I am feeling really depressed about my son's primary school. He started in reception in September. The school is popular, has good results and the other parents seem happy enough with it. However I think his teacher is lazy, ineffective and unengaging. They have had one session of PE this year, there was always one excuse or another, they don't seem to have a formal music session and occasionally do singing. We pay £10 per term for art and cooking materials(that's a whopping £900 per year) and yet were asked to supply vegetables when the class made soup last term. They rarely seem to do anything creative as a class and the classroom itself is chaotic. Displays are poorly displayed and uninteresting. One 'display' table is always covered in junk and yesterday I asked the teaching assistant what it all was and she laughingly replied that it was all stuff waiting to be sorted out. It is smack bang in the middle of the classroom! The funny thing is the other parents I've spoken to have said 'don't worry it doesn't reflect the rest of the school' but I don't think it's good enough. I've also been told 'I don't think music and PE are their strong points' - but they are part of the national curriculum after all and should be attempted at least shouldn't they?! My little chap was so looking forward to going to 'big' school and now he doesn't really want to go and thinks school is 'rubbish'. I'm inclined to agree with him. I am so loathed to appear like the complaining parent and I'm sure the teacher is a nice woman just ill-suited or worn-down by her job. I just feel my son and his classmates are being shortchanged and I am not sure what to do. The other thing is apparently the teacher and the head are good mates - great! Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I feel a bit better for getting it off my chest....