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Football Stickers - does your school allow them?

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deegward · 15/06/2006 12:33

DS1 (6yrs old in yr 1) is collecting the Merlin football stickers, when he started to get doubles I Checked with another couple of mums at school, and found their sons were collecting them as well. We all spoke to our sons about how to swap and sent them in with their books and doubles. Children came back with various stories from not being allowed to having to do in playground (acceptable).

Spoke to Head yesterday, and she says that "it is policy they are not allowed..... they may get stolen, children get upset if they lose them, and theycan cause conflict" while I accept all of this, this is a small C of E school and ds was swapping with friends not the rest of the school! Does she really have such low belief in the children of a school she advertises as having good Christian values.

I have written a letter to her, and sent a copy to the Board of Governors expressing my saddness at her position.

If you are still with me, I would like to know if this is common place or are other boys around the land swapping stickers as boys do (according to dh! Smile )

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deegward · 15/06/2006 12:37

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deegward · 15/06/2006 12:45

I'm sorry boring subject, but would like some ammo when I have to see her at 3.30 Smile

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flatmouse · 15/06/2006 12:50

My DS is y1 - not sure they fully understand concept of swap - it's more a free-for-all give away.

Not been told not to do it - teacher takes active interest (and even had some swapsies of her own to give out).

I can't see the harm.

notagrannyyet · 15/06/2006 13:14

What harm can swapping football stickers do!

Yes they can 'cause conflict', but so can most playgound activities.
Of course they may well be lost or even stolen and that's sad, but it does teach them to take care of their own things.
All my 5 sons have collected them. The older ones still have the books in boxes in the attic,and the youngest 2 are avid collectors/swappers now.....Dread to think how much money I have spent on the things!

dinosaure · 15/06/2006 13:15

DSs's school doesn't allow either.

hana · 15/06/2006 13:38

but it can cause problems and it's better to have a blanket ban than to deal with things as they come up
some kids won't stop the trading and will carry on during lessons and this is v disruptive
others may get upset if they don't understand the trading bit
some make take advantage of 'trades'

my school has banned them but we still get some students bringing them into school and out during lessons. ban them I say!

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deegward · 15/06/2006 13:40

So so far we have 2 schools do and 2 don't.

Ds1 did "swap" 16 sticker for 3" so I know it wasn't done correctly, but I feel he learned from this.

I just think it is sad that it is being stopped out of hand.

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hana · 15/06/2006 13:40

meant to add I'm a teacher so have a diff point of view from those whose kids are swapping

grumpyfrumpy · 15/06/2006 13:42

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deegward · 15/06/2006 13:46

No I'm sorry, so we ban thing just because there "may" be problems. I think this is what is wrong with society. You may as well say ban skipping ropes as a child "may" get hit with a spinning rope, ban running as they amy fall over.

Surely it is better for children to be taught to respect others and to trade fairly than to assume that children are all bad. Or is it a case of original sin?

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notagrannyyet · 15/06/2006 16:29

hana, Are teachers allowed to confiscate these things if they are causing trouble?

Can understand it must be a right pain for the teachers but surely if a teacher says they are banned in classs then they're banned! I'm assuming we're talking about primary children here not 6ft teenagers.
Also is there no way of punishing older kids who steal from little ones? At our school yr6 are encouraged to 'adopt' yrR & yr1.They help them
with shoes, coats and look after them in the
playground.
I fully agree with deeward.

Celia2 · 15/06/2006 17:54

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hana · 15/06/2006 17:54

I teach in a SEN secondary school and yes, I have confiscated them from some students - they get them back at lunch or the next day, depending on how much trouble it has caused. It's not rampant through the school

23balloons · 15/06/2006 20:36

allowed atm at ds's school, he is obsessed with them and has given loads away this week (as he had lots of doubles).

I think it teaches them a few lessons about life Eg How to negotiate etc also gives them something to talk about and do at break. Ds has made friends in different years this week through his sticker collection.

cece · 15/06/2006 20:39

No

it always ends in tears,

they do get lost or older children trick the younger children into bad swaps or some children just take them... IMHO they take up too much teacher time and should not be allowed....

Rafaella · 15/06/2006 20:46

My ds in Yr1 is collecting these - they are allowed to swap them at swaps club on a friday lunchtime - in a classroom with a teacher who supervises. If anyone is interested he has loads of swaps - see Swap Shop heading for a full list - and those he needs.

notagrannyyet · 15/06/2006 20:58

Celia2 Fully understand your possition! What a shame...... We've all met the 'complaining mums' their kids are often the worst!

roisin · 15/06/2006 21:15

At my boys' school it's usually the school council (i.e. the kids) who ban the latest trading cards or whatever that are causing problems in the playground.

Kaloo20 · 16/06/2006 13:34

DS is allowed them at his prep school. He goes in with lots of swaps and gives them away, comes home with nothing. If he is happy to give them away (only 6yrs old) that is ok by me.

Have more grumbles about the number of duplicates we get. Have now resorted to orders 50 on line in my name, 50 in DH name and a thirs set of 50 in my Mothers name in a desperate attempt to complete the album ...

GGrrr £1.79 for album
£40 to fill the damn thing

hullabaloo · 17/06/2006 17:50

My DS is in P1 and is absoloutely mad for World Cup stickers. Their school allows them to look at albums and swap during break time. His teacher actually told me that during playtime they were bent over a book reading. She also let them take their albums out on Friday during Golden time and they chose to look for all the world cup countries in an atlas and then draw the flags of all the countries. His teacher thinks it's had a really positive effect. She has a son a few years older though so I think she is very understanding!!

BearsMum · 18/06/2006 21:35

I don't see the harm. A football sticker album was what finally motivated my son to read for pleasure and it is fun to swap them. We have discussed swapping tactics - ie how to do it nicely and how to be assertive about not swapping if you don't want to. I think the negotiation skills you have to use are useful ones for kids to pick up early on.

But if parents don't like it who is forceing them to make their children take the stickers into school - can't they just ban it for their own child, why should the school have to do so?

emmaeris · 19/06/2006 18:44

Why do they have to swap them at school? They don't go to school to swap stickers.
It is very distracting for teachers when kids start getting them out in lessons, there is always one!

Also my parents would never buy me collectable things like stickers (or pogs, which were around when i was young!) as it just leads to wasted money, wasted stickers and poor kids whose parents dont allow it having to watch other kids play with them Sad

And don't get me started on Yu Gi Oh cards! Smile

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