To speak to the school?

[Orchwoid]

I've just been to collect my son from his school and he's told me that he won't be cast in his school Christmas play but all the other children will.

I am fumming. I am going to go and speak to his teacher first thing tomorrow morning but I am so angry that I can't work out whether I'm being reasonable or not.

Perhaps they will relent and cast him in the past of the Angel Gabriel, so he can tell everyone the good news about Jesus being born as a baby.

After that, the school might not take you very seriously when you say you don't want him taking part in assemblies.

Apparently so Sparkle!

I know I'm probably being mean, but I'm sure I can't be the only one pissing myself laughing at this - real or not!

I don't think that you'd spell couldn't couldn'tt if you were misspelling it. Still less dcouldn'tt. I think it'd be the apostrphe that'd lose out in that particular word.

Just saying...

If you withdraw a child from religious education and assemblies, then why on earth would anyone think you'd want him to take part in a religious play?

I disagree with children being withdrawn anyway, as I find the general message is a good moral education and learning about faith gives children the tools to make up their own mind when they're old enough. I'm not religious btw. BUT if you are going to do that then FFS be consistent!!! You can't refuse all things religious except Christmas! What the actual fuck?!

I hope the school are fuming right back at you but suspect they will limit themselves to eye rolling and a picture of you on the staff room dart board

First ever

Personally, I'd always take the word of a 7 year old about what's going on, get all furious and make loads of assumptions.

Fumming indeed

The part of Herod is probably appropriate for an atheist.

So you are willing to overlook the religious elements so little Johnny gets to be in the play yet exclude him from assemblies that often celebrate acheivemet etc. Love to be a fly on the wall in the staff room when you have ranted at the teachers for carrying out your wishes.

Ive not read it all but did you say all the children in the SCHOOL have a part ? Or the children in his class ? As somebody said, he could be helping with scenery etc .. . Its very rare by the way every child in a school has a part . . Most of my four have had years when they had no part to play in any Christmas play./nativity . .

SouprDragon

We atheists don't generally like to kill babies

How very dare you

The school have followed your exact instructions. They are not mind readers. How on earth were they supposed to know that you meant your ds could not attend any religious events, pray or sing religious songs, EXCEPT the Christmas play, which is a religious event, with religious songs, and probably prayers.

You need to go in, explain your extremely flakey reasoning and hope that they understand (I have to say, I think you are being ridiculous! Either you have strong feelings about his religious education or you don't. At the moment you are just picking and choosing the bits that suit you.)

I am actually speechless.

Silver read the rest

BTW

What an extremely organised school - sorting out the Christmas play a week after the start of term. Or is my school very disorganised?

You withdrew him from religious worship to keep him away from God and all that shit.
Now you're moaning because he isn't cast in the school Christmas play. Nativity plays generally feature God and all that shit.

Not only do I not see what your problem is I'm astonished that you see nothing wrong with your attitude.

As an atheist, I had faith in my dd's reasoning abilities that she'd be able to work things out for herself because she learned about all different religions.

She had a very interesting conversation with a doorstepping creationist last week.

I would just phone them up and say to them that yes, you don't want to your child to go to the assemblies but you really would like him to do the school play, as it would mean a lot to him.

They have got their wires crossed, so don't go all guns blazing. Hopefully they will be able to place him in there somewhere. Who says there has to be 3 shepherds?

Wish I had had popcorn when I started reading this thread.

Tis fab!

Hope the OP has stopped fumming! Pmsl

AintNobody

Before I did that, I'd check that they said what he said. 7 year olds aren't always that reliable

if only you had a friend at the school that you could talk to and check the facts

i don't think it is reasonable to decide to remove him from religious lessons and assemblies and then expect him to take part in a play

I don't see why he should get a part in
the school play if he's withdrawn from collective worship. If his mother asks for him to be cast she is a hypocrite.

I was sure this was going to be reading levels thread. Far more fun.

OP, deep breath, calm down, decide whether you actually want your dc to be involved in religious stuff, and speak nicely to school.

If you go in all guns blazing, you will just look stupid and they will probably laugh at you.

No, the school haven't got their wires crossed, they just haven't done the 'Mind Reading for Teachers' workshop yet.

Yeah Jamie, wildly impressed that the Christmas play is all cast!

Haven't even marked my books for tomorrow yet...

Christmas? CHRIST mass. It's all about JC, you know, "God and all that shit". As a Christian I am offended by you thinking that your son has an inalienable right to a 'part' in the celebration of the Holy Nativity if you have taken the, frankly unusual, step of withdrawing him from all religious education on the imagined tenuous grounds of coercion. Please have a and calm down.

Couldn't he play the part of the dead wasp?