dd (4yrs) go;'s to a 45 min gym session organsied by school on wednesdays straight after nursery.
there are ten children there and all nice children
she initially said 12 could go, did first week then said 2 MUST drop out, you can imagine poor kids..anyway, first week, we all thought she was a bit offsh with children expecting too much of a bunch of 3/4 yr olds, but stuck with it...by third week we were all getting sick of her ordering about and negativity(sit on crash mat NOw, or ill take horse away, stand in line NOW or you cant join in?????!!!), no persuasion, just threats and orders..so we had a two week break due to room being booked my someone else, she then decides the two weeks after, she 'doesnt want to do it these weeks'..so all the children are upset(they dont see it the way we did!)..so today was first day back.we walk in, she doesnt even acknowledge them, doesnt talk to them jsut sits on floor and waits, not speaking for everyone to turn up..kids are looking at her wondering if shes going to acknowledge theyre there?...all children arrive, she tells them to get in line, ad do this(now stop me if im wrong but a little hello , could you all please get in line wouldnt have gone amiss!)..and thats how it went alls ession, then two or three of the LO's had stood up and were doing star jumps, she shouted really loud(all us mums stopped talking!)..everyone be quiet and sit down NOW.well my dd was sat there all this time then she MADE them all sit with their hands on their heads and said why are we not doing gym now??..no one answed..she then said because you are ALL being silly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok my blood is boiling by now as dd had done nothing, others hadnt really they were just doing star jump FGS at a gym class!...one of dd's frends sisters is mentally handicapped and wanted to join in..she kept picking her up and moving out of the way, saying she was not 'part' of the group..she is 3!..this went on and on..lastly while im sat getting more and more annoyed, she shouts, right who wants the parachute out??..all kids shout ME ME!..she then shouts BE QUIET!!!!or i wont get it out??????????????..she gets it out, kids love it and grab a handle each, this little girl, runs under it and teacher says, if you dont stop running under, i will put it away(it was only the sister who wasnt 'part' of the group that did it, plus none of the children heard her as they were shaking parachut..then one of the other children ran underneath.she grabbed the parachute and said right, its going away, literally pulling it out of the childrens hands!!!!!!!
so i shouted dd over my face like thiunder and got her changed, shed sat down with others and we walked out..went to reception and said i wanted to compalain..as i was talking the teacher came out with all her gear so i said to her i wanted to know why she felt it necessary to speak to 3/4 yr olds in that manner, why she never asked them, always told them or threatend them, i said she was totally lacking in social skills and if she didnt like working with children she was more than happy getting£40 for 3/4 hour work for it!..she had the decency to go red but then said well if you dont like it, dont come!!!!!!!..manager of centre was behind her and i said that her attitude was disgusting, i asked her if she even knew the name of any one of the children and she said shed only been doing it for 3 wks!(weve been there5!?)
She then said gymnastics was dangerous and if theyre all messing around they could get hurt!..theyre doing forward rolls on crash may and playing with the parachute!....argh!
sorry its long, but am so annoyed.am glad i pulled her up about it and all other mums said they agreed, but nowi have to put my complaint in to school and i had already mentioned our concerns to them in morning!
sorry, this is mainly just a ramble to de stress me!, cant believe shes getting away with speaking to tiny children that way..and that i was the only one to speak up