To ask if this is a 'thing' in Y6 age group

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DS had a fun Christmas quiz today, but his team did not get their sheet marked as a punishment for their choice of team name. They were the Blue Babies, and apparently the teacher took them aside and explained that there is a horror film where if you say blue babies three times something unpleasant happens. There was also a team called Candymen, who also got the same talk.

Um. Can I ask the teacher what the hell he's thinking of, planting ideas into a team of children where at worst maybe one child has vaguely heard of something dodgy, and now they are all wondering what this film is or am I being massively naive and actually DS knows a lot more than he's letting on?

I remember all sorts of tripe flying round the playground at school, but am wondering why this teacher is twitchy around the blue babies thing.

What a crazy teacher!

Thanks schmee, ok so now I know it is something of a 'thing' for definite I will give the teacher his due. And sandwich, I totally get what you are saying.

Hmm. Spoiled it for themselves, really, didn't they?!

I think I'd wasn't to know why they'd chosen that name. If it was after the horror film then yes they needed a talk. If it wasn't then that was fine. I don't the the teacher should have assumed the worst though.

Sounds like today's version of Candyman and Bloody Mary

I remember we got hell once from our teacher who was writing on the board our class quiz team names as they were shouted out. She got halfway through ours before realizing we had shouted 'Norfolk 'n' Chance'

Sorry 'Id want to know'

Ah, if only he did have a sensible reaction to anything, overthemill. What you've said would've been a much better way of dealing with it, imo.

Blue baby is a game a bit like bloody mary. You shut yourself in the bathroom say "blue baby" 13 times then it appears in your arms weighting it down. It starts scratching your arms. You have to flush it down the loo before a crone screams "give me back my baby" so loudly it smashes the mirror.

Blue baby is a game a bit like bloody mary. You shut yourself in the bathroom say "blue baby" 13 times then it appears in your arms weighting it down. It starts scratching your arms. You have to flush it down the loo before a crone screams "give me back my baby" so loudly it smashes the mirror.

I'm glad the teacher is stopping Year 6s from referencing this!

"Um. Can I ask the teacher what the hell he's thinking of"

No, but you can ask him what happened and not take the word of your DS.

"I'm i naive and DS knows more than he is letting on"

Yes, he probably does.

There was a thread on here not long ago about a MNer complaining in a pub about a quiz team that had chosen a name with a reference to a known Child Sex Offender in it. Lots of other posters told story how groups of men (usually) had thought it was hysterical to have rape slogans as quiz team names, as well as the references to aborted and dead babies.

The kids have tried it on and been told it is not acceptable. The meaning of why these names were funny were being explained by all of the kids, once one finds out something, everyone gets to know.

I would speak to your DS about appropriate behaviour and having sensitivity towards others. I would of done that with my DD's, however this seems to be something that boys don't have told to them enough, judging by the behaviour I have constantly witnessed throughout my life.

"I don't the the teacher should have assumed the worst though"

You can bet that this hasn't been an isolated incident.

You've got a load of 9/10 (?) year olds thinking they're clever. The teacher has punished them appropriately.

I would expect the teacher to have a word. My children are y8/6/3 and I know that some of their peers (and they) would use inappropriate language if not challenged.

Bloody Mary did the rounds when my oldest was in y5 and the teacher quashed all talk of it quickly.