drawing leaflets has to do with drama.

Anyway I'm telling dd not to other with her drama homework at all. If the teacher wants to see the leaflet she can tell him she left it at the doctors waiting room as per instructions.

The first history lesson wasn't a cover teacher, it was normal one. Dd has been telling me how cool Miss H is. Hmm

Don't think there's a parents evening till
April which is a shame.

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mummytime · 17/11/2012 22:24

The first one sounds like a cover lesson to me, with a frazzled Cover Supervisor.

SherlockGnomes · 17/11/2012 22:23

very odd. Find the leaflet vey weird - not even a hisotorical illness? How will he mark them??

shellyf · 17/11/2012 22:21

History of Nicky Minaj seems strange and inapproptiate for Y7.You could ask to see a topic outline for the term,most schools would hopefully be happy to share with you.