End of school Day year 2

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I was wondering if any other Year 2 mums could help me. I'm having a discussion with our school at the moment because my DDs teacher doesn't see the children out at the end of the day she just waits in the classroom and all teh children are hanging round the door, and could leave with anyone or on their own.The other year 2 teacher makes thenm sit on the carpet until she can see the parent out of the window.

1. What happens with the Year at your school?
2. IS there a teacher on the main school gate at home time?

Our y2, the teacher stands at the door with the children, sending them out when she can see their parents. No parent, no leaving the classroom.

At our school the Yr2 children are only allowed to leave when the teacher can see the parent.

No teacher at the main gate but there are several members of staff supervising children as they leave the building.

Everyone goes into the playground. Reception / Y1 are escorted into the playground with their teacher, other years go and find their parents / carer.

There is a teacher on the gate.

This works quite well but ds (of an independent nature) managed to walk home by himself. He came into the playground and I sent him back into the classroom to get his jumper but he managed to walk past me as I was chatting to his teacher and walk home. I was rather frantic.

I now accompany him into the classroom if he forgets something and he is under strict instructions not to leave the playground without me or who ever is meant to be collecting him.

The school wernt't overly concerned.

Our Year 2 - children stay with teacher in class until teacher sees parent in playground and then child allowed to leave. It is a small school.

At DD's school it works like this:
YrR & Yr1 are taken to the door by their teacher and handed over to parents
Yr2 & Yr3 - the teacher stands in the window and sends them out when she can see their parent - a little more relaxed
Yr4-Yr6 - they come out of the side door by themselves.

No teacher on the main gate as that's quite a way from the classrooms.

Teacher brings them out to the playground and the children have to wait with the teacher until their parent or carer is spotted. They can't go to them until the teacher says it's okay, so it's sort of a handover. Bit chaotic, but works quite well.

dd is in primary 3 which is the equivalent of your Yr2 - she comes out the main silver school gates and we dont see the teacher as the kids have to come round the playground to get to the gates. In P1 and P2 the teacher lets them out the main reception doors and if they dont see their parent they go back in to wait for them.

R - Y2 are accompanied into the playground with their teacher. Child says goodbye to teacher when parent is spotted and child can then go to parent. Y3 - Y6 leave through a different door, unaccompanied, 10 mins later. No teacher at gate as there are several entrances to the school. Seems to work - large primary - 3 forms in each year.

Child not released until staff see their authorised collector. I'm not sure if even Yr4 DD is allowed to come out to me without teacher approval.

We have three playgrounds! The infant playground is fenced off from the main playground. Parents wait on the main playground, R, yr1 and yr2 children are taken to the infant playground and only let through the gate when the teacher sees the parent/carer, yrs3-6 have a small fenced area which they remain in until they spot their parent with a teacher on duty( although some yr 5/6s are allowed out when they spot their car as their parents wait in the carpark and some have permission to walk home alone)
We find the older the child, the further away from the gate their parents stand

Our school has 3 Y2 classes - a Y2/3, a straight Y2 and a Y1/2. DS is in the Y2/3, which is a lot more lax than the others. Sometimes the teacher asks the child if they can see a parent and if so they are released, sometimes she's distracted and he just comes out anyway, searching for me. I think the problem is that the teacher doesn't need to do it for the Y3's, who make up the majority of the class, and she forgets about the need to help out the 8 Y2's. [grr]

The other Y2 classes the teacher makes the child wait until the teacher identifies the parent/carer.

The children line up by the door. The teacher sends them out in order when she sees their parent. If a parent is not there, child waits at the side until the parent arrives.

No one on the main gate but as everyone streams out (children often ahead of parents) it would be a bit pointless anyway.

Y2 are sent out from classroom door one by one when parent/carer is spotted by teacher or TA.

No teacher on school gate. Y3 and upwards go downstairs and out on their own (KS1 is on the ground floor, so easy to accompany/see them out).

210 pupils in the school.

Year 1 & 2 are on the upper floor. There is a walkway leading to the door. The teacher brings the children out onto the wakway where the parents are waiting at the end and sees them out to their indiviudal parents.

In Years 3-6 the children all pile out of the main entrance into a waiting area but there are still always 1 or 2 teachers watching them all.

In DS and DD's school, infants' parents wait in the infant playground. Part of the playground is used by the children during lesson times and has a gate behind which parents wait.

DD is in reception and her teacher stands at the classroom door with them until they have identified the person who is taking them home.
Year 1 is the same. In Year 2 (DS's year) the teacher generally comes out with them and the children will go when they can see the right person to get them. They know if no one is there to not go past the gate between the two parts of playground.

No teacher on the main school gate but it like redskyatnight it would be difficult to know which child was with which parent.

From Year 3 onwards they come out at a different exit. Not sure what I'll do as DD will be year 1 then but I think most juniors with infant siblings come through the school and to the infant playground. Wiill find out in September.

parents/carers pick up from classroom door (opens out onto playground)

child puts hand up when they can see parent/carer and teacher calls their name when parent seen

works well

same in Y3

Y4 - teacher brings class down to the playground and stays until all pupils have left, but it is less of a handover and i guess children could walk off if they wanted

y5 and y6 - children sent down to courtyard without teacher to meet their parents. but headteacher/deputy present in courtyard. some walk home alone.

btw massive school. 700 pupils.