Would this concern you if you saw this happen at your child’s school

[Lavender997]

A line of Y1 children were lined up coming in to the playground at pick up time with their teacher . One of them started running a bit and fell and hit his knee and was crying a lot.

Another parent who knew the teacher shouted her and said ones fallen but she just said ‘I’m on my own’. So basically saying she couldn’t attend to the child that had hurt himself

I know it’s hard as they have to look out for parents and make sure each child goes with the right person but I felt so bad for the child who was still on the floor crying his eyes out and had obviously hurt himself. His parent wasn’t there yet so he was just left there

Were the rest of the parents there vegetables and couldn’t think for themselves? Maybe picking the child up and comforting him until his parents arrive.

Oh no thats so sad, were there no TAs or other teachers around. I just cant imagine that happening at DD school, but then there is always at least 2 of them per class to do handover anda senior person on the gate.

The teacher couldn't leave the front of the line, imagine the consequences if the kids started scattering to their parents, she'd have been in big trouble. One of the other parents could easily have helped out.

The only thing she could have done was ask the sensible kid (future head boy/girl type) to “please bring Oscar over here”.
She could not leave a line of Year One children at home time, not knowing who had gone home with whom. Totally unsafe.

What would you have done?

when presenting someone with a problem otherwise known as complaining it is best to also think of a solution.

Does it not take a village? Or is our role now only to complain?

What did you do ?

It's sad for that kid, but it's better that she supervise who's going home and he sit and cries than she goes to comfort him and loses one of the kids.

The teacher can't abandon the line tho - if a child went off with someone they weren't supposed to then the consequences could be worse than a grazed knee. I think other parents could have helped.