to think this is ridiculous of the school?!

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This is the 2nd time now that they have invited us in for a little taster session of what DS does, today is maths. Which in itself is fantastic! But the invite says 2:15 - 2:45pm!! They finish at half three!

We walk to school and its a 30 minute walk which means that when we leave at 2:45 we would be walking home and walking straight back again or we will have to stand outside school for 45 minutes!

Why not time if to end at 3:20 or something?!

At my DS school if they have a parent attending the open afternoon then the child can leave with the parent rather than wait for the bell at 3.15pm. Which is the only reason my DS ever wants me to go to these events......so that he can get away early!!

In fact at the last 'Fairtrade Coffee Shop' I ended up bringing home DS, my neice and a friend's son because she was working and couldn't go!!

Why not phone and ask if they can rearrange it then? It is possibly becuase the teahers involved have other classes to teach after that?

YABU

You can't please everyone. It may be inconvenient for you but it's a nice thing for the school to offer and it has to fit in with their timetable too. Go and have a coffee with some of the other mums after!

Its primary school, hes in reception so I assume his teacher would just be returning to the classroom with them.

It something that a group of parents go to rather than just us so can't re-arrange it.

I can't really see it being convinient for anyone having to gosome where and return home and go back within 40 mins.

I just think its better to end it closer to hometime.

YANBU I dont see why it cant be at the start or end of the day. In my daughters school events always start at 9:15 so you just stay after dropping them off.

Normally when our school does stuff like this they let the children go early with their parents.

Dis
I bet when you get there you will discover all the children who had parents attending will be able to go home when the parent leaves. Maybe phone the school and check.

At DS school at the end of the church services/concerts etc the head teacher will request that all parents stay in their seats until the teachers have returned all the children to their desks. Then once that has happened parents can collect their own children from the relevant classrooms. Pupils whose parents are not there have to wait in the classroom until at normal belltime at the end of the day.

Like I said earlier - it's the only reason my DS wants me to attend these events!

grab a coffee at a nearby shop, or take a flask of coffee/tea/refreshments with you until your child finishes school between the end of the taster session and finishing time. hanging around for 30 mins or so is not really that big a deal.

Bent last time it was 'storytime' and it ended at 2:45, they didn't let him come home with us!

It is lovechoc as my 66 year old gran is minding my other 2 as I've got no-one else to!

can you not take your other 2 with you to the school so there's no rush to get back to relieve your relative of childcare?

They are only 4 and 1 lovechoc and the 4yr old will not keep quiet, I want to be able to listen to what the teachers saying, they are little horrors at the moment and I know I will just end up red-feced and cringing if they both start!

That's a shame Dis - it probably means a number of parents will find it awkward to attend...especially if they have other smaller children to accommodate. Not everybody will have babysitters available during working hours.

DS school is on the village main street and I would be able to have a drinkinthepub--wander round the shop for forty minutes but some schools would have nowhere round about to waste that amount of time.

Maybe you could just explain to the teacher and ask if you could just take DS away with you after the activities?