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[Icloud54]

My son still attends school, general conversation today about a teacher who is covering his class.
He asked the teacher to help with his shoe lace-she said no because she was 'marking'
She also tells the children she is invisible which means they can't talk to her or ask her questions- basically puts herself in 'invisible' mode throughout the day.
Aibu to be annoyed by this?

Son is 7

Presumably when she’s in invisible mode she’s interacting with the students learning at home? My children are at home and there lessons are posted hourly with regular feedback throughout the day even whilst they’re teaching in school. The teacher IMO is entitled to some time uninterrupted whilst she needs to do that. I doubt very much her first idea was to go into invisible mode rather than asking for a bit of time.
And yes, Velcro shoes are required during a pandemic for a child who can’t tie their own laces!

I also used to do lessons on getting dressed/changed for PE.

Girls with tights were another issue!

Is it just my school that only has the support staff on site teaching the key worker children? All the actual teachers are doing remote learning at home and the support staff are in the classrooms. I feel sorry for them as it sounds like some of them have been thrown in the deep end being left to teach a class. Judging by what my kids are saying they are struggling as much as some parents with knowing what to do. There are definitely no teachers in the classroom trying to do remote learning and answer parents at the same time at my school but maybe my school has done it differently?

The invisible time is good for children, work out a problem themselves. I absolutely approve.

@spanieleyes

My colleague has a tiara. If she's wearing it the children know she is working with a group or an individual and she is not to be disturbed!

I do this too (lawyer here) but my boss and the clients hate it!

A teacher in the school I work in tells 7year olds to "ask a friend" if they need help with their laces. It used to annoy the hell out of me, as none of the other children in the class are likely to be able to tie laces, and it only takes 10 seconds to help the child.

I've now realised that teacher probably can't tie laces herself.

And why do parents send children to school on lace ups that they can't manage themselves? Unless you're really hard up and can only find one pair of lace up shoes you can afford in your DCs size?

Why would other 7yos not be able to help?

It's far more likely that the teacher CAN the laces, but doesn't have time to do it x30 several times a day... plus the coats, the jumpers etc etc....

There's always a few kids who CAN do laces and it's good for kids to solve problems by themselves.

Why, in 20+ years of teaching, have I never used invisibility mode??!!
Send your child in velcro shoes! Though I usually do do them up, whilst saying, "Practise this for homework!" with a forced smile.

Is "just get him Velcro shoes" going to become the new "cancel the cheque?"

The workload that teachers currently have is phenomenal.
In my school, we’re expected to teach, prepare packs for those without internet access & ,in some cases, deliver them to home addresses, mark the online work, which takes far longer than classwork would & deliver loom lessons - it’s all incredibly time consuming!

Invisible mode is genius. I'm going to try it out with my 4yo

@ReceptionTA

A teacher in the school I work in tells 7year olds to "ask a friend" if they need help with their laces. It used to annoy the hell out of me, as none of the other children in the class are likely to be able to tie laces, and it only takes 10 seconds to help the child.

I've now realised that teacher probably can't tie laces herself.

And why do parents send children to school on lace ups that they can't manage themselves? Unless you're really hard up and can only find one pair of lace up shoes you can afford in your DCs size?

Many 7y can and do tie laces, especially those who wear them. We have 'tie your laces' as a 'special challenge' for key stage 1 as part of our remote learning. In the last week since setting it 4 parents in one class have posted videos of their children who have now learnt in the last 7 days.

Why do you think the teachers can't tie laces?
I can but my arthritis makes it very difficult some days.

Buy some Hickies for his shoes, my ds is nearly 17 & still can't tie shoelaces ( ASD & hypotonia)

I love the sound of invisible mode! (Obviously not great if she's invisible all the time, but fine if she's given the kids work to get on with.)

You could use this as a boost to encourage your child to learn to tie their laces.

My son has learning difficulties and Autism, he is 14 and still can not tie his laces (not for want of trying) and for his size 9 feet its very hard to buy velcro trainiers.
We got him some laces from ebay that don't need to be tied up!
There elasticated, and they can slip there feet in and out easily.

I work in a preschool and i lose count how many times in one day I do up laces! It’s a bit frustrating that parents send children in with impractical clothes/shoes when we are trying to encourage/teach independence for when they start primary school. A teacher would not expect to have to tie laces.

My son is 26 and has never had laces! He has dyspraxia and ASD and the combination doesn't make for a good shoe tie-er ! We went from Velcro to slip- ons and skipped tie-ups completely!

Crikey I used to joke with my Year 1s when I was working with my Guided Reading group the rest of the class could only interrupt us if they caught fire or their leg dropped off! It did not occur to me that if they went home and told their parent that the parent would get annoyed by that. Thank god I left teaching...

A teacher in the school I work in tells 7year olds to "ask a friend" if they need help with their laces.

How are they ever going to learn how to tie their laces if they don’t practice themselves.

Part of going to school is about learning independence and helping each other out. The teacher isn’t their parent and shouldn’t have to dress 7 year olds.
If she did everything they asked her to do she’d never stop and they would never learn these things.

@spanieleyes

My colleague has a tiara. If she's wearing it the children know she is working with a group or an individual and she is not to be disturbed!

...off to order a tiara before Monday!!!

Teach him how to tie laces or get velcro.