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AIBU?

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Reading book

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TheAmusedQuail · 18/09/2025 10:17

First of all, I know I'm an over anxious mum OK? Which is why I'm doing an AIBU.

Primary age DD brought home her reading book 2 weeks ago. We read it over the weekend, I filled in her reading log each time we read from it. Sent it back into school on Monday last week. Only 1 comment in the book from school. All the rest are mine.

Old book no longer in bag but no replacement reading book as is the usual school routine. No comment in the log to show she'd read at school again.

I left it until yesterday (over a week since she finished the book), but still no reading book. So this morning I sent a note into school with her, just to say 'Can she have a new reading book please?'

Got a phone call saying we still have the book. We don't. It was in her bag every day until it disappeared which is what I explained in the phone call.

AIBU to think it was bad of the teacher to just not provide another reading book? Or at least ask me to return the book at pick-up?

As it is, we use the library all the time and read lots, twice a day (before and after school). But some families don't. And without the school prioritising reading, some of those kids wouldn't read at all. How can the school just leave it without saying anything? I didn't know the book was missing. I thought they were going to replace it, the way they always do (this is the usual routine).

Next time (if it happens again), I might just leave it and see how long they leave it.

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Sixpence39 · 18/09/2025 10:23

Teachers are incredibly busy with more than 30 children in the class and quite literally doing a thousand different things all day long. It's up to you to remember/prompt about the book for your child, clearly it was a small mishap and nothing to get worked up about.

Ablondiebutagoody · 18/09/2025 10:24

They thought that you had the book, you thought that they did. Simple mistake. DD has been reading anyway. No big deal.

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 18/09/2025 10:24

I wouldn't read too much into this.

TheAmusedQuail · 18/09/2025 10:27

Thank you! These responses are exactly what I need to tell me to chill the fcuk out.

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Lmnop22 · 18/09/2025 10:34

This is an over reaction!

So she didn’t have a school issued book for a week, she still read and is still learning!

My primary aged DS is learning to read too and we just read whatever we have if his book hasn’t been changed or he’s fluent in it or whatever.

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