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Incorrect spelling by TA

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Spacemonkey2016 · 09/05/2023 20:13

My son's school has open afternoons to look at their work once a term, and I went to one today. I noticed that one piece of work had been marked, alongside a comment of 'Theese are good sentences'. Definitely wasn't his teacher's handwriting, DS said it was a TA who has recently started. I feel like I want to raise it as feedback to the school, as surely teacher comments shouldn't have incorrect spellings on them. Or would that make me look like a complete nightmare parent? DS is in Year 1 and is aware that 'theese' is incorrect.

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LadyMonicaBaddingham · 20/05/2023 17:01

TAs shouldn't be marking work, that's the teachers job.

blahblahblah1654 · 20/05/2023 17:06

TA's get paid less than some checkout workers with a lot more responsibility. So what if they make a spelling mistake. I'm sure people in more senior jobs do too. They shouldn't have to mark work anyway. To me, "theese" doesn't look like a regular spelling mistake anyway. Just a one off.

rainbowlou · 20/05/2023 17:16

Hobbi · 09/05/2023 22:00

@Spacemonkey2016

"I still feel that someone teaching a child should be able to spell)"

They should. You said this was a TA though.

TA’s teach all the time!

I’ve had my class most of this week on my own.

CurlewKate · 20/05/2023 17:17

Putting 3 es isn't a spelling mistake. It's a handwriting slip.

Feenie · 21/05/2023 15:04

GiveOverRover · 09/05/2023 21:54

We've had a few teachers over the years with DC that couldn't spell, and it was hilarious. There have been some ridiculous spelling mistakes in homework, I've never brought it up as such, kids would just put a question mark next to it or circle it and not answer that one, and I was fine with that.

I think that in order to be a primary teacher you've got to be able to confidently spell the basic vocab you're asking them to use, if you're telling kids that spelling correctly is important then you need to be able to practice what you preach.

‘practise’ 😊

SmurfHaribos · 21/05/2023 21:45

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 20/05/2023 17:01

TAs shouldn't be marking work, that's the teachers job.

I’m a TA and mark books all the time. I also make mistakes because I am only human.
Honestly I wish TAs could complain/report parents for being so petty and small minded. Why can’t teachers/TAs make mistakes like everyone else?
If parents tried working as a TA they might understand how chaotic and busy working in a school is. I generally have about 4 children asking/telling me things at the same time as I i marking.
OP can you honestly tell us you have never made a mistake?

QuintanaRoo · 21/05/2023 21:47

Spacemonkey2016 · 09/05/2023 20:13

My son's school has open afternoons to look at their work once a term, and I went to one today. I noticed that one piece of work had been marked, alongside a comment of 'Theese are good sentences'. Definitely wasn't his teacher's handwriting, DS said it was a TA who has recently started. I feel like I want to raise it as feedback to the school, as surely teacher comments shouldn't have incorrect spellings on them. Or would that make me look like a complete nightmare parent? DS is in Year 1 and is aware that 'theese' is incorrect.

Don’t be that parent. Do you think your son is going to spell “these” incorrectly now for the rest of his life due to this? Chances are she knows how to spell it and is rushing due to workload.

Legomania · 21/05/2023 21:55

Feenie · 21/05/2023 15:04

‘practise’ 😊

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@Feenie Why do you do this? Presumably pp isn't a primary teacher.
Ironically, that is the one mistake that both my children's teachers consistently make (not that I would dream of correcting it). If their writing was consistently littered with errors though, I absolutely would be rolling my eyes over it.

Feenie · 22/05/2023 06:28

Read the post and you will see why 😉

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