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Original poster

to be a bit bemused by the teacher this morning?

231 replies

TeainaChinaCup · 17/08/2016 18:11

DD started school this morning. The teacher issued all of the parents with a copy of a wanky poem about realising these are our babies but now they are hers too (no they aren't), plus a tea bag and a biscuit.

Is this normal?! It was a bit schmaltzy twee for me.

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StillStayingClassySanDiego · 17/08/2016 18:36

we are family,

Anyone else thinking of Sister Sledge?

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 17/08/2016 18:36

Maybe the teacher was giving you the poem in an ironic sarcastic way, accompanied by the two fingers?

It was thoughtful but I can't get emotional about this. I didn't cry when mine started school either, I was going to see them again in a few hours.

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TeainaChinaCup · 17/08/2016 18:37

Maybe the teacher was giving you the poem in an ironic sarcastic way, accompanied by the two fingers?

Now that's more my style Grin

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HopeClearwater · 17/08/2016 18:38

TheArtistFormerlyKnownAs

I couldn't agree more. All those acronyms too. If I want Everyone Reading In Class, I'll tell them to open their books and read, not write 'ERIC' on the board Angry

morningtoncrescent62 · 17/08/2016 18:38

DD is quite overwrought and says she's not going back tomorrow. She's couried up with the dog on the sofa, poor lamb.

A cup of tea and a kitkat will sort her out.

GeorgeTheThird · 17/08/2016 18:40

Well I think it's nice

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 17/08/2016 18:40

Aww I think it was a nice thought. Don't look for problems. I guarantee there'll be enough of them over the next 12 years without mooching for them

ShipwreckedAndComatose · 17/08/2016 18:40

I also like rich tea. Very under rated IMO

Not sure about the butter idea but I am seriously considering trying Nutella

midsomermurderess · 17/08/2016 18:41

That isn't poetry Grin

Whatsername17 · 17/08/2016 18:41

I think it's sweet. Not my cup of tea either but it's a nice gesture.

ExcuseMyEyebrows · 17/08/2016 18:41

My youngest is mid thirties and it made me well up Grin, it's as bad as the nursery's handprint one.

Yes, we're basically abroad. Nah ghost, we're just a bit of Britain in the north where some people go on holiday...

BodsAuntieFlo · 17/08/2016 18:42

Every mum is different. Some would have really appreciated that little poem, others would have hated it. I love the start of term with my P1's and spend lots of time in the playground at the end of the day with parents Many parents find the first day of school so hard and others don't. I always look at my class when the parents leave and often take a moment to remember my children's first day at school many years ago. After 23 years of teaching my class still melt my heart on that first day. They're so small!

Titsywoo · 17/08/2016 18:43

Probably learnt it at uni. Ds had an nqt last year (year 4) and she used to do this thing to grow the kids attention "1,2,3 all eyes on me" and they'd reply "1,2 all eyes on you". Got right on my nerves for some reason. No idea why!

SlightlyperturbedOwl · 17/08/2016 18:43

YANBU if that's the standard of the poetry Grin

I hope a good nights sleep makes your DD feel better about going again tomorrow.

I might write all notes to her in verse from this point on

Totally, we should all do this for all school notes from now on (just trying to think of a rhyme for 'vomited all over the bedroom carpet')

Titsywoo · 17/08/2016 18:43

Get the kids attention not grow!

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 17/08/2016 18:44

This teacher is clearly laying the ground work for some half decent teacher presents come the end of term.
(Yes I'm a bitter old woman Grin)

Start looking for a suitable poem now OP that you can wrap around the bottle of wine you get her.

HandWash · 17/08/2016 18:45

Seen this on lots of fb teaching groups.

All a bit cringe isn't it Grin

BodsAuntieFlo · 17/08/2016 18:45

We are full time already sad DD is quite overwrought and says she's not going back tomorrow. She's couried up with the dog on the sofa, poor lamb.

It's such a big change for them and very tiring. Bless her wee heart.

AgentJ · 17/08/2016 18:47

That's quite sweet and not overly twee at all. I think YAB a miserable cow U. Teacher seems lovely.

GabsAlot · 17/08/2016 18:49

a kit kat and a teabag?

ok

objectsintherearviewmirror · 17/08/2016 18:49

Bit torn on this one. On the one hand, when I was still teaching (we home ed so haven't experienced it as a parent), it used to really wind me up when other teachers referred to children in their classes as being 'their' children. They are not. They are in your class. However, I think that I was probably the one with the problem as there was clearly no malice in it. Sounds like the teacher is just trying to be nice and make parents feel comfortable, knowing that the teacher intends to look their children. She's clearly put effort into copying the poem, getting tea bags and Kit-Kats so I would accept it graciously in the manner intended and be pleased that the teacher is (or seems) to be approachable.

ApocalypseSlough · 17/08/2016 18:49

Ach you auld meanies.

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TeainaChinaCup · 17/08/2016 18:49

just trying to think of a rhyme for 'vomited all over the bedroom carpet'

Over the carpet there was vomit;
A direct result of your sonnet.

Grin

disclaimer: not a sonnet etc.

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StillStayingClassySanDiego · 17/08/2016 18:52

a kit kat and a teabag?

Is her message : Go home, make a cup of tea and eat your kitkat, I've got it covered here.

heavenisaplaceinperth · 17/08/2016 18:55

I always love the English obliviousness to anything that happens in Scotland. Yes, all the Scottish schools are back now. Yes, we're basically abroad.

letsghostdance, you beat me to it! Grin