Teacher told my child that child is not a Muslim

[Jkam24]

My daughter has recently started reception and asked me today if our family are Muslims, to which I said yes. She then started crying saying her teacher told her that she (my daughter) is not a Muslim. Is it unreasonable to be angry about this?

That sounds odd.

Well, why don't you ask the teacher why they said this?

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Speak to the teacher and find out their side

I would try to clarify what the teacher actually said before you get angry. At 4/5 years old, children often misunderstand what they are being told.

I probably would not be angry until I knew some context for this conversation.

Well I wouldn’t take the word of a four year old straight off. If it’s that upsetting to you check with the teacher.

I highly doubt a teacher said to a 4 year old 'no, you're not a muslim'. I would be very willing to bet there has been some wires crossed here. Maybe she said she herself (teacher) was not a Muslim.

Ask the teacher. It’s very possible your daughter has got her wires crossed.

Ermmm, maybe just speak to the teacher?

4 year olds are notoriously bad at remembering and understanding conversations.

maybe check with the teacher that is what she actually said?

my child went into his reception class one morning and told the teacher he’d had rum for breakfast. (He was pretending to be a pirate)

I wouldn’t be angry at this stage as it could be that she misunderstood something so I would go tomorrow and ask politely what happened.

It probably wasn't done with any malice. If the child doesn't know they're Muslim by Reception age then it obviously doesn't feature enough in their lives for a teacher to pick up on it.

Speak to the teacher before you start jumping to conclusions. Children, especially little ones do misunderstand things that they are told or hear.

4 year olds get the wrong end of the stick all the time. You just need to ask the teacher about it.

Have a conversation with the teacher.
Would school have been aware of your family’s faith? Your DD didn’t seem to be.
It may possibly be as your DD has said but I suspect that there’s a bit more to this conversation.

Totally agree!

Your daughter doesn't know if your family are Muslims or not.
Was there some confusion from the teacher?.

I’m not sure I’d be getting outraged by the word of a 4 year old before I checked the facts

My DD is in Year 1 and her friend is telling anyone who will listen about how her granny died from falling off a ladder and smashed her head open.

Granny is very much alive and has never fallen off a ladder

I'll be addressing it with the teacher tomorrow in case it is a misunderstanding.

When you gave school your details, did you specify "Muslim" as your daughter's religion, or was that left blank?

Honestly I wouldn't worry about this at all, just say something light-hearted to your daughter like "Sometimes grown ups make mistakes and say the arguing things or sometimes we don't explain things well and people understand. I think it was really clever if you to check something you heard that didn't sound right"

And move on. The school years are long and there will be countless upsets the best thing you can do is model to your child a chilled out attitude and problem solving

I would have a chat with the teacher, I’ve had some very garbled conversations with mine when she was there.

When my dd was 4 she can home hysterical her teacher had said she was a Human Being and she didn't want to be one.
4 year olds get easily mixed up.

My reception child told teacher that husband and I were separating and he was going to live with grandparents. He was going to STAY with grandparents whilst we went to Dubai for 3 nights.