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gym in pants

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DeedeeD · 17/09/2007 13:05

My dd is in reception and is refusing do gym in her pants. Her teacher is making her sit at the side of the class until she gives in. I have asked the teacher if my dd can wear shorts but the teacher says she can't set a precedent. My dd is now saying she doesn't want to go to school because of the gym issue. Has anyone else had this problem?

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MrsFogi · 19/09/2007 16:56

Do you mean pant (her knickers?) or gym pants over her knickers? If the former, why don't you just invest in some gym pants from John Lewis or another store that does school uniforms and put them on her before she goes to school on gym days?
I seem to remember my rather fetching gym pants even had a small pocket on the front of them!

themildmanneredjanitor · 19/09/2007 16:56

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MyEye · 19/09/2007 16:56

if that's all the sense you're getting out of the teacher, ring the head

harrisey · 19/09/2007 17:01

I forgot to pack ds's gym kit one day - they ust let him do it in his uniform, didnt bother him at all.

Your dd's teacher is well out of order. I think you need to address it now, or it will just get worse.

yetihed · 19/09/2007 19:47

I agree with several of the previous post-ers... you need to make an appointment with the teacher to discuss the issues and ask what strategies she is using. If you've already done this or if it doesn't help, go to the head- or maybe there's an early years co-ordinator or someone else you can talk to?

I bet you're not the only parent feeling this way, and I can assure you it really isn't common practice in reception classes to treat children in this way. Good luck.

Hulababy · 19/09/2007 19:51

You must go in and talk to this teacher. She does not sound like she is dealing with your DD appropriately at all. Feel very for your little DD sat in a corridor on her first week of school, just because she is so shy.

If you get nowhere with the tacher, see the head.

brimfull · 19/09/2007 19:56

I am shocked at this teachers attitude!

She sounds like a relic from the past,and not a good relic!

Your poor dd,I would speak to the head.

FluffyMummy123 · 19/09/2007 19:57

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daisyandbabybootoo · 19/09/2007 20:00

our state primary still has gym pants, but like someone else said, they are big blue pants shaped shorts.....

alternatively they are allowed to wear plain blue shorts.

I think making them do it in their underwear is a bit unneccesary in this day and age!

olsmum · 19/09/2007 20:03

do you mean underpants? if it is its no wonder your dd feels odd about it, she is used to wearing them underneath something then suddenly she is expected to whip off her skirt and run about in pants.
im i the only person that thinks p.e. in pants is totally unacceptable? i wouldnt let my daughter do it, she is in pre-school nursery at local primary and they wear shorts. surely there is some sort of legislation that allows parents to choose what is worn by the child for p.e. (within reason of course)

MaloryTowersJudgyJudgyJudgy · 19/09/2007 20:06

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frumpygrumpy · 19/09/2007 20:09

gym in pants and vest! That went out with the ark surely!

F off to gym in pants I say. What tremendous self worth your dd has to make a choice and stick by it. Would the gym teacher like to lead by example............

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bearsmom · 19/09/2007 20:09

PE kit at ds's school is shorts and t-shirt and, while I can see the logistical problems involved in getting lots of small children changed for gym, your dd's teacher's attitude is appalling, both in her inability to deal constructively with your dd's (understandable, imo) reluctance to just wear her pants and in her (the teacher's) escalation of the situation and ridiculous suggestion that your dd should see a psychologist. IMO it's the teacher who needs to see a psychologist. I really hope you gets things sorted out. The head should be dealing with this as an urgent priority, it would be awful if such a bad start affected how your dd feels about school in the long term.

FluffyMummy123 · 19/09/2007 20:12

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frumpygrumpy · 19/09/2007 20:19

I repeat, lead by example. Thats what my letter of complaint would suggest.

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DeedeeD · 04/10/2007 10:06

There is a happy ending to the gym in pants saga. DD1 is now allowed to wear shorts for gym and is taking part. After a discussion with the head teacher about DD1 her teacher is taking a more considered approach to her shy behaviour.

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bozza · 04/10/2007 10:15

DS is in Y2 and I have no idea what he is doing PE in because one morning last week (not a PE day) he announced at breakfast that he had lost his shorts several days previously. I have since looked in Asda, Matalan, Next and Adams but not found any PE shorts so who knows what he has been doing in school. My friend says they have them in Mothercare so I will try to get to Mothercare at the weekend.

mw14 · 04/10/2007 17:30

Glad the problem has been sorted. Does this mean that the whole class is now wearing shorts, or just your DD?

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