To think the nursery behnaved innapropriately?

[RichTee]

DD is at our local pre-school (ages 2-4). Lately there have been a lot of complaints from parents about the conduct of the staff, ranging from lack of compassion towards the children in their care to inappropriate comments to parents.

Today DD told me that one of the children had broken some headphones ( I assume by accident and they are all pretty well behaved kids). The member of staff who most of teh parents have a problem with then ordered them to tidy up and sit on the mat in silence until someone admitted to breaking the headphones - the child who did must have been terrified, this woman is intimidating to adults let alone children.

I'm not sure how long they sat there, DD says a very long time. I have spoken to the othe rparents who's DC have reported the incident to them and we are all quite shocked, is this UR?

YY what timandra said

Just awful to think of littlies in this position.

That's not right at all. DS goes to a nursery for 2-4 year olds, it's lovely. I couldn't imagine them ever doing anything like that.

In your shoes I'd have a look at the CMs available in the area.

We found both lovely and extremely competent CM's DS has been to at www.childcare.co.uk

Why do you want to keep her there, does it have any bearing on her school place? If not I'd move her in a shot, personally.

Oh you are NBU.
This is a dreadful way to treat little tots. I'd kick her arse- metaphorically of course.. :(

poor kids, does it really matter who broke the headphones so why punish everyone - plus why werent the staff looking after them

i would have her out in a shot

Reminds me of my little DD at the first (fee paying) nursery we sent her too she was 3.

She cried every day when daddy dropped her off and said the staff were horriable and mean.

i came to pick her up one day i had to walk underneath her room window - I could hear a woman shouting at high volume at my DD ~(only one with that name) and a little voice pipping up ' He only wanted to play with it , He has promised to be carefull and all you have done is shout at us all day long and take all the toys away and make us sit on the floor - you are not a nice peson and should not be a teacher...

needless to say we moved her later that week - saved 400 a month and DD flourished at her new nursery and couldn't wait to get in every morning.

Report to Ofsted.

A local primary school was recently marked down for using whole class punishments and told they had to stop using them immediately.