Is it normal to give a DS detention for something a parent hasn't done?

Luckily both DSs are effective forgers and tend to miss me out of the loop.

Umm.
I should know this by now (oldest child is 16) but is the idea to sign to say:

that you have seen that week's homework list
that you have seen the homework completed
or just
that you have seen that the page exists in the planner?

I've never discovered which week I'm meant to be signing for!

Maybe some teachers are more childish than the children.

It's normal in DS's school , Yr 7, to get a 'yellow card' for planner not being signed, first offence.

DDs school has a system of 3 'penalty points' before a detention is issued. They don't give detentions for the first halfterm of yr7 and then wipe the slate clean, to let them learn how to organise. Very few of them actually get detentions.

A detention for not printing homework at home is quite outrageous- don't they have printer facilities in the school for kids who don't have a (functioning) printer at home?

OP - I think the norm is that there is a consequence on the child for this sort of thing, however in your DSs case judgement should be tempered with mercy.

He should have had his planner signed & he didn't therefore detention. Not sure what's unfair about it exactly? Don't feel bad about it, these things happen but next week just make sure it's signed.

It's normal in DS's school , Yr 7, to get a 'yellow card' for planner not being signed, first offence.

Detentions left, right and centre. Detention this week for not having printed out homework, although the homework had beeen meticulously and imaginitively completed and e mailed to the teacher as instructed. Our printer just doesn't print, half the time.

OP - I suspect that the school would see it as his reposnsiblility to make sure that you have signed it and not forgotten to sign it.

If you are not happy, discuss it with his tutor.

If it is the first time it is not signed he should not be punished however if this is regularly happening I agree with the detention. Unless his SN are extreme it is his responsibility

Surely you look at your child's planner as you supervise, discuss it check homework .

The point of signing the planner is to show that you know what they have been doing over the past week .

I tippex out planners signed weeks in advance . I also authorise detentions for persistently failing to get a planner signed .

Blu, that 2 planner idea is fantastic! Sometimes I have to admire their ingenuity. I will be teaching my kids my signature when they hit secondary age. Which is hypocritical as a teacher, I know.

You need to plan from the start of the year. Get him to sign it every week then the signatures always look the same

You need to plan from the start of the year. Get him to sign it every week then the signatures always look the same

DS also got some form of sanction because his wasn't signed. I think from the school's pov the onus is on him to get me to sign it.

He did attempt forgery but the 6th Form Prefect tasked with checking planners spotted it was different to the two signatures which have featured before. I said DS should have said he was living with his aunt during parental illness....

Apparantly canny pupils run 2 planners - one with all the 'bad' notes home, and one which gets signed.

I'm a form teacher. I only give a detention for this after several warnings. It is the child's job to get it signed. If a child said to me that the parent refused to sign it, then I'd ring the parent to check.

Did you conscientiously refuse to sign it? If so, you have to man up and explain to the school.

If your DS did not approach you with his diary and a pen and a glass of wine at the same time, then he should take the 15 minutes on the chin.

My friend, Veronica, was great at forging signatures. Do these children have no imagination these days?

If you have a problem with this then you should perhaps be suggesting that the signature of parents is unnecessary. I am sure the teacher has better things to do than supervise detentions because it is unsigned. She is trying to keep on top of an admin job the school SMT have decided is important in the name of communication with parents. If there was no consequence then most children would not bother getting it signed. Personally I would be grateful that she is willing to make an effort to check and follow up.

Does seem unfair - would be even worse if the teacher even forgot to sign, as that would never happen, would it

I used to sign mine every week with my Mum's name - it was the same style handwriting as mine. Mum didn't even know it existed but did a great job covering up when it was mentioned to her at parents' evening.

We had that at school when I was there. What I did was, if I remembered then my mum signed it. It I forgot, then my "dad" signed it. His was easier to forge.

Some people solved it by forging every week so the signature looked the same.

I now sign a couple of weeks a head In my school some tutors give out detentions if the parents do what you do. Some tutors give out detentions even if all the work has been done but the planner is not signed! Silly but some are just not fllexible.

I get this with my form every week. It is incredibly frustrating that they don't get it signed, even though every single Friday we check them. It is his responsibility to get it done, I give behaviour points if they don't but if they were a pesistent offender it would be a detention.

Yep. Would happen at my sons school.