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Swearing in year 3 reading book

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babyin2020 · 04/11/2020 17:58

My 7 year old in year 3 came home today with a new book for reading at home he opened the book and handed it to me. The first line of the book opens with swearing. Do you think this is appropriate?

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whoareyouIwonder · 04/11/2020 18:57

Oh please come back OP

Please

MagicSummer · 04/11/2020 18:58

Just for the record - 'Oh my God' is not swearing, it is actually blasphemy.

Inthesameboatatmo · 04/11/2020 18:59

Come on op , what is it

HarrietPotterska · 04/11/2020 19:00

🙄

sherryshelidan · 04/11/2020 19:00

A child in my class (age 6) came to whisper that another child had said a swear word...
Apparently it was the r word. After a short conversation I ascertained the swear word the other child had said was 'rubbish.'

OakleyStreetisnotinChelsea · 04/11/2020 19:00

Of course I to want to know what it says but it could also be the case that it was a book for older children with a low rating age that accidentally got in. We had one of those once, my target small child found themselves reading about famous murders where someone got hacked to pieces with an axe.

Inchargeofcupsandice · 04/11/2020 19:01

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wineandcheeseplease · 04/11/2020 19:02

I really hope op comes back

LittleRa · 04/11/2020 19:02

@sherryshelidan

A child in my class (age 6) came to whisper that another child had said a swear word... Apparently it was the r word. After a short conversation I ascertained the swear word the other child had said was 'rubbish.'
A child in my class (Year 2, so 6 and 7 year olds) told me a classmate had said “the N word”. I was all a fluster, trying to compose a speech to parents in my head etc then thought I’d best check... Which N word did he say, can you whisper it to me? “Naked!!” Grin
Twinkie01 · 04/11/2020 19:02

Fuck off Kipper

Please please please.

freddosfrogs · 04/11/2020 19:03

We had slag in a Jacqueline Wilson year 3 reading book 🙄

Bunnybigears · 04/11/2020 19:03

Just here for the reveal

SummerHouse · 04/11/2020 19:04

Thomas the wank engine.

honkytonkheroe · 04/11/2020 19:06

Please come back!

LaMarschallin · 04/11/2020 19:06

MagicSummer

Just for the record - 'Oh my God' is not swearing, it is actually blasphemy.

"Oh my God!" was the first thing that occurred to me.
I fully agree with you, Magic, that it's blasphemy not swearing but an evangelical Christian friend of mine used to tell her daughters' friends off for "swearing" if they OMGed, and she put the telephone down on a builder because "he swore at me!" when he'd said "God, I know" or similar.

isitxmasalready · 04/11/2020 19:06

Guessing it's Kestrel for a Knave?? It's a brilliant book and the swearing isn't too bad at all.

wrensandrobins · 04/11/2020 19:09

What a cliffhanger!

TweeterandtheMonkeyman · 04/11/2020 19:10

I’d say slag was slang rather than swearing? Jacqueline Wilson not for the faint hearted though 😅

practicallyperfectwithprosecco · 04/11/2020 19:12

I taught a child who always pronounced can't as cunt

He read a line of jack and the beanstalk aloud "I'm going to eat you" roared the giant. "You can't" replied Jack

Me and the TA finally stopped laughing after about 5 minutes

00100001 · 04/11/2020 19:13

The will we ever find out?

SummerHouse · 04/11/2020 19:15

This is a real page turner.

WitchesSpelleas · 04/11/2020 19:16

The Mole had been working his bollocks off all the morning, spring-cleaning his shit-hole of a home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then the stupid bastard had to get the ladder out and climb all over the bloody chairs. 'For fuck's sake! Now I've spilt this pail of sodding whitewash all over my arse! My back aches to buggery and I haven't even got the cunting hoover out yet!'

beepbeepsheep · 04/11/2020 19:16

Once in my younger, less experienced years I hadn't proof read a book for my class and we turned the page to a chapter title along the lines of "piss off Peter!". I think my heart stopped. All their little jaws dropped. Blush

MiddleClassProblem · 04/11/2020 19:18

I bet it’s “bloody”.

I had that Santa book where he said it all the bloody, blooming time.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Shit?

Meepmeeep · 04/11/2020 19:19

Seriously what was the point in posting this? You give absolutely no detail then fuck off for over an hour ignoring all responses. You clearly must have known everybody would want to know.

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