10 things you probably would not expect about primary schools

[meredeux]

Come and help me make a list for all those parents out there who are about to send their children to school for the first time. What did know one tell you but you learned through experience?

Here is my first one:
YOU (the parent) will teach your child to read. The school will provide reading books and someone (probably not the teacher) will listen to your child for a few minutes at a time in the first couple of years maybe once a week but your child will learn to read because you will teach them that (using the school's reading books which the teacher will issue).

There's not much to say about that level of ineptitude, is there, really.

People who use private schools don't refer to their OFSTED ratIngs. So a reasonable assumption.

seeker

So, are you referring to your post of yesterday, completely lacking in generalisations about private education:
"oh, my word, little Jocasta is so sensitive she would be completely lost in a class of 30. That's why we just had to send her to St Custard's. Besides she's so very bright you know. She gets so bored playing, and the teachers won't stretch her at Bash Street mixed Infants. It's a lovely school of course, but it wouldn't be right for her. She needs to be stretched.........."

Because, as you know people only chose small class sizes because their pfb's are just so delicate, not because they believe that smaller class sizes = more educational attention for their children.

Glad to see no generalisations about private schools coming from you.

"I am just saying this is how things are."

Except they aren't.

To everyone... I didn't mean this to become an AIBU or even to be getting at the state of primary education in today. I didn't expect everyone to agree with me. However, how about writing your tips for newbie parents rather than sayng mine are just wrong??

I did not call anyone a name I implied "SOME OTHER PARENTS" are twats and spout abuse about others......this is my experience

Fair enough, meredeux.

My tip is - do not get hoodwinked into taking the class pet home for Easter!

This happened to me and said guinea pig is still with us, since we're between cars and her cage is too big to carry there.

Learn from me, my friends.

Yours are all negative - that's what's wrong! It's not a 'newbie guide' it's just a list of things you don't like.

and WRT name calling you implied i was a bully

1 and only. Schools are all different. Because they are run by people.

Dd's junior school did not deserve to be treated with the naive trust I had acquired during her time at infant school, otoh it would be seriously wrong and totally counterproductive to approach her secondary with the distrust and cynicism accumulated during her time at junior school.

If I had my time again, I would not go for more pre-judgment. But I would be better organised, more together, better up with my paperwork, more aware of my rights, if ever things did show a sign of going wrong. I would not rely on other people to sort things out.

sorry festi i thought you were bullying me because I misread what you had written and I fought back. I was in the wrong.

last post coming up because I have a migrane.

LeeCoakley - its a question of perspective. e.g. look at what i wrote about teachers having non-contact time. If you were a teacher, you'd think that this was a very good idea.

TheOldestCat ha ha wish they were! Last term ds came home with an accident report form that read "another child in the class threw a pair of scissors across the room which hit 'ds' on his eyebrow, cold compress applied". I was, ahem, rather cross so asked to see the head who said "ooh yes sorry we really should have phoned you about that, the poor boy has a very difficult home life and he gets agressive sometimes". I would no doubt have found that very comforting if ds had lost an eye

Goodness. The trainers are probably for the best then.

Poor DS!

I think the only thing parents really need to know is check their drawers daily because the school tries to communicate en masse and the majority of party invites get shoved in there. Your challenge it to get there BEFORE you child eats/hides everything so you get to know what's going on.

Children who throw scissors should be in the circus not in school. They'd even get paid.

Oh we're not restricted to just throwing scissors and shoes, anything you can lay your hands on works, chairs are sometimes launched too! And the 'throwers' get to have an extra playtime in the afternoon to keep them calm whilst the children who dont throw stuff have to stay inside and watch them through the windows whilst they are working - might have to stop now as rapidly turning into a rant fecking head wants her head tested imo

its a question of perspective. e.g. look at what i wrote about teachers having non-contact time. If you were a teacher, you'd think that this was a very good idea.

I'm a teacher and think PPA is a bad idea I'd much rather have less paperwork and more time to teach meredeux so bang goes that theory

Sybilwibble- I wasn't generalising about private schools. I was taking the p out of a particular type of parent. A type of parent we all know only too well- who can be found at both state and private schools.

However, I am honoured that you pay so much attention to my words of wisdom!

Well yes, arfur. She does sound like a proper fruitbat. But look on the bright side. In another decade those same children will be old enough to be locked up in prison. Every cloud has a silver lining.

learnandsay you sound like such a wonderful caring human being

and that is the kind of attitude from society that means that poor child will probably not stand much of a chance in life.