Teacher treating children too young

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My child is in a year 3 class, the teacher now sings a song to get them to sit on the carpet and has organised a book advent for this week. The children are 7 and 8, I feel they are far too old to be sung to sit on the carpet. Aibu to talk to the headteacher?

@adviceneeded1990 - forward them this thread! 😂

It’s such a quick, effective and positive strategy. Far nicer than nagging and builds a sense of community as well as they all sing together.

Have to admit if OP is headed my way tomorrow (cos I know our y3 teacher uses loads of songs) I will struggle to know what to say in response because it’s such a bizarre objection.

A song?! With children?! Why stop at a meeting with the head? Call Ofsted and long your complain with them too. Better yet, have the teacher arrested. What on earth were they thinking?

in all seriousness, yes it’s a little young but, in a world where we’re constantly told children “these days” grow up too fast, is that really an issue worth getting a bee in your bonnet about?

What’s a book advent? The teacher gives someone in the class a book every day? What’s the issue with this?

I used to teach KS1 and all I did was give them a turn every day to open a picture on the advent calendar. They loved it, but I’m sure if you were one of the parents you would’ve complained that I was being too stingy and a picture advent calendar is rubbish.

I sometimes sing to my year 10s

I bet no one guessed 😆. In all seriousness, surely you have other things to be thinking about? Let the teacher do their job, the strategies sound perfectly age appropriate. My DSD is 9 and loves her advent book! We used to wrap Christmas picture books, now we do a Christmas chapter book and read a chapter a night! Let them be little. They’ll be grown up soon enough.

Primary school head teacher uses a shh shh shhh little song, to bring the school to silence, kids join in and love it too.

I like the idea of uni students using a clapping version too.
( they are big kids still)

Maybe 10 years ago people may have thought along your lines.

At this point in yr 3 they are still yr 2 really. Children are coming through with much less maturity than before. We have yr 3's who are still learning to be in the classroom with other children. Which should have been learned in reception.

7 and 8 yr olds lap up songs/ picture books/sillyness and being a child of any kind. All normal.

lol

Many years ago, when I was picking my son up from primary school, a parent was very rude to the teacher about some aspect of her practice. She said "oh are you a teacher?" the parent replied "no, a graphic designer"
😂

Since when should 8 year olds not be singing?? I'd be much more concerned if they weren't singing!!

Outrageous!! Far more useful to pop them back up chimneys. After all mines not going to clean itself now!.

My year 11 son is in top set maths at our local grammar school. His favourite bit of learning this year has been some songs his maths teacher taught them to remember various equations. Should I complain that the teaching methods aren't age appropriate OP?

People like you are the reason I am no longer a primary school teacher.

@Thewholeplaceglitters Quite! And they initiate the song themselves now too - when we indicate it's time to get started they all start singing it without prompting while getting into their circle and sitting down.

If these are 7yos then they are still young kids!

OP get a grip, your kid is fine and you don't work at the school, so mind your own business.

Next week's thread will be about the OP planning to write in to OFCOM complaining about Songs of Praise. If 6 is too old to listen to people singing, 86 definitely is.

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I'm starting to think that parents who complain about inconsequential things like this should be forced to home school.

Leave the teacher alone fgs.

You concentrate on your job and let the teacher concentrate on their job.

I'd say that the teacher's sex is irrelevant.

There’s lots of information on the benefits of using songs and singing in the classroom. I would have thought a university lecturer would have naturally thought to research this a bit before dismissing it as babyish. I certainly hope you encourage your own students to look beyond their own narrow view point as part of their learning!

I didn't realise you have to work at your child's school to be allowed the right to complain.

That's what you've got from this?!
Literally no-one has said that.....

This is ridiculous, let the children be children for goodness sake

Everyone has the right to complain. But you’ve posted on an online forum asking for an opinion and we’ve all said you’re absolutely bonkers to complain in this instance.