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Original poster

I do not appreciate it when the classroom assistant sprinkles glitter in ds's hair.

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PrettyCandles · 28/01/2008 13:20

Or am I being precious?

But ds has long thick hair and glitter doesn't just brush out. It doesn't even wash out easily. Fortunately we went swimming that day, and ds is a bit of a dolphin, so it washed out in the pool.

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KaySamuels · 28/01/2008 13:24

Ooh glitter - fab!

Did your ds mind? Also did the TA sprinkle it in purpose? Need to know before can answer!

hercules1 · 28/01/2008 13:25

You're being precious.

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PrettyCandles · 28/01/2008 13:26

Ds didn't mind too much, he's used to people obsessing about his (very lovely ) hair. It was deliberate - apparently she ambushed him as he came up from under a table.

TBH I wouldn't mind if it had been another child, that's what they do, but an adult ought to know better. Especially as it prompted ds to start throwing glitter at his classmates.

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Psychomum5 · 28/01/2008 13:26

but why would they do that???

why????

glitter is evil and lasts forever and is completely indestructible.......and doesn't even go up the bloody Hoover!!!!(can ya tell I don't like the stuff?)

kindersurprise · 28/01/2008 13:28

hmm, I think that there are perhaps more important things to worry about.

Our DCs come home with their face painted and covered in glitter at the moment, they are very into Karneval where we are.

thelittleElf · 28/01/2008 13:31

Hmmm well at least it was only glitter and not nits

Tortington · 28/01/2008 13:31

i think you should make a formal complaint and get her sacked

not really

tad inconvenient in a "ffs" kinda way - but i would get over it immediatley

NKF · 28/01/2008 13:32

I think you should write to the Chair of Governors immediately! And contact the press. Glitter in small girl's hair. Surely OFSTED would like to hear about this. And what about Health and Safety?

thelittleElf · 28/01/2008 13:33

NKF it was her son's hair.

duchesse · 28/01/2008 13:34

Sounds like a lovely TA who interacts with the children really well. Do you really want her to stop doing that? I think YABU.

NKF · 28/01/2008 13:35

Even worse! Shame it washed out before she took incriminating photos.

NKF · 28/01/2008 13:35

Even worse! Shame it washed out before she took incriminating photos.

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PrettyCandles · 28/01/2008 13:38

Psychomum, seems that we are the lone voices in the wilderness.

'Course it looked fabulous, but have you ever had glitter fall from your fringe into your eyes? Hurts like sh*t.

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geekgirl · 28/01/2008 13:40

I would be annoyed too, glitter always gets into mine or the dc's eyes - very painful and really difficult to remove. Glitter in someone's hair seems like a rather silly thing to do.

SoupDragon · 28/01/2008 13:43

Are you sure it was the TA...?

FAQ · 28/01/2008 13:44
Psychomum5 · 28/01/2008 13:44

seems so!!!!

I have 3 DD's and they often have glitter in hair (that even with swimming lasts forever) and I swear that one day my house will disappear under a glitter mountain.....

my coffee table also still has glitter embedded in it from a glitter session with grandad (who thought he was being helpful) over 5yrs ago, so yes, I hate the stuff!!!

I sometimes think it has been made like this to see how many mothers can be driven insane.

2shoes · 28/01/2008 13:46

yanbu ok dd has sn but i still wouldn't like it if it had been done to ds
(get some and put it in her hair)

VictorianSqualor · 28/01/2008 13:47

You should be pleased it's glitter and not sequins, I much prefer glitter.

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PrettyCandles · 28/01/2008 13:47

I have a sort of love/hate relationship with glitter. I just want to put everyones' heads in an astronaut or deep-sea-diver helmet, and hover with the hoover, whenever it comes out.

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Psychomum5 · 28/01/2008 13:51

YES....another mum who hovers with hoovers at the sight of glitter.

I am not a freak mother, and will gleefully tell said DD's later when they return from school.....

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PrettyCandles · 28/01/2008 13:58

BTW, I bought 16 - yes, count 'em, 16 - tubes of glitter for the LO's craftbox on Friday.

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KaySamuels · 28/01/2008 14:20

I love glitter!

We sweep it up here and make glitter mountains!

WigWamBam · 28/01/2008 14:36

Are you sure that the TA did it? Children are often a little economical with the truth, particularly if they think they might get in trouble if they tell you how something really happened!

I'm a school play leader, and one of the parents was banging the desk and shouting the odds at school this morning because his son had told him that I had put him in handcuffs and chained him to the fence on Friday lunchtime ... it explained away the bruises he'd got on his wrists from where he had tried to punch the wall down but (sadly ) handcuffs aren't part of our kit, and we aren't allowed to chain the children to the railings!

I'm not saying your son is telling fibs, PC, but it would pay to have a quick chat with the TA and see what she has to say about it.

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PrettyCandles · 28/01/2008 14:51

Naturally I shan't charge at her all guns blazing, but shall approach her in a measured and sensible way before strangling her with her 15 fringed scarves, but I wouldn't be surprised to find out that it was compeltely true. She is a very hippy-dippy-type, whacky, quite nice and believes she has such a good way with children. Has none of her own, though, so perhaps lacks slightly the practical experience of washing hair and dealing with foreign bodies in eyes at 2am.

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