To think I should know my child's teacher for September by now

[Doitonmyown]

I can't believe I still don't know who will be teaching DD in year 1 in September. Apparently we won't find out until Monday with only 2 days left of school . I think this is crazy but perhaps aibu and it's fine to be kept waiting until the lady minute. Would love to know if our school is in the minority or not .

Yes normal.

In my experience (teacher) the children aren't too fussed, but the parents work themselves up into a bit of a frenzy! If they found out too far in advance it would just be more time to be sobbing in the Head teacher's office because they 'aren't with their friends' (the parent that is!).

Admittedly my children haven't got anSEN but it never occured to me to get bothered or worked up about who was having which teacher.

I really don't understand ( with the exception of SEN) why it matters at all.

When dd1 was in infants they used to send them home with a (sealed) letter telling them which class they were in next year. (not mixing, just new teacher). The head reckoned it reduced the complaints.
Personally I reckoned it increased the complaints, and made them much more volatile because the parents would open, and rush straight round to complain getting more and more worked up as they rushed round. Because they couldn't wait until September.

I reckoned it was taking the Micky when dd1 told me seriously that she had two transition days, one in each class, and was told "one of these teachers will be yours".

The new head has them doing two or three transition days (mixing the forms) where they try out different combinations before choosing the final one. They then spend a whole day in the new class early in July, where they are told that is their class for the next year.
It's reduced the complaints pretty much, even though mixing the classes, because the parents go home, think about it, and often, after discussing with others decide it doesn't matter as much. If they are still unhappy they can give a measured response after thought rather than a heat of the moment one.

ours have a meet the teacher session in the last week of term

I can't remember who said it- but yes, the teachers know by now! They knew which year group they would have before half term, and class lists were given out shortly after. However there have been minor adjustments since then- senior management collect information from teachers about the pupils and draw up the class lists, teachers then give their feedback about the lists and some things may need to be changed. There are usually 2 or 3 versions of class lists before the final one is done, usually a couple of weeks before the end of term.

That's why it's so irritating when parents complain- they haven't seen how much work goes into them, and accommodating their request will often mean inconveniencing 2 or 3 others.

I don't think the classes are changing at this school so was only hoping to find out who the new teacher was . Am all a bit new to this but I didn't realise people made such a fuss . I'd still like to know to satisfy my curiosity and also to tell dd as there have been a few communications cock ups so the little ones are a bit confused about who will be teaching them but thanks to your replies am feeling much more relaxed about it

So... I am the only one to be laughing at the typo in the OP.

it's fine to be kept waiting until the lady minute

Sorry, v. immature I know.

I only found out on Monday evening where ds2/was going to school in September he is autistic with Learning difficulties and the Lea took there bloody time to tell us wether he had got a place in a special needs school or not thankfully he has but that was stressful !

I have a child with ASD and I disagree about needing to know

I was semi offered the option to know earlier than other parents who my son had but I turned that down on the basis that it would have caused a riot... Transition work is more that the teachers name - it's about rooms, seats, the differences, the structure - the person at the front of the class, at that point is irrelevant...

I know who my son has now but last day of term would have been fine as long as a) the information to prepare him over the holidays is available, b) the other stuff has been done and c) the child at least has a picture of the teacher...