infant school horror- smoking and cook as teacher substitute

[misssilverwings]

.. Future infant school for ds aged 3 ( in Italy) has smokers outside the classroom door ( parents or teachers, not sure), has the cook take classes when tecaher is sick, (!) has 3 teachers ONLY for 90 children, has ant-infested classrooms - and children who don't want to participate in ' religion' classes have to sit it out with the cook in the kitchen! BTW ofsted doesnt exist here and the school has no head teacher.

The cook might be a trained teacher? And for sure you're kid will come home better nourished, surely?

But having said that I wouldn't want 3 teachers for 90 kids. But I wouldn't care two hoots about the kids not wanting religion sitting outside with the cook. The cook sounds like the pivotal part of the school.

I didn't want to participate in relgion at school and I just sat in another room. No cook. Better cook than no cook. And perhaps the cook can teach them nutrition? No?

Giveitago- stop saying cook

Kitty :o

I want the cook to be smoking, while demonstrating to 30 4 year olds how to rustle up a tiramisu.

Sadly state schools in the UK don't provide such an education.

One of the reasons I love my DCs school is because the priest drops conkers over the playground wall.

But I would have them out of religion classes like a shot if I thought they got to sit with a real Italian cook in the kitchen. (Who also doubles as the head teacher). Bloody genius.

The cook sounds brilliant. They should make her head teacher

Lynette, your priest sounds super!

Are there TA type people as well OP. Because to be fair, although Reception up here might be 30 to a class, Ops child is 3, and in Nursery there is a staffing ration of 1-13.

One teacher for 30 3 year olds!! No wonder they need to smoke (and probably drink fairly heavily too). I have one 3 year old and I need to drink heavily (have avoided smoking though)

HI Anyoneforbeer! You are right, the materna is not obligatory. Where are you , Milano? grazie, will see how it goes and get him into the private Montessori ( Como ) if a place ever comes up.

His daddy is a chef too so he already knows how to fare la pizza and girare la minestrone.. not bad for an almost 3 yr old.

DD in Italian materna too (rural but not Lombardy... further East). Certainly illegal to smoke on school grounds or in any public places, so that's definitely not normal: I would probably make a complaint about that. HT I think must exist but they may cover more than one school at that age so it's not unusual for them not to be on site. It is possible that the cook supervises the children who do not do religion - as long as they are trained in safety rules etc.

I would look at the nuns again. Although the school maybe run by nuns, the teachers are unlikely to be all nuns. Even if they were, they would have to demonstrate the relevant training/qualifications Also, Catholic schools here are a lot less "Catholic" than those in the UK I think. My cousin send her kids to a nuns run one and there is no difference with my DD's school (not even at Xmas etc). The curriculum is exactly the same - no church services or anything.