to think that this was not an appropriate thing for a teacher to say

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My DD is in Y4. Her form teacher went on long-term sick in October and is not due back until next term at the earliest. She has been replaced by 2 teachers - one for 2 days per week and one for 3 days. The one working 2 days also works at another school on the other days.

DD and her friend do not like Mrs 2 days very much. She is strict and she does not allow the children to call her "Miss" ( as they do with other female staff members ) which I find odd. Instead they must use her full title of Mrs XXX. I give this only as background info as the fact the children don't generally like her as much as the 3 day teacher may influence my reaction to her behaviour.

Apparently she frequently rolls her eyes and says things such as " What is wrong with this school ? X school ( the other one she works at) is never like this!"

Yesterday however takes the biscuit. She was scolding a child for failing to produce work of a sufficient length in the time given and commented ( to the entire class) " Even those children on that table over there (indicating the lower ability table) who can barely read the questions have made more progress than you."

I am shocked at this - scolding a child is one thing but to humiliate other children in the process seems unprofessional in the extreme. I think it is unlikely that my DD would have made this story up - she has repeated it verbatim with no alteration three or four times now. She too seems really shocked and a bit upset by it. Like I said I don't want my judgement coloured by the fact that the children generally don't seem to like Mrs 2 days ( and really love Mrs 3 days) but AIBU to think this is out of order ?And WIBU to mention it to the Head ?

Thanks

YANBU - I am not a PC-type, but in my view this amounts to the bullying of the children negativley compared.

FWIW, in the early 1980s I had a teacher who held up a piece of good work I had done and said "look class, see what someone who is not capable of very much has been able to do" . In truth it was a poor school with poor teachers. I took great delight when seeing her in the street about 13 years ago, as I dropped into the conversation that I had just compelted a MA at Durham!

Definitely tell the head. The story doesn't even involve your daughter, so can't imagine they would think she'd made it up.

It's totally unacceptable to do this to children of this age. You should say something to the HT.

I would complain to the ht.

Yanbu My ds would be on 'that' table and would be very upset, as would I by such an unnecessary comment.
I would definitely talk to the head.

Bloody Hell. What next, a dunce's hat? That's awful.

However: I would tread carefully when you tell the Head, and stress that this only what DD told you, and of course you appreciate that she could be elaborating/mis-remembering, as small children are wont to do. Don't go steaming in all guns blazing in case it turns out to be not quite the truth. The Head should be able to corroborate it by asking other children. Although whether she'd bother is another matter.

YANBU, that's terrible. I remember when I was in Y6 (and this is only 10 years ago), and one of the lower ability boys put his hand up to say he had finished, and the teacher said "Oh, well we'll go through the answer's then. If X has finished then everyone should have finished!" Not sure that filled him with confidence to work hard to finish quickly next time

WHOA.

Tell the head immediately.