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.

Be in. Not begin.

omg you did get deleted maybe reported you should have said Cunty instead Mrs dv

Oh please, MumsnetHQ, please add as a new Smiley! Haven't laughed so much in ages!

They are already talking about the Christmas production??? We don't start talking to the chidlren about it until the beginning of December as they start to get hyper. Hopefully he will have got the wrong end of the stick, you wouldn't leave one child out and can never have too many travellers, stars, angels, musicians, trees etc!

Fumming sounds like a dodgy sexual practice

MrsDV, is that a first? I don't think you've been deleted before?

My sister once had the role of Cilla Black in the Christmas play. That was fucking weird.

What would a fumming smiley look like?

Could it be .... smoke coming out of ears/ head explosion?

Oh for goodness sake, OP, please don't go barging into the school and have a hissy fit. They're doing what you asked them to do - and they're setting out their expectations at an early enough stage for you to review your decision if you feel that it is going to impact negatively upon your child.

Very sensible of them imo.

I know people with strong views about religion in schools. All have spoken to the school, considered the matter carefully, including all the implications for their child's inclusion in various events, and reached a decision about how to proceed. It sounds as if you just jumped into a decision without actually working out what it meant.

If something is important enough for you to make a decision that, to some extent, singles your child out in the school environment, then it is important enough to be consistent about.

All you're doing by picking and choosing is teaching your child that your non-religious beliefs are just as moveable and negotiable as some people's religious beliefs.

@MrsDeVere

Why did I get deleted? I only said BOLLOCKS

We'll send you a mail.

I've been deleted several times and I've never had an explanatory e-mail

@Salmotrutta

I've been deleted several times and I've never had an explanatory e-mail

If you're ever unsure then you're welcome to ask.

Juliemumsnet... What does PA mean?

julie, you should ask for pay rise based on this thread... or a new computer when yours overheats...

@Groovee

Juliemumsnet... What does PA mean?

Personal attack, like if I said 'JulieMumsnet is fucking stupid', that's a PA (and I'm not deleting myself for this!)

@BlackeyedSusan

julie, you should ask for pay rise based on this thread... or a new computer when yours overheats...

:: polishes MrsDVs halo for her::

Well, if you have said he cannot sing any religious songs or pray then he's not going to be able to participate in a religious play is he?

Christmas plays are about a religious festival - lovely for you that you celebrate Father Christmas, but the school play will be about Christ's birth.

MrsDV said BOLLOCKS? Shocking. ;)

Oh she's a pretty foul-mouthed wee bizzum, that MrsDV - didn't you know? [innocent]

JulieMumsnet don't be so down on yourself.
Would you like to talk about it?

Talk about drip feeding and being a bit bloody dense. You have withdrawn him from assemblies because you don't want him taught about religion or singing religious songs yet to avoid 'any of that God shit' (and despite not being vaguely religious myself I think that is a very offensive thing to say on a public forum) and you don't understand why they have told him that you said he couldn't be in the play? Really?! Think it through a bit..

Perhaps we should start a whole new thread about whether Christmas is a religious festival or not.