to ask why some parents have to speak to the class teacher every morning?

[MarysBeard]

Especially when the general rule is to communicate via the reading book, the office if a routine matter, or if you must, to speak to the teacher at the end of the school day, and if it's something that takes more than five minutes, make an appointment.

I would expect it in reception, but by Year 3 surely parents should know not to be standing around monopolising the teachers' attention in the morning, delaying the children getting into school. Also (apart from in reception) the kids are meant to line up and the parents stand behind some cones after the bell has gone. Yet some parents still hang around the lines of kids after the bell has gone, sometimes getting in the way of the lines of kids getting into school. It's always the same people you see doing both, in spite of repeated reminders in the newsletters. I often feel sorry for the teaching staff in the mornings & wish that some parents would just let them get on with it (as most do!)

Because their DS are far more important than anyone elses of course.

Or DD

Maybe there's an ongoing issue that parents and teacher need to share information on, on a daily basis?

I wonder too why parents linger in playground until bell when their child older and even watch wake up shake up then waiting until gone in. We have a policy to see teacher end of day or via note for appointment if necessary but there are parents all over talking to teachers when teachers trying to communicate /say good morning to their charges. Did ask my Dcs only the other day if I was a lazy parent dropping and going they thought it odd too

I can understand needing to do it occassionally if there is something you need to tell the teacher but no need for it daily unless there is some ongoing issue the teacher needs to be aware of

Yup, little Johnny or Jocasta is much more important than any other child so they must speak to the teacher every morning.

The schools should really be more strict on this kind of thing.

Because this sort of pushiness & more generally seems to pay off. I hate to say it but it seems to, even though I am never one to do this in the morning.

I think you would be best served by thinking about your own behaviour not that of others. If those are the rules then I expect these parents have ongoing issues to communicate. I assume you aren't eavesdropping? So they could have all sorts of issues - SEN, serious illness in the family, child's medical needs?

Well I stopped to speak to DD's class teacher this morning because the bus had braked suddenly and she'd fallen and hit her head on the way into school so althought she seemed OK I obviously wanted her teacher to be aware of the situation in case of concussion symptoms developing.

Normally though I'd agree with you

It was always the same one or two in my experience. Eventually only the HT would come out and say good morning, no parents allowed in at all.

I've often wondered this too. It extends to ballet lessons/swimming etc . It always seems to be the same parents who seem to need extra contact, have often wondered if I should be doing it too but wouldn't know what to say. Maybe I'm a neglectful parent!

Yes, I used to wonder if I should be hogging the teacher's time in the morning. But I just used to email her if I had anything to say. Much easier.

I go in every morning and speak to dd1's teacher, she is year 2. It only ever takes a couple of minutes and I wouldn't do it if it wasn't ok with the teacher. There are ongoing issues, and that is why I do it, maybe it it is something similar with the parents you see.

Yeah, I'm glad you are all thinking along similar lines to me...I am 'around' more than my parents were at school & clubs but usually hardly ever speak to the teacher/leader/instructor. If there was an important issue I'd certainly not be backwards in coming forwards, but I do think some people are just a bit of a nuisance!

Teachers have so much to do in the mornings. It seems very unfair to take up their time. After school would surely be better anyway?

After all the children have left obviously....

It's annoying. There is one mum here who does it all the bloody time. She has two dc's and they are in classes with two of mine so I have to put up with it twice! The other day, settling the young ones into class (second day back) she was gabbling on to both the teacher and TA about something that had happened to her dc in the other class! Drives me crazy, and she'll interrupt if anyone else is talking to the teacher and she wants to.

They are lonely and only have housework to keep them company?

Why do you care? Some mums are just like that, I am always long gone before then as my DS is at the stage where me entering the playground is mortally embarassing. That being said he was even embarrased in infants! I do get annoyed however at the 'meet the teacher' evenings that you have before the new year when one parent monopolises the teacher and no-one else can introduce themselves. That is always the same parents as well.

We had a teacher in ds's old primary who taught year 5. She made it known to the whole class on the first day that Parents were not to bother her in the morning. If there was an issue a note to her would be fine and any brief chats etc were to be held after school. No parent disobeyed her instruction. .

I have no problem in speaking to the teacher if there is an issue but some of the parents at dcs school are really put out that they aren't allowed in the school in the mornings (the teachers meet the children in the playground) now they are in year 3!!! We were asked to not go into the building from year 1 onwards but most paid no attention to it!

But I am a neglectful mother who made her year 2 child walk round to her classroom alone because her brother was starting reception and needed supervising in the mornings and I'm not fartarsing around wandering back and forth across the school and her brother has been going in by himself since nursery as it was over a mile from school and opened the doors 10 minutes before the school did. So I had to rush off to take dd. so when he got to reception I never entered the building!

I don't even go to my year three childs classroom, she goes up the stairs by herself. I take my year one child in though. I have spoken to the teacher twice since he started that class, actually to both his teachers once. He has to wear an eye patch and I wanted to remind them it needs to come off at lunchtime. Didn't take long to tell them though.

If the bullying my DD went through last school year were to start again, I would not hesitate to go and talk to the teacher each and every morning till it got sorted.

I sometimes LONG to see the teacher but won't because I know I am an anxious type...and can appear fussy. My rule is this...if there is an issue which bothers me enough to keep me awake, then I go in at pickup...not in the morning!