No running in the playground

[NaughtyNigel]

Is it only me or does anyone else think this is rediculous?
The children can skip and play certain ball games (football/basketball) on certain days.
I feel the whole school day is so structured a bit of running around and screaming like banshees to let off steam would be a good thing at playtime.

My ds' head thinks he should go off to a religious boys boarding school . Over my dead body! He thinks my ds is opinionated (agree) and uncaring (bollocks). He thinks ds would benefit from being in a male environment as he is from a one parent family (bollocks). He thinks that ds will not listen to me when he is older (possible). Biggest pile of shit I have ever heard. I'd like to tell the head exactly what I think of this but I am not brave enough. I said I'd look into it and have found him another school. There's nothing wrong with ds (best friend is a teacher, know psychologists, child psychologists, social workers, paediatricians, they all agree with me), he's very, very bright and the head has no idea what he's doing. How ha can make this assessment after knowing my ds for a few months, spending no time with him except for the "re" class (I think he's trying to convert the kids, I was under the impression religious education included all the faiths, not just the one involving god and jesus. Wait till I tell him I'm pagan. That'll be nice!), 1 hour a week. They talk such crap. I would love to open my own school. The kids would be so happy. We get 2 days notice for the tips aswell. They are always after money, it really pisses me off.

How stupid, although as DS2s school (he is 7) no one is allowed to play with anyone not in their year

at our school they aren't allowed to play on the grass (except in the summer term) in case they bring mud into the school which restricts the play area ludicrously and also makes the lunchtime supervisors' jobs much more difficult

Doesn't mud clean up???

Don't kids benefit from playing with older/younger children because it teaches them to be tolerant???

Shocking!

Kimi - totally shocked by that rule. What a lot of pap. This is what scares me most about the institution called school - they force people into little boxes and perpetuate for years and years. Sick.

If that theory were carried out in a family, I would be forcing DD1 to play with a neighbour rather than her sister - as if???

We should start a 'run around at school' campaign. And a 'ditch the stupid rule' campaing. Anyone interested? I'm sure this is an interesting topic given the levels of childhood obesity and childhood depression that our country has.

Madness.

It really pisses me off when I read such drivel in that kids can't be just kids.

ARGH

We could also have a 'teach avenanap to spell' campaign.

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here avenap

OMG. I need to save this thread somewhere safe and refer to it whenever I ask myself why exactly we are paying for DS's school. They all have wellies and over-trousers in school year round, play outside (proper outside with grass and trees and everything) unless it is absolutely hammering down with rain, cancel lessons for a couple of hours in favour of sledging when it snows, and shrug their shoulders when small boys run into walls/playgrounds/each other and bump their heads.

That's shocking. It also sounds like my ds' school. He's very bright aswell, the head just has no idea. It's really sad that they think it's ok to bully children like this. I know that discipline is a problem in schools but children need to be treated like children. They need to run around and laugh. There's no problem running to get a ball, jumping out of a line or talking at lunch time. We are not in Victorian britain where children should be seen and not heard. This type of bullying can not be good for a child's mental health and self esteem. They are in an environment where they are frightened to put a foot wrong, I can only imagine what these children will grow up like, anxious and nervous probably. I don't remember it being like this when I was at school. This is going to far. Let children be children. That's what I say.

Stelth, where's the school? It sounds fab

Midlands - in the middle of nowhere!!

. I'm east midlands. Ds has been offered a place at a grammar school in september, in their junior school they have an adventure playground. I collected him from his taster day last week and he was muddy. I was so pleased . I could do with a back up though incase things go pear shaped (probably if they ask current head for a reference, he was turned down for a place at the first school we tried after they spoke to his head). I might do a PGCE and start my own, in the woods, lots of grass and trees. And mud.

Oh so its ok for school not to want to clean mud up but you try getting paint from school out of kids sleeves or trousers..its a nightmare not to mention the footpath down to school which is covered in dog shit..should i therefore refuse to take my children to school just incase they get dog shit on there shoes. I mean dont they have cleaners..they get paid to clean up dont they and our school is always letting the children out 10/20mins late..if were late we get a lecture..seem to think its ok to leave us stood out in rain with pushchairs and young children to get soaked arrrgggghh! Sorry had to get it out.

It's ok. Schools are going very wrong. Do you want to join my 'let kids be kids' campaign?

Hell yes i all for kids should be kids!! Too many rules can be as bad as no rules in my opinion!

How stupid. I teach 5 and 6 year olds and always tell them that they have to walk quietly and sensibly down the hall but when they get into the playground, they can run and scream and shout as loudly as they want

That's good oxocube. That's how it should be done. Zombie kids is not good.

I would have thought from pure self-interest most teachers would take Oxo's approach - if they don't let out that pent-up energy somehow then they must be a nightmare to teach!

I wonder how much correlation there is between schools that have these stupid rules and schools where non-teaching (i.e. neither teacher nor TA) staff are the ones supervising the playground?! DS's school is small and it is the teachers and TAs who supervise playtimes.

Ladies, please sign up for my campaign in education to let kids be kids.

it's sort of odd as we're taught (playschemes) to just let the children get on with it themselves, and only intervene if big trouble is forseen.

I've also noticed lots of great playground equipment going into schools. so i'm quite surprised at this thread really.

I was on playground duty once, and a neighbour came to ask me if I could get the children to be quiet at playtime because her husband had a headache!

hurrah! i'm not being unreasonable (for a change!)
back from work and am delighted with these responses. will be seeing teacher in the morning and collaring a couple of governors after school.
can i join the let kids love mud campaign?