Dont quite no what to make of this

[Hai1988]

Im quite annoyed but don't know if I should bring it up with the teacher.

Dropped DS of into reception this morning and most mums hang around for a few minutes every morning probably being it is only the second week, so although DS is fine I don't like to leave him being one of the only ones not to have a parent with him for the first couple of minutes iyswim.

Anyway don't know why I said all that it is irrelevant

So this morning they are given this worksheet, DS sits down and looks at it, it says "my name is" with a line underneath it at the top of the page, then it has a frog with a line next to it then a rocket with the same and then star,sun and so on.

DS writes his name at the top, then writes what each picture is on the line next to each picture, with little bit of help from me on the spelling but he pretty much does this on his own.

He then starts colouring the little pictures and I say my goodbyes and leave.....

When I pick him up on the way home I ask how his day went and did he finish the colouring he was doing when I left, he then replied that what he did was "wrong" he was only supposed to write him name over and over again on the lines next to the pictures.

Now both me and DS thought that what he did was what he was supposed to do and wasn't told otherwise, now although that wasn't what was supposed to of been done, I cant help but think it is wrong of the teacher to tell him what he did was "wrong"

What do you reckon??

I could clearly see objects with spaces next to them to write, how was I supposed to know

Stretching here, maybe you had to ask the child what the picture showed and if they knew what it was, so Jonny says 'rocket' then he/someone can write their name next to the rocket?

Will you do me a favour and ask the teacher tomorrow?

And while you're at it, ask the teacher why on earth parents are in the classroom? Why can't you all be in the playground until the bell rings and then oh, I don't know, leave?

Worksheets? In Reception?

Writing?

Writing the words frog, star and rocket(??) in week two of reception???

Are you kidding or have I missed something.
Most children begin school unable to write so surely if your child could write anything beyond his name that'd be a cause for celebration!

Or do you mean the reception area of the school rather than reception class?

If the latter, what are they putting in the water in your area such that recption children can write (and spell) such words by week 2?

Well i think we have esablished that they were only supposed to have written there name over and over on the sheet.

But my only quiry was that he was told that this was "wrong".

Yes this is a reception class 4-5 year olds

:o Hully

I think probably the other kids just wrote down their names (that was all any of my DCs could produce at the start of reception) and that's why your DS thought he messed up.

Sorry when I said that he was told he "wrong" I meant that he wrote the object words instead of his name over and over

Hassled thats what i thought at first be he clearly told be sevral times that it was his teacher that said he was wrong

Well he was wrong! BUT does it really matter?!

I would guess that the teacher wanted to see if/how well they could write their names. Now she only knows that little Hai-junior can copy letters from his mum. And she probably hadn't photocopied any spare sheets. Etc!

There is nothing for you to make of anything. You all need to start leaving your children at the gate/door as hanging around helps no one and your son really won't care or notice if you have gone but every other kids has a parent there.

With you all in there the kids probably couldn't hear the teacher explain what they were to so or maybe she just didn't have time to before over keen parents decided to make their own assumptions and do the work for the child.

I would be very surprised if anyone said he was 'wrong'-I expect he looked at the rest and worked out that he was 'wrong' if that is what you want to call it-I would say he did an alternative and it really didn't matter. I wouldn't hang around so long in the morning.

If i wanted a grilling i would of put this is aibu caz.

Was just gonna leave straight away today like you all suggested, but yet again it was p.e this morning and all parents have to stay to help children get changed, which in a small class room you can probley gather is a nightmare!!

i bet they were to be used for labelling trays pegs etc

At dd's school you're not allowed in the playground even, let alone the building!

all parents have to stay to change the kids for PE???

They should do what we do at our school which is to let the reception do PE in their uniform for a few weeks. Trying to get nearly 30 children undressed and changed would take the full lesson time pretty much.

Yes dragonfly

(Teacher here)
I would take into account changing time when planning PE for Reception. It's all part of PE, so I would accept that it's all about getting changed in the early weeks. I don't see the point in letting them do it in their uniform or getting the parents to change them, it's only delaying the inevitable.

worksheets?

My DS started reception last week and all they've done is play in the sandpit and listened to stories!

I know Smallships, please don't be offende Hai but your school sounds like a different planet and that's comparing it to the primary school my dc's attend which is within the top 20 in National SAT results. (I mention this by way of pointing out that it's a very academic school.

Don't think I grilled more than anything else! You asked what you should make of what had happened - the answer quite clearly from most posters is nothing! It just does not sound like a big deal. You and your dc were not given clear instructions, so you did a very minor task incorrectly. Small potatoes.

And changing for pE should be part of planned time in Year R as someone said above.