Those mums who “need” to talk to the teacher every bloody morning

[JammieJones]

Please bloody desist

I've no problem with mums talking to the teacher every morning PROVIDED THEY DON'T DO IT IN THE DOORWAY THEREBY BLOCKING THE REST OF US FROM GETTING OUR DCs IN TO SCHOOL!

And breathe.

I'm sure it isn't necessary to tell the teacher what mood your child is in every morning

I don’t need the teacher to know what mood my child is in every morning but I do need her to know if my child has had a bad morning (by which I mean she’s had a meltdown and I’ve spent the best part of an hour calming her down and getting her into school). Writing in a diary or communication book would be great, except I’m too busy supporting both children to sit a write a bloody note when her teacher and I have an established shorthand for how she’s doing.

Yes some parents are there to helicopter, but for some of us that two minute chat can be the difference between our children coping at school or not.

It's up to schools to set the ground rules. We had to drop kids in the playground in Primary and there was no way we were allowed to to to the classrooms to talk to the teachers before school, they were busy getting ready for their day.

We had Year 6 induction day this week at school (secondary).
At the end of the day there were so many parents at the main gate none of the children could get out.
School finished at 3.30pm and they started to arrive at 2.45pm (I could see/hear them from my teaching area)
The whole area was gridlocked. Parents were asked to move away from the actual gate and didn't. They just kept pushing forward.

Home/ school books usually don't get looked at till later by which time the child has already had a meltdown.

YANBU, OP, and it's always the same one or two parents hogging the teacher's attention. Really annoying when another parent occasionally needs to speak to the teacher to pass on a brief but actually important message, and can't get a word in!

(posted too soon) I let my group leave at 3.30 - my teaching area opens up into the gate area - and was immediately accosted by 3 parents with questions about this and that. WTF?!!! An entire information evening was due to take place that evening.
Just calm down everyone!

Wow. The children in my dcs' years took themselves to secondary induction days. Do they wait at the gates like that when they are in year 7?

Even though you're not supposed to a friend of mine insists on accompanying her son into class every morning. It's pure nosiness and entitlement.

Big advantage of school buses... Parents are no where near the teachers for minor complaints/messages.

When DD1 started school, a group of parents used to crowd around the class room door. Her peg was right next to the door and she couldn't get near it. She was terrified of trying to get through the scrum so a TA had to literally take her from me get her into the classroom, and help her sort her stuff in the quiet. After half a term they started using a different door and made the parents stand back from the entrance for another half term, then moved to lines in the playground Like the rest of the school.