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7 year old got toy confiscated by school

27 replies

SarahTan · 14/09/2025 16:46

Recently it was my daughters birthday and she had asked for a Labubu (no clue what they were🤣) so reluctantly I got her one and she brought it to school to show off to her buddies. Went to pick up her up and I was greeted with her bawling her eyes out! Turns out a teacher had taken away her Labubu and not returned it. Absolutely hated seeing her crying, emailing a complaint to the school now! Anything else I should do, Mums?

OP posts:
ErrolTheDragon · 14/09/2025 16:54

Find out exactly why it was confiscated. If your dd was playing with it in class, then you need to ensure she knows that wasn’t ok.
politely ask for the return of the toy and apologise if it turns out your dd was disrupting the class.

TheMeasure · 14/09/2025 16:56

Why are you going to complain? Most schools ban the bringing in of toys for obvious reasons. If found, then yes, it would be taken away (but returned within a timely manner).
If you insist on emailing, wait until the working week (do NOT send it on a Sunday), apologise for your daughter having inadvertently broken the “no toys” rule and ask if you could please collect it on her behalf and you will ensure she won’t bring it (or anything else) in again as she has learnt her lesson (what with being so upset about it).

OklahomaSunsets · 14/09/2025 16:56

Clearly a wind up. Don’t feed the troll.

Needmorelego · 14/09/2025 16:57

The teacher should have handed it to you at pick up but other than that your daughter should have left it at home.

padronpepper · 14/09/2025 16:58

Who’d be a teacher…

TeenToTwenties · 14/09/2025 16:58

Don't be ridiculous.

CasualDayHasGoneTooFar · 14/09/2025 16:59

On a Sunday?

padronpepper · 14/09/2025 16:59

I’ve reported - on the assumption that the op is trolling

NeverDropYourMooncup · 14/09/2025 17:00

Better she's crying over the teacher taking it (and will then return it) than one of the other children and it be gone forever.

Special toys - all toys, but special ones in particular - should be kept at home safely, not taken in to show off, lose or get taken by other children.

dabdab · 14/09/2025 17:08

Also quite possible it was put in the teacher’s cupboard until the end of the day, with the intention of handing it back, but then got forgotten in the hubbub that is home time!
Teacher’s have no real interest in playing with Labubu’s out of hours.

dabdab · 14/09/2025 17:08

‘Teachers’

purpleme12 · 14/09/2025 17:10

I don't think this warrants a complaint

It's quite normal to not be allowed toys from home at school

You could have just asked for it back from the teacher at home time.

But otherwise go into school on Monday and ask for it back. They'll have taken it away and forgotten to give it back at the end of the day

BG2015 · 14/09/2025 17:11

You are the reason I left teaching! 🙄

feathermucker · 14/09/2025 17:12

Yes, you should delete the email before you send it. Don’t be that parent.

GleisZwei · 14/09/2025 17:13

Bored are we @SarahTan?

RaraRachael · 14/09/2025 17:13

Our school has a no toys rule, mainly in case they get broken, but if a teacher or PSA saw a pupil with a toy, it would be confiscated, given back at the end of the day and the child would be told not to bring it back.

Schools have much more pressing things to worry about than emails from parents about toys.

LIZS · 14/09/2025 17:15

Really? Complain about what? Surely you would just pop to classroom and remind the teacher they had promised to return it. Expensive toys have no place in school and are a distraction.

SisterMargaretta · 14/09/2025 17:19

I teach ks1. We ask kids not to bring their own toys into school as they often get lost and can be very distracting. The exception would be if a child has any additional needs and we have made a separate arrangement with their parent. If a child in my class brings a toy in to show, I admire it for a moment then ask them to put it in their bag for safe keeping. If I then see them with the toy in class, particularly if it is causing distraction, I remind them once more to put it away and say that if I see it again, I will have to keep it until the end of the day. If I do have to confiscate it after reminders, I sometimes forget about it at the busy end of day time. If the child asks me for it, I return it to them.

Instead of emailing, you need to speak to the class teacher on Monday morning and politely ask for it back. Then you need to tell the teacher you will ensure your child leaves the toy at home in future. If you don't do drop-offs, you can say the same thing via email.

Peanutbutterflies · 14/09/2025 17:27

Its being sold on vinted as you type 😉

Littletreefrog · 14/09/2025 17:29

Easily solved don't take toys to school, especially with the intention of showing it off.

Petitchat · 14/09/2025 17:33

BG2015 · 14/09/2025 17:11

You are the reason I left teaching! 🙄

Why?
Just because someone wants a toy back?

Strange reason to end your career.

zebrastripesarefun · 14/09/2025 17:38

Sister Margarettas sounds the best teacher. Our school allows toys but follows your example

Thissickbeat · 14/09/2025 17:58

Not even a good troll.

BG2015 · 14/09/2025 18:12

Here is my list:
Entitled children
Ofsted
Demanding and unrealistic parents
Constantly overworked
60+ hour weeks
Breast cancer diagnosis made me realise there was more to life
29 years of dedication.
Retired and loving it.

TheMeasure · 14/09/2025 18:32

And baseless complaints, whingeing about non-essentials.

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