To ask you not to buy fidget spinners or any other shit and let your DCs take them to school?

[StrongerThanIThought76]

I'm a teacher. The current fad for Things To Piss The Teacher Off In Class is fidget spinners.

Before anyone jumps on me I recognise and accept that for some SEN kids they are a godsend. I know that. I really really do.

But there are so many kids that are now telling anyone in their vicinity that they are to help them focus etc etc.

NO THEY FUCKING DON'T!

They're a distraction not only to the kid in question, to the kids around you and to the poor sod at the front of the room trying to teach.

If your kid has SEN speak to the SENCO at school who will advise you if your kid would be allowed to have one. Even then (as it is in my school) they should only be used when appropriate.

If your kid is 'normal' then please don't send the damn TOYS into school. The only thing most kids should have in their hand during lessons is a pen or pencil!

And don't call in demanding that your kid gets their TOY back immediately - they've had it confiscated because they're pissing about in class. We wouldn't be happy with them playing with an Action Man or remote control car in class, and neither would you be.

Rant over. We have a hard enough time as it is in schools, keep the extra distraction out of the classroom please?

Thankyou

Totally agree!

I'm just glad the bottle flip is finally dead....

Sounds fair enough to me op here have a and relax

100% its a fad with a clever marketing team.

Completely agree although your use of 'normal' got my shackles up.

So irritating when a child has it, but weirdly pleasureable to fiddle with.

'normal'? Does that mean my child is 'abnormal' or 'not normal'?

Apologies for the 'normal', I meant non-SEN /neuro typical of course, but fully understand that even outside the SEN ranges there can be huge differences.

I feel your pain as i work in a special needs school and no the children do not need them out throughout the lessons. If their not spinning the blinkin things they are arguing over taking turns in using them

Completely agree but dd's teacher gave them all one. I pissed him off by politely returning it as dd doesn't have any trouble concentrating and it was creating a habit for no reason. I'm not patient enough for constant clicking sounds

Thanks for the apology.

I completely agree with you all these things should be kept out of school unless there is a real need for it. I don't agree with or like your use of the word 'normal' that's bad for a teacher please define the word normal.

They will get bored with them soon. Sooner if they don't realise how irritating they are.

Well said Op. If only it were as easy to control the bottle flip!

Yo Teacher! Chill man.

I'm not enjoying your use of the word "normal" next to your use of the abbreviation SEN.

In the spirit of feedback may I point out that Thank you, is two words.

My kids got fidget spinners this week. I don't let them take them into school though. They get played with at home only.
Some parents are feckin' eejits.

Our school banned them! Brilliant!

I actually had a parent and their child demand i search all the trays,books and pat the other children down as his had gone missing.

Dds school is clear with having no spinners in lessons and these are only for playground use (unless needed for the above exceptions).

Im just glad this fad is a one off cost of 2.50!

Apologies again. I have worked closely with many students of all ages with additional needs; sometimes parents of kids who are not affected in this way do refer to their own kids as 'normal' rather than neuro typical. I did not mean to cause any offence

I'm really annoyed by this fad. I've had a spinner and other types of these toys for months and months now. It helps with my anxiety. Now the whole world amd his dog has one.

Our school have just banned them too.

Yanbu

I laugh at the social media mummies outraged that their little darlings aren't allowed to play with a TOY in lessons!

Obviously a child with SEN isn't included in the general frustration with them.

For NT children they're a distraction. For a child who's mind is racing and can't sit still, they can help them focus. But for the majority of children they're a distraction from whatever they're supposed to be doing.

GoEasy may I thank you for your feedback, Google tells me there are three ways to use thank you/thank-you/thankyou.

Every day is a school day!

Our school have banned them. SEN excepted I think.

My 8 year old has a fidget spinner. A glow in the dark one even. He is under no illusions that it is a stress aid or a concentration aid, it was bought as a toy and that is what it is. It does go to school with him but stays in his bag in the cloakroom, it's not taken into class.