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Need advice based on a comment a teacher made to my 5 year old

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Bec1998 · 28/06/2024 19:34

My daughter is under assessment for ADHD and was not allowed to go to an activity due to her saying duck duck goose was stupid and not wanting to play ( she is in reception) so she was left with a teaching assistant and another child. My daughter told me that when leaving the classroom the teacher said to the other child “shall we just leave her here?” The child responded with no so she went with them. I don’t know what to think of this but It’s made me feel so angry and sad that an adult has made a comment like this not only to another 5 year old, but about my 5 year old. Is it just me that thinks this is so inappropriate for an adult to be talking like this in a primary school? She already got her consequences which I don’t dispute but the comment is just like ???? In my head and my daughter said it made her really sad.

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suburburban · 28/06/2024 22:55

Perhaps the TA wanted to be part of the activity not stuck with your child who was being rude

78Summer · 28/06/2024 22:57

I am not sure a five year old is a reliable witness. I would leave it.

ElderMillenials · 28/06/2024 23:05

Complain? No, OTT.
Speak to the teacher and let them know your dd was upset about the comment so they know, almost certainly it was tongue in cheek and dd didn't understand that.

My 4 year old was genuinely worried I was going to jail when I said 'killing time'.

Thisismynewusernamedoyoulikeit · 28/06/2024 23:50

WhimsicalMoth · 28/06/2024 21:22

But back to my point of - you can believe a 5 year old.
At what point do you draw the line here ?

5 year old tells me a comment teacher has made to her that caused upset - "she's probably making it up, she's 5"
5 year old tells me somebody touched her inappropriately - "she's probably making it up, she's 5"

I don't think so.
All areas need to be covered here.

It should be "we will speak to the teacher and get to the bottom of this"

Yes, if a five year old said that someone had touched them inappropriately, I would expect an investigation.

If a five year old said a staff member called them an idiot every day, I would expect an investigation.

If a five year old said a staff member locked them in a cupboard, I would expect an investigation.

But in this case, a single comment has been made, when the child was likely in a bad mood as indicated by their comment about the game. The comment was not discriminatory or offensive. There is fuck all to investigate.

whiteboardking · 29/06/2024 03:25

@WhimsicalMoth safeguarding training that we all have picks up when a 5 year old says something that's a red flag. A 5 year old saying duck duck goose is stupid is far from that but to raised other things as most love it

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