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Secondary school parent WhatsApp

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ItsMyIssue · 09/09/2021 08:04

DC has just started at secondary. Is it normal to have parent WhatsApp groups for everything? there is one for those that take the school bus, tutor group, PTA, all after school clubs…. I feel bombarded, so much better info all day. I don’t want to miss anything important but there is also a lot of parents with typical worries wanting info. Then other parents replying ‘I wondered that too’. Will it all settle down in a few weeks?

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didireallysaythat · 09/09/2021 08:12

No. Yr11 and never had a WhatsApp group for school. Do have a WhatsApp group with a few other parents as backup for when the bus doesn't turn up, someone needs a lift etc. I'm struggling to see the point of some of yours - does the bus WhatsApp group share that the bus has arrived at the 3rd stop every day?

Beamur · 09/09/2021 08:14

I don't have that.
Only one small group of 3 other parents that we share lifts home from school with.

lljkk · 09/09/2021 08:15

PTA & basic school info on Facebook for us.

Nothing I know about re buses; the kids just message you when bus breaks down, surely, and about after school clubs (cancelled or adjusted times).

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UserAtLargeAgain · 09/09/2021 08:16

Not normal at secondary IME. The school is just too big as much as anything else!

trumpisagit · 09/09/2021 08:22

I have one for each child with children from primary school who went to same secondary.

Other people have been added over the years so they are not that exclusive.

Also good when the bus breaks down (surprisingly often) and for alerts re self isolation.

reluctantbrit · 09/09/2021 08:41

Y10 here and since Y7 I do have exactly 1 number of another parent in my phone, because she is DD's friend. I may still have some numbers of parents whose children went to the same primary school as DD but DD lost contact with most of them.

We have a facebook group for the parents of the whole school and it is not used a lot. But luckily the school is good in communicating so there is no real need for parents to constantly checking in with each other.

DD is in various WhatsApp groups, form, subjects, after school clubs etc. I don't need to sort her life out, she can do this herself.

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