Colourful language at school

[maggiethecat]

Do you know if your dc hear swear words at school? If children are found using foul language how does the school deal with it?

My son used to come home and ask me what they mean so yes, he heard swear words on a daily basis (fuck, bastard, wanker, cunt etc), as well as other words that are far from acceptable (spastic etc). The teachers would tell him off for pretending a skipping rope was a grapple hook though as they thought he was swearing.

My school is a primary, so if they swear the series of sanctions kicks in, including an appointment with the head for parents if the situation warrants it.
In secondary with my son, it often involves a detention at lunchtime or after school if the language is overheard by a teacher or is used to threaten, bully, menace or otherwise intimidate another pupil.

Dd's school is catholic primary. Not sure if anything is done about it and I will try to enquire.

She's been coming home asking me what the f, c and b words mean - apparently girl in her class has been educating them. Don't want to make an issue but would like to think that the school has a policy on how to deal with it.

Don't think either DS (year 2) or DD (reception) hear any swear words or at least they don't say them if they do. Could see it changing in year 3 though as I help with brownies and some year 4 girls have slightly more colourful language.

My mum always said
The higher the fees the worse the language / jokes
my kids are at state schools
heaven help the prep school parents
and sis who went to a mega famous boarding school!

The school I work at has really started to clamp down really hard on this as one or two children were getting very bad and all staff considered it unacceptable.
However we now have the problem that a few parents do not consider some of these words to be swearing (as they use them constantly) and keep complaining to the head that their little darlings are being punished unfairly.
His reply was that if they didn't like it they should do some thing about it.

The language in a school playground can be on par with a building site sometimes! As was stated though, school tend to use sanctions when a child is heard to be using foul language.

At the school I work at, the child would be reprimanded - "we don't use words like that at our school" - and depending on the severity the class teacher would be told who could then inform parents. I would be tempted to have a quiet word with your childs teacher. How old is your DD by the way?

TalkinPeace2

DS aged 7 is at prep. Together with his classmates, they think that 'stupid' is a swear word! He laughs and says it out loud if it is in the book he is reading (so that he can say 'Not me, its in the book '

He probably knows or has heard the 'f' word but he has never asked me what it meant, he has never said it at home either .

We don't swear at home and I know their school is spot on with language.

Another myth busted!

Yes, 'stupid' (along with bum, willy, poo and wee!) has, until recently, been about as bad as it gets in our house. However, DS (yr2 at a very middle class infants - may as well be private!)) has been lucky enough to have been educated recently in 'the f word', 'bloody', and 'arse'. Luckily, he's easily shocked and knows not to repeat it himself. My 2 are not even allowed to say 'Oh my God' or 'shut up', so he'd be on extremely dodgy ground if he repeated anything worse. Though I'm glad he feels able to tell me when someone's said something naughty - very matter of fact about it.

Next door neighbours' kids think it's ok to say 'f off' rather than 'fuck off' and looked most put out when I hoiked my 2 out of their garden and said they couldn't play with children who swear ... "But we didn't, we only said f!"

Frisky she's 7 going on 8. I do plan to have a word with teacher.