Opinions please, letter about ruined clothes

[islandofsodor]

Dear Mrs X

Paragraph about missing school for hospital appointment and 2nd paragraph requesting to join after school club.

I would like to raise the issue of several items of ruined clothing. This was a problem when DD started in the reception class last September. She kept getting whiteboard marker pen on her clothes and it does not wash out. I spoke to her teacher and the after school club and the issue resolved itself by me providing an extra painting apron for her to use at after school club and by the class being made to use the whiteboards whilst sitting at desks rather than on the carpet.

This term however, DD has ruined one school jumper by getting black pen down the front, she also has pen on the sleeve of another jumper and also on her tie. In addition she has managed to get black paint all down the back of her summer dress, despite treating it with stain remover it has not come out. School uniform is extortionately expensive and I can not afford to keep replacing items. I would welcome any suggestions to solve this problem, the only suggestions I have are that DD wears her painting tabard whenever she uses these pens, or that is banned from using them at all. Otherwise the alternative would be for me to send her into school in cheaper, non regulation jumpers that can be replaced more often.

Yours Sincerely

Mrs I O Sodor

small , white boards that the kids have in front of them, and write on with a non permanent marker.

So you can get the whole class to draw/ write the answer to something and then turn them round and show you all at the same time.

Great for getting the whole class involved. Can be messy!

Like the little slates I used to use when I was in nursery in the 1960s!

oh! thanks - can you tell i'm new to this school lark

carbonel at no darning! Totally mental.

Whiteboards are extremely valuable as a teaching tool, and very necessary when the whole class is seated on the carpet. There is no way I would have a child banned from using them. Understandable to be upset at marks on jumpers. Perhaps your child should sit quite far away from other children when they are using whiteboards so there is no chance of clothes being marked.

Our school doesn't issue little whiteboards to each child for use when on carpet...not at all, I don't think. I've never seen them in use, anyway.

£18 for a jumper?! Bloody ridiculous!

I would replace uniform and then buy one of those cover-all plastic aprons with elasticated sleeves etc. and tell them to put that on her when she is painting/penning

I agree it is CRAP they are using non-washable stuff!!!! bonkers

I got a response from the teacher that they would take extra care and make sure she has her apron on when painting ( I have already provided a the type of apron you describe MP) and they are going to issue her with a different whiteboard pen and help her to try and not get it on her clothes.

Its she who is getting it on her clothes, not the otehr children.

They may be a useful teaching tool jennifersophia but we managed fine with good old fashioned pencil and paper.

I also don;t think it is good practice to have children practising handwriting sitting on the carpet. It is bad for your posture for one thing.

They aren't practising handwriting as such, they most likely do that at tables with pencils and handwriting books. They are very different to pencils and paper - many young children are very reluctant to commit anything to paper, but are much more confident with a whiteboard, as mistakes are easy to wipe off.
Use of whiteboards on the carpet are also useful as an assessment tool for the teacher, enabling them to see at a glance who has understood a concept or not. Children tend to write very small with pencil and paper, and it is not dark enough to see the whole class at once, IYSWIM.
Perhaps the teacher isn't instructing them carefully as to how to use the pens?

Dd (oddly for a child I know) is very communicative about what she does at school. They use the whiteboards to practice letter formations.

Sorry, not heard of doing that before.

unfortuately whiteboard pen is notoriously difficult to wash out. Much worse than felt pens etc.

GUESS WHAT!! I put ds book bag away in his draw (as i do everyday) qnd guess what was in there!!! A white board . I checked the pen but it doesnt say it is washable . I know i am going to have a problem as well because he is SO clumsy!

No pen on clothes so far this week!!!!

£18 for a jumper is terrible but the jumpers we have to buy are £25 and its heartbreaking when they get ruined like this.Don't have a choice of school unfortunatly