P.E compulsory?

[brightstar1]

does anyone know if physical education is compulsory/part of the national curriculum?

yes i think it is.

if its not it should be

Yes

Thanks, do you know if a teacher is allowed to stop a child doing P.e as a punishment?

Are they allowed to stop them doing maths as a punishment?

ds 6 was made to miss play time & PE today over what he says was an accident! am i wrong in thinking that it was a bit excessive?

I think it would depend on the circumstances ... I'd have a word with the teacher and find out what their take on it is.

Rather strange

At DS school they miss playtime for punishment

PE is compulsory- it's one of the National Curriculum subjects. It's not a core subject like maths, english and science (and Welsh in Wales) but is a compulsory subject like History or Art or Geog. Children shouldn't be punished by stopping them from taking part in a lesson- sounds barmy to me- I'd have a word with the teacher quietly to ask why

what made it worse was that she believe the other boy but not my son. v angry but dont want to go in tommorrow guns blazing and face his teacher that i haven't even met yet. not a good start!!

bump!! Any words of wisdom before i go to bed and worry about what i'm going to say?

write it down first, then if you get there and can't meet the teacher you can leave a letter instead, asking them to explain it clearly.

Thanks Ediemay, think i will write aswell, as you can't always see the teacher. it's hard to talk with the teacher without sounding like you think your child can't do any wrong.But he always seems to get the blame for everything!

Think you have 2 issues here

1. the cause of the punishment 2 the punishment

i'd discuss the second first tbh as i think it's totally out of order.
Number 1 can be objective and the teacher may well have just called it as she saw it- very difficult

Good luck and sleep well

Thanks again. will let you now what happens.

hi,went to see ds teacher last night. all v. nicey nicey,seems it was a bit of a misunderstanding,but felt she was saying what she thought i wanted to hear. Then tonight i was called in again!! My heart sank i can tell you! This time she said he had splashed water over a girl and was taken in at playtime.Fair enough he shouldn't have,BUT he explained to her that the girl told him to do it then she promptly went and told and she called him a LIAR!! Also a negative comment in his reading record said "needs to use more expression". which he has never had.(assessment in year 1 gave reading age of 9yr old!!).feel like he is being picked on, any thoughts?

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Any teachers out there? Can you give your thoughts on this?

I wouldn't say needs to use more expression in reading comment is neccessarily negative. I would have said it was a something for him to work on. Perhaps this teacher is pushing him as he sounds quite bright - has he been allowed to 'coast'?

I'll comment on the reading issue first. The reading assessment that kids have is done by testing their reading /understanding. They are given a piece to read and then asked questions on it. The teacher/assessor would have no idea about whether he read with meaning- obviously the teacher has listened to him reading and suggested that he needs to use intonation etc. This is not a reflection of his understanding but the way he reads out loud.

Regarding the liar comment- I think that if you have a problem with this you should speakl to the teacher. It could have been that she was trying to get to the bottom of things and had asked a fairly innocuous question such as 'well one of you is lying- i don't know which one'

brightstar - in the past my dd aged 8 also did something to another girl that the other girl asked her to (can't remember what, now). Then the girl complained to the dinner ladies. Fortunately she'd done this sort of thing before and they were wise to her. So my dd didn't get into trouble.

Possibly this girl picked on your ds because she saw that he was in trouble the day before and was an easy target - ie, the teacher might easily assume your ds was at fault again? Could be worth mentioning to the teacher that you are worried about your ds becoming the class scapegoat?

Re the reading. I presume your ds is in Yr 2? I have a dd in yr 2, with a very good reading level. This year they are putting the emphasis on wider reading and expressive reading. So maybe the comment for your ds' reading is just par for the course.

HTH.

janiebops. The teachers my son had in rec/yr1 always commented on how good his expression was whilst reading,so perhaps that is why i felt it was negative. Pixiefish. Ds said she spoke to him on his own and said "don't lie" when he told her what happened.

Nevada, thanks for that, i know exactly what you mean about the 'scapegoat' comment as that happened to a boy in Ds class last year, he got the blame for everything even when he was absent!! (Has since left school). I am so worried that Ds work is going to start slipping after doing so well in yr1( top of class). He doesn't respond well to negativity, he tends to rebel more.