Unhelpful teacher in Reception

[Kmum31]

I had a problem picking up my DD from Reception today as I found him crying and lying on the floor and was told that he did not want to listen and sit down with other children so they put him in the corner. I thought he was naughty as he used to like pushing the boundaries but at home when he calmed down he.said that he does not know how to sit with crossed legs and when he couldn't do it at school they sat him in the corner. I am really angry as it took me to teach him how to cross his legs about 2 minutes and he was really upset as he said he wasn't naughty and did not understand the whole situation.

Sorry for sounding defensive maybe I really felt like a lioness and wanted to protect my cub. I do hear what all of you are saying and I took it onboard all of the comments. I did not intended to ofend you Trollsworth and I am trully sorry if you felt that way. I do have.to clarify the whole situation with the teacher and will do it on Monday buy calmly and I'm not going to accuse anyone of anything but don't want same or similiar situation to happen again so I need to know what exactly was that all about. Thank you all for advice:)

OP lots of sympathy. We had a difficult reception year. My child was in a v formal school and not ready to sit still. Fast forward 2 years everything is fine. However at the time it was a nightmare - partly because of amateur diagnosis by people with no medical qualifications.

Re: lying on the floor crying. Remember he will be exhausted after his first full week at school so it may not take much to leave him lying on the floor crying.

On Thursday my dd spent 25 mins lying on the bathroom floor crying because she couldn't get her t shirt off and she wanted to do it by herself. Her bath got cold, I tried consoling, cuddling, helping, ignoring, reasoning and threatening in turn. Nothing bloody worked.

"The corner thing is a red herring. The leg crossing thing is a red herring. He really will not have been removed from sitting with the others purely because he couldn't/didn't cross his legs. "

But it was the teacher who told Kmum31 that he was made to sit in the corner because he wouldn't cross his legs. If what she meant was that he had done something else and so had been moved, then maybe she should have said that?

Just a little update on the whole situation, I spoke with the teacher about what exactlly happened on Friday and she said that he didn't want to cross his legs and also instead of listening to the story during story time he kept looking around like he was in his own world. He did not talk or wasn't disruptive. I know it's hard for him to focuse sometimes and I have said that to the teacher before. I was very calm and the teacher seemed to be understanding. Hopefully it was just one off and from now on everything will ne fine. Thank you all for advice amd warm words. Very appreciated.

Well that seems like a complete over reaction from the teacher then. There's about a million better ways to have dealt with that at story time on a Friday afternoon.

Hopefully it is a one off and he's gone into school feeling much happier this morning.

Well I have to say it seems like a complete over reaction considering he has just started school.

I hope it is a one off but fear it won't be. Hope he has a better day today