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week 3 no locker will I be 'that' parent if I phone to see if they will get one?

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TheEndOfTheWorldAsIKnowIt · 12/09/2014 10:30

Hi, dd started high school last week, she has settled in really well but is exhausted. She has Pe twice a week and has to carry her full Pe kit, shorts ,t shirt, tracksuit, trainers, towel, shin pads, two pairs of socks and gum shield. She also has her school bag with equiptment for four other lessons and both bags together are very heavy for an 11 yr old to be carrying around everywhere all day including lunch time.
We were told they would be given lockers so they would only need to carry both bags for the morning/afternoon depending on when the lesson was but this hasn't happened yet.
Would I be seen as 'that parent' if I rang to ask if they will be getting a locker ?

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lordnoobson · 13/09/2014 07:42

Agree. Our lockers all done in June. School just lazy

ScrambledEggAndToast · 13/09/2014 07:42

My DS hasn't had his yet, apparently they are sorting them over the next few weeks. When I asked, it was because when the year eleven's left they had to sort out and remove stuff from some lockers and break locks off others where the keys had been lost. The year elevens have been gone since May/June fgs!!

lordnoobson · 13/09/2014 06:42

Agree re lockers. I'm interested in the towel thing. They shower?

mychildrenarebarmy · 13/09/2014 06:41

Ours will be getting theirs "soon" according to DD's form teacher. No idea when soon is though. I am planning to give it another week and then get in touch.

Hassled · 12/09/2014 20:24

None of my DCs have ever, ever used the locker they've had - it's always at the wrong end of school, or too much faff, or they won't have time to go back and get the PE kit if the lesson before is in the Science Block, or something. There's always been a something.

So by all means call, and you wouldn't be "that parent", but don't be surprised if it's pointless.

Coolas · 12/09/2014 20:19

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TheEndOfTheWorldAsIKnowIt · 12/09/2014 11:47

It is quite a big school and she wouldnt have time between lessons but if she has pe in the morning she could put her kit in the locker before she goes to lunch or get it after lunchtime registration when she has it in the afternoon. She walks home so no rush to catch a bus.

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MassaAttack · 12/09/2014 11:32

My experience of lockers is that children have so little time between lessons or between school finishing and catching the bus that they never use them. I guess it depends on how large the school is, though.

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TheEndOfTheWorldAsIKnowIt · 12/09/2014 10:36

Thats what im worried about kleine
Flipchart she has asked her form teachers (she has two on a jobshare)mr x says ask miss y on Monday and miss y says ask Mr x on wednesday [hmmm]

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flipchart · 12/09/2014 10:32

Why can't DD ask her form tutor?

KleineDracheKokosnuss · 12/09/2014 10:31

I would definitely ask. carrying heavy bags around can cause severe damage (I cite my own back and lopsidedness as evidence).

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