to just march into the classroom and take my kids ?

[princessparty]

I am SO fed up of them being late out of school when we have to rush off to afterschool clubs.They are supposed to come out at 3.30 and we can just make the 4-6 yo gymnastics session if we leave at 3.30 on the dot.
So today i just walked into each of their classrooms and said 'excuse me Mr X I need to take Y now.' in a pleasant way.I think I'm going to do it every week now
I mean we get them to school on time,they should get them ou on time.

You did WHAT???

IncontinentiaBoto "It's disrespectful - respect cuts both ways, and I think some of the teachers on MN are worryingly unaware of this"

What does this mean, please?

I had a father walk into classroom at 3:30 as the bell went saying he was parked on the zigzags and needed his son out NOW.

HarlotOTara - new safeguarding rules. We were told last week that OFSTED will now look at the school's safeguarding policy, and if it's found to be lacking in any respect (such as non-signed in, non badge wearing visitors blithely wandering around)they won't even bother continuing the inspection.

Our school has just introduced the same system, BestLaidPlans . I run a toddler group in the hall, until last week the mums were just signing my register, now they have to sign the school's one first. We additionnally all need to wear visitors badges as well from now on. I add that all the mums comming to the toddlers found that to be a good thing and because my own Dcs are in that school I welcome the idea too (if only it stops parents in a hurry to barge in their class.)

YBVU, £.30 is when teaching actually finishes then the children have to get anything they need to take home and get thier cots on. so that would take at least 5 minutes. If you are rushing the children to activiies afte school then you are pushing them to do to much. Most young children need time to wind down after school ,nor t rushed to an activty straight away.

I agree with those remarking the frankly repellent sense of entitlement from the op. Please don't pass this on to your kids. Vile. Unbelievable tunnel-vision and appalling manners.

It would be v easy to walk straight into DS's classroom. The school has a locked outer gate, with a buzzer and video thingy, but after that each classroom has a door directly out into the playground. We wait outside our child's classroom, and could easliy open the door and go in.

But I wouldn't because it would be intrusive and rude. My child goes to play at other people's houses, and even if he is inside that house I don't think that entitles me to go in through the front door without knocking. Unless he is being held hostage there or something. It's about mutual respect and understanding.

I have only done this once and certainly wouldnt make a habit of it.

I realised when I got to the school that I had left the door wide open. I lived on a dodgy estate and was really worried what I would have to go back to.

The teacher had a habit of keeping the kids in 10-15 mins late every day which was pretty annoying but I didnt usually get upset.

But I was panicking and needed to get home quick!

I did try knocking politely on the door but the teacher used to talk to the parents as if they were primary children and she kept waving her hand at me, dismissing me.

That wound me up a bit, its not like I was always trying to get into her classroom!

So I did go in and explain that I needed to take DS now. She didnt listen to a word I said and probably thought I was very unreasonable.

This was about 13 years ago when you could actually get 'near' a classroom door though

"This is not ok. The school's security needs to be reviewed "

well I don't know about at other schools - but at both the infant and junior schools the parents are "let in" to the playground (ie the gates unlocked) to stand outside the classroom doors (or in the case of the junior school near the main door our children exit from) before they let the children out of the classroom.

We're often waiting around outside the classroom door for anything from 1-10 minutes.

Feenie - how is it unclear?

I feel that respect needs to be mutual. I see a lot of general disrespect and an "us and them" attitudes from teachers towards parents on MN sometimes - more so than the other way round. I think it's a shame.

Victoria Elizabeth Clydesdale
Emma Elizabeth Crozier
Melissa Helen Currie
Charlotte Louise Dunn
Kevin Allan Hasell
Ross William Irvine
David Charles Kerr
Mhairi Isabel MacBeath
Brett McKinnon
Abigail Joanne McLennan
Gwen Mayor (school teacher)
Emily Morton
Sophie Jane Lockwood North
John Petrie
Joanna Caroline Ross
Hannah Louise Scott
Megan Turner

These are the pupils and the teacher who were killed at Dunblane. To skidoodle and the others who have bemoaned the lack of an open door policy in British schools, I would say that this list is 17 very good reasons why it is NOT a good idea for all and sundry to be able to wander unchecked into our schools.

If someone wants to kill lots of children, he or she could do so in a park, or at playtime in the playground.

I think that you are totally reasonable, I just want to fuck off home at half 3...after all I usually have a long night ahead of me praying for snow so that I can have a bit more down time.

I applaud parents like you for upholding the eternal tenet that teachers should only work from 9-3.30.

If you could arrange classes on all school nights it would be much appreciated.

The OP isn't talking about a 4-6pm class, she's talking about a 4-6yo class.

I.e., her kids are between 4 and 6 years old.

Awfully young.

@stayingetc
That is just sick.

No Redtwat or whatever your name is, its a very compelling argument why there are rules about letting people onto school premises.

How did your kids feel? I bet they're getting some stick from their friends (who will also have told their parents).

I predict that in six months' time the OP will be back saying:

"My DC's school is so unreasonable. They have locked and barred the gates and refuse to let any parents in."

For the record I think that the OP is not being unreasonable. I think the OP is being demented.

'More front then Brighton'. Patience costs nothing, what example are you setting to not just your children, but to the ones in the class? "Why wait? Just steam in and do what you want" Life doesn't work this way dear.

My Dd1's class is always the last class out, the school finishes at 3:20pm she is normally out at 3:30pm and as Dd1 has Cerebral palsy she also is slower than the other kids so the last one in the whole school out. I just make a joke with the teacher saying she can keep her next time At least I know the teacher is teaching them up till the bell.

@Blackhead

So rules keep out murderers with guns? this is a thread about bad parenting, I stand by my comment.

Was it Armstrong and Miller who did that sketch where there was a lovely, engaging teacher who turned around and said 'now, fuck off' as soon as the bell rang?!

I might do that today.