To think it isn’t good that my DDs teaching assistant did this?

[Jammydodge97]

At pick up today. I was stood in the playground and her class where with their TA. Their TA said who can see their grown up. (She is 5,Y1). I saw that my DD said something to her and her TA responded, so I presume she said she could see me. Next thing, my DD has left the line and is moving fast towards another part of the playground which is higher up, out of sight.(juniors pick up part) I thought where is she going? So followed her up as it was very very busy and I couldn’t see her through the crowd at first. I caught up to her and she’d gone inside so I waited for a while. Turns out she’d forgotten her water bottle and her TA told her to go up there and get it. (Their classroom is up that way but they come out of different doors at pick up time). I thought this was bad that the TA let her leave the line, go to another part of the school where I wouldn’t have been able to see her and by herself. She wouldn’t go with anyone else I know this but she is only 5 and it was very very busy and no one was with her. Her TA hadn’t seen me, so didn’t know that I’d gone to follow her, so when we came back down she wouldn’t have been aware that she was being dismissed to the correct parent if I hadn’t have waved to show I was with my daughter. So for all she knew, she could have gone with someone else. Aibu to think this is bad or am I over thinking?

Schools in my area are safe. Locked gates. Buzzed in during the school day. Doors cannot be opened from the outside (only with a fob as key) One entrance to the school for visitors and parents. End of the day children are seen to an adult and most certainly not able to leave without one. I’m not sure why anyone would argue this is a bad thing.

I gave up on this thread ages ago. When the argument of risk v teaching kids independence becomes the biggest defence, I remind myself you can’t argue with stupid.

To be clear, I didn't argue that was a bad thing. My point was schools are all very different so when posters are replying, if they're basing it on their school set up alone they're probably not thinking of the fact different schools run in different ways. The school I work at is not allowed gates that need you to be buzzed in as per planning conditions of the entire area; unless the powers that be change the rules, the alternative is that historic conversation areas don't have any schools to serve the children who love there.