There's a teacher at my kids' primary school who I've always thought is fab - she taught two of my three kids and I really hope she can teach number 3. This afternoon after school I was waiting with the older two and a play date friend for the head to sign some important forms. The 3 kids were being really full-on and noisy in the reading area including throwing cushions. I told them to pipe down in an irritable way - was feeling knackered. Then fab teacher say very indulgently how nice is it they are having fun and then proceeds to chat to a couple of them about their day, I suppose showing by example me how to handle the situation better. (she doesn't have kids of her own yet). All ok - I then said how much I hoped she would teach our youngest and she sort of smiled and then abruptly got up and moved away. ( She was waiting with a child who whose parent hadn't turned up). I was really taken aback as I've gone out of my way to praise her to the head and others . To cap it all the head came out a bit later and mentioned how loud the 3 kids had been and how distracting he'd found their behaviour. (It turns out he made a mistake on the forms and I will have to get then redone.) Should I just let it go or take it up with said teacher - I found her behaviour kind of passive aggressive and it probably belonged to the parent who was late, not me.