why same children given leading role every year

[ROSY2016]

hi all,
why same children given leading role every year. how do school choses the role for each children. Is it teachers choice ?

I don't think you do agree with me, Rosy!

Samr reason the same DCs get picked for the football team, I expect. They are the best for the job.

As for PTA/teachers' children getting the best parts, I haven't spotted it particularly in DD's school, but there could be a natural link there. Perhaps it is mostly confident and 'capable' (in terms of organising and suchlike) parents that volunteer for the PTA, for example, and maybe their kids are like the parents?

That's what I noticed .Always host and narrators and leading roles goes to school committee member's children.Then they give others just group singing and dancing.

I was being snarky. It's a bit of bullshit people trot out every year- while simultaneously being incredibly bitchy about the people who do volunteer.

Join the school committee, Rosy. Next year stardom for your child. Simple.

There you go Rosy. If you really believe this drivel you are spouting, it will be easily resloved for you by joining the PTA next year.

Bert

My dd is now at secondary but throughout primary she was regularly chosen as main/ speaking/ dancing parts in all performances, both those she had to audition for and those 'chosen' by teachers.
Ds is now at primary and never chosen or auditioned for any of those parts my elder child was given. The ONLY reason for this is that he simply doesn't want to do them and would probably refuse to do so. Dd, on the other hand, loves performing, has done acting/ singing classes since very young and doesn't get stage fright. Ds gets chosen for sport events etc whereas dd was never interested in those kind of things so ime schools simply use every child's talent and ability to the best they can. It's very sad if not all schools do that.

The same 3 children got all the lead roles from reception to year 5. It was very predictable and boring. Then last year, in year 6, all the other quieter children decided they wanted the leads and out performed the 3 starlets in auditions.

I think school plays that rely on main parts are crap and pretty tedious to watch. I also think it's wrong giving the main parts to the same children year after year. Being good at speaking to an audience has been shown to be a huge advantage in life,private schools really push it. I don't think only the best kids at sport should get the chance to play in matches either. The more matches you play the better you get,ditto having speaking parts in plays. There are loads of plays with several parts and a more even split. Those that struggle should be supported to improve.

That's what I am saying. Every child should be given opportunity. I am not complaining not only for my child. It's funny suggesting to go extra classes and joining pta. Every year they can held audition and can go by talent.You never know one shy child could be a confident in next year

Well you could
Join the PTA
Contact the Daily Mail with sad faces
Complain to Ofsted I suppose.

Only KS1 take part in our nativity and we try to ensure every Y2 child has a speaking part (Y1 will get their chance the following year) in the summer we manage to give every KS1 child a speaking part in our production.

Op, you are the one who said main role is given to the child who takes all the classes, or parent is a volunteer, or school committee.
Everything is doable if you want to.

This year we gave a child a lead part in our nativity that our Head was really not happy about. However, she really stepped up to the mark and performed her bits beautifully, and we were all so proud of her.
Conversely, we gave another main part to a child who expressed interest in it. The parents were not happy, thought she would be too anxious etc, and then she proved not able to say the one line she had clearly or at the right moment.
On the last rehearsal day she was 'sick', and so we replaced her. The new child was marvellous,but then the parents of the original child complained that she had been replaced, even though she now had a nice, but non speaking part , which is what they wanted for her in the first place!
In productions you want to field your best line-up. The confident speakers/readers will usually be chosen to be narrators. The children who can speak AND act and are reliable will get main parts.
What is the point of choosing a child who can't be heard or trusted to learn their lines?
We don't have a PTA at our school, so we don't have that problem. But why shouldn't the children of staff get chosen IF they are good enough?
My DD loved productions and was often chosen for a main part because she could speak clearly and wasn't frightened to sing solos.
My DS2 also excelled at acting, and wasn't fazed by being on stage.
My DS1...it was his idea of hell to be on stage!!!

Wondering how DD's teacher managed to pull her name out of a hat to give her a lead role? (Governor).

And why DS's teacher failed to pull his name out of a hat for a leading role. (Yep, same school. Governor).

Oh. That will be because the "the child got the role because their parent does xyz" is utter tosh. And really fucking bitchy and whingey.

DD's class - they all wrote down what sort of part they would like - big/small/singing/non-singing etc (and the character if they had a preference) Teacher allocated according to preferences/roles available. Drew names from a hat if necessary.

Um...DS's teacher - exactly the same but with some dancing roles/non dancing roles added in as well.

Me being a Governor had nothing to do with it.

May be in your school nothing to do being governor, but for many years from same school nursery, those children never chosen for non speaking character and never ever asked the child what part they would like to do. It's like bribery ,when we say bribery is wrong, suggesting joining pta .

Rosy-I really think you are not picking up the tone of this thread.

Just tell the teacher you want your dd to be Mary next year, or sue her for bribery.

I don't get you Bert? What you trying to say?

I haven't RTFT but I bet that you have had the piss taken out of you and been told that you are imagining it OP?

Mary ???? Their response always ,when she was at nursery risers get speaking part and the following year she will get speaking part and in reception always narrator roles goes to year 1 and year2. Now year 1????????

Yep, DD primary school was like that. Small village school... Always the same children with the main parts! It even got as far as "Narrator Boy" decided last minute he wanted to be "Head Shepherd Boy"... a temper tantrum and parent visit later, hey ho the spoiled pratt got what he wanted. (The mum & child where extreme nut cases when it came to "school privileges")
DD on the other hand was never on the deserving list, despite attending local drama school and being a confident speaker. How can any teacher explain this?

Apparently it never happens Ylvamoon, ever.