Children told off after Nativity.

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Hi everyone,
Just need a bit of a rant etc.
Went to my dd''s year one Nativity last night.
It was fab, all the kids had a great time and the parents all enjoyed it.
Until... the kids came back out of their classroom after getting changed out of their costume with a lot of them crying and most of them looking quite deflated.
Apparently their teacher had given them a really big telling off saying their behaviour was disgusting, ' that your parents may let you behave the way you want to, but I am your teacher and I have never had a year 1 as bad as you!" She singled out a few children who were on the "good list" and the rest of the class were told that she was disgusted with them and that they are now banned from doing any Xmas activities for the rest of the week.
I sat and watched the play and the kids were amazing, they sang their songs really well and did their reading and considering 12 kids didn't actually turn up and they had to cover their lines they did amazingly well.
We didn't finish until 7pm, so after a long day at school they did brilliantly, all of them.
It has just left a really bad taste in my mouth.
My Dd (5) came home and said I wasn't good in the play tonight, miss xxxxx said so.
Is it me or is this really uncalled for?

Wow, it sure has escalated since I last visited. Thank you for everyone's input.
The issue was resolved and the teacher in question said her piece as did I, it was very cordial and no one was angry. The children had a lovely last few days at school. Normally the school are fantastic and I have upmost respect for the teachers but on this occasion they got it wrong. It happens, they have apologised and have said they may not have such a late performance next year, so hopefully changes will be made.
We watched back the Nativity on DVD and it was fab, the kids did great and the only slip up I could see from my DD was that she went to sit down on her chair and missed it, so ended up on the floor which got a few giggles from the other kids. I think the teachers are very hard on the kids at times, and I think maybe now after a fair few parents complained they will try and put a more positive spin on things rather than coming down on the like a tonne of bricks.

Gosh!

I have quite a handful this year teaching Y1. Believe me, I have a LOT of 'unruly and tantruming' children in my class.

But I would never, ever deflate them after their performance. I would NEVER tell them off, in fact TBH, I wouldn't even mention it the next day. In my experience, a lot of children wouldn't remember their misdemeanours and some would think you were talking about an event that to us, happened six months ago!

Seriously, the teacher should have just let it go!

I had a boy who defied me, blew raspberries at me and made silly noises during the carol service at our church. it was my first day back at work after maternity so I had no idea about the personality of this boy. I felt like I couldn't deal with the behaviour there and then (boy's parents were watching us) and usually, with children of that age, it is best to deal with the misbehaviour as it occurs. So the next day I had a quiet chat with him at the beginning of playtime for a minute or so. It occurred to me that the little boy didn't have a friggin' clue what I was on about and realised that actually it was pointless and no good would come of the chat we had so I simply reminded him that with me, I expect best behaviour and allowed him to go!

Now what memories would those children have of their Y1 nativity????