Teacher says to class "you can watch this dvd whilst i prepare some work for the Ofsted review" reported her to head - agree?

[SexyDomesticatedDad]

Title probably says it all - just back from holidays and the secondary school is told it has an Ofsted inspection later that week. DS 2 comes home and reports they were allowed to watch Simpsons DVD during a lesson for above reason. Apparently teacher is quite newly qualified but thats no excuse right?

is the op off being sexy somewehre?

what subject? the simpsons is quite often used to illustrate key issues in RE, citizenship etc and I have it in Spanish for my MFL lessons - check your facts before you go telling tales!

I doubt it
I would think/hope he was being ironic otherwise its a bit of a nobhead name

it's silly

they do this in school then overload them with homework

er slightly upside down and back to front

try to ensure the teacher teaches the children, possibly lockets

We seem to live in a big brother tell tale culture

nah, stuffit knows all teachers a re crap

Yup, I'm always being stalked by a geordie.

"It's day two and CombustibleLemon is in the living room. She has been MNing for over 34 hours"

I think it's shoddy tbh.

Just interested in the comments - have no problems with any teacher using a DVD in context - it was in English and recently they have been doing about slang words so it could have been used in context. It was more the 'I'm too busy to teach you now' attitude that got me. Just asked the head to investigate if this was true and yes was followed up by deputy / head of faculty - maybe a tad ott but at least the new teacher should have a bit of a life lesson and be a bit more creative. FYI my DW is a teacher in an EBD school and before that in other secondary and she agredd it was a bit at least to allow them to do that.

Nickname is just ironic / plagarised - go read the Times.

Lol combustible lemon

I meant 1984

It's a bit off but I think you have to look at the whole picture and how the teacher is overall. I think it's wrong to do that but everyone once in a while has a bad day, she really didn't want to be disturbed did she? hence the choice of material. It's just like you would do at home while doing something not what you would expect a teacher to do though is it?

i'm all right, thanks

where are your children now eh?

doing their bloody homework probably

I read the Times
Tis a deadly dull column

I guess if its a one off I wouldn't report them. Bu t wouldn't be too happy either.

DD (7) says her class watched Shrek yesterday afternoon in school - not in playtime. She says there were no teachers there and its nothing to do with any topic work. They didn't discuss it afterwards (I was wondering if there was going to be some form of eductional element to it). I'm not best pleased.

I would wonder what they were doing that required them to prepare for Ofsted.

Whatever it is, they should be doing it anyway.

I don't know about Ofsted, but in ISI inspections, the first thing the inspectors do during or after a lesson is to ask the pupils if all lessons are like this - and pupils are usually brutally honest. It would be really risky to show an entertainment video in order to prepare a gee-whizz lesson, in case the children say that their last lesson was a Simpsons video.

Entertainment videos have their place in lessons - in small quantities, where the class can discuss issues brought up in a few minutes of footage, or when accompanied by a question sheet where they have to follow the programme and write down answers as they go.

It is really bad to show a video as a babysitter. I wouldn't do that even in cover lessons (too many years as a supply teacher to know that it is bad news).

Sagacious - your BFG example is good practice.

Head just delegated it down the line as I'd expect - was quicker than trying to find head of faculty etc. Never reported an issue with a teacher before and already had one DS through the school with good results so overall very happy with the school. The teacher sent her apologies knowing it was wrong so basically it was using a dvd to baby sit.

Would I do it again in same circumstances - yes. Teacher was just pulled up on it - we can all have bad days and one offs but once in a while you get caught we all have does that mean we always let things slide by?

Yes we let things slide by! No need to be so anal and/or "morally" superior. I say "morally" because lots of people have been well brainwashed to believe that it's the "moral" thing to do anything other than toe the line and serve needs created by the business world to make compliant workers/consumers.

And running to tell the head so fast? Do you crave approval? Did you have authoritarian parents you had to please? I mean why?!?!

Why not just speak to the teacher? Something along the lines of 'Uhmmmm! I'm telling on you'....