Lost earrings at school

[LilyTWilderness]

My 8 year old daughter was asked to take off her gold earrings at school. She requested for am envelope to keep it safe and the envelope went missing at the end of the day.

I'm angry and gutted, why was a reminder not sent to take them off but a child asked to remove them at school and expected to safe keep?

Are there no protocol to follow to safe keep valuables bought inadvertently to school?

Does the uniform code say they can wear earrings?

Yes the teacher should have kept them safe somewhere.. but I struggle to have a lot of sympathy when you are sending your daughter to school with anything gold/valuable/special. Things always go missing with children.

Pretty standard that anything they come in with is their own responsibility. They have to take earrings out for PE.

Because schools are there to educate children, not act as safety deposit boxes for valuables that should not be in school in the first place?

Who looked after the envelope? If she left them in her PE bag and people have spotted them/she’s been talking about them- I’d be inclined to think someone had nicked them. Is it worth the teacher asking the class?

Generally in school you really shouldn’t take unnecessary valuables in. Does she have to wear earrings to school?

Is earring tape not a thing anymore?

You can ask them to check for them, but they are her responsibility if taken into school. The school shouldn't have to remind you, set a reminder for PE days on your phone or write it on your calendar.

Well if you are daft enough to send a child to school with gold earrings then you have to accept that this will happen . I imagine there is something in the school policy about both earrings and valuables. What ‘reminder’ do you expect?

I think it's best to assume that anything that goes into a school wont come out. This includes, shoes, earrings, hair clips, toys, books...and even teachers.

Why did you send gold earrings into school?

I wouldn't allow an 8 year old to have her ears pierced to start with, nor wear valuable jewellery to school. Your responsibility, not theirs.

That’s so annoying, chances are they may still show up. Were they very expensive? 9ct gold studs only cost about £30 and I don’t let DD wear anything more expensive than that full stop let alone to school!

Teachers aren’t there to look after children’s earrings.She shouldn’t be wearing them in school anyhow.Irresponsible on your part.

They weren't a teeny tiny stud or a teeny sleeper, were they @LilyTWilderness.

I'm afraid if these were against the rules, then the loss, whilst unfortunate, is entirely your fault.

Perhaps you need to set an example.fkr your daughter by sticking to the rules in future.

Maybe don't send your kid into school with gold earrings? I think this one is on you. Teachers can't be responsible for every students personal items.

It’s impossible for schools to keep track of kids’ valuables. The staff just don’t have the capacity to deal with that on top of their actual jobs of keeping the children safe and teaching them the curriculum. The school policy will be no earrings at school or no earring in PE and they decline all responsibility for valuables brought in by kids. It will have been stated in the uniform policy or in something you’ve signed at some point. Sorry about the earrings.

Expensive Jewellry should never been worn at school.
I would hope that they may well turn up today, for put somewhere or moved.
It is possible that they’ve been taken home by other child. If that’s happened it’s completely down to the honesty of the other family if you’ll get them back.
Expensive belongings that shouldn’t really be in school are not their responsibility. Children loose everything.

An 8 year old is perfectly capable of keeping a piece of property safe.

It’s interesting that piercing is allowed on young kids who can’t legally consent/withhold consent to thd process.

It is up to you to not send them

It is annoying but it is very common knowledge no earrings at school or activities unless taped up. You shouldn't need a reminder. Also it is a safety issue so they would have to remove/tape them rather than remind you no earrings.

If it was wrong shoes or something about uniform policy then that is different but the purpose of this rule is safety. (Not that i think there is a massive risk if studs but that will be their logic).

A reminder to remove them? Why do you need reminding? Are you blaming the school because you forgot to remove them?

It very much depends where the envelope was. Put into her bag or coat pocket, her problem. Put into the teacher's desk for safe keeping, more their problem. Put on the desk then inadvertently swept away because it looked like a plain envelope... unfortunate.

An 8 year old doesn't need their ears pierced...and if they're old enough to have them done they're old enough to take care of them. If you consider her too young to take care of things like this, perhaps consider she isn't old enough for piercings?

Ok future, tape.

For PPs mentioning tape to wear over the earrings - our local authority has said that no tape can be worn and if I child can't or won't remove earrings they can't do PE because of the brachial nerve running through the neck and the fact children have still been injured when wearing tape.
I teach and we used to keep tape in the classroom now I've constantly got 2 or 3 that can't join in and just have to read or colour which isn't great for them or for me.

It will be interesting to see Op's responses to posters 😬

If you don’t want something to be lost at school, don’t send it to school. Do you really think teachers have got chance to keep track of the valuables of potentially 30 kids?
And as for sending a reminder to remove them… your child, your responsibility.

YABVU they are not allowed to wear them and you chose to ignore that. Can’t have been that valuable or you wouldn’t put them in an 8 year olds ears 🤷‍♀️