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Telly at school?

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Wondered1000 · 05/02/2025 19:52

My daughter claimed she watches a non-educational cartoon programme at school… I think it runs on Netflix I believe, unicorn related. I emailed the school and spoke to the teacher and she said yes she does put it on, but not a lot… she actually said my daughter asks for it to be put on, however DD literally cried at me when I told her that, saying she has never asked… and the teacher puts it on randomly…
According to my daughter (she recounts her days each day to me so I’ve been keeping a note of when she says this) she has watched it every Thursday and Friday for most of the term… which is when she has a different teacher than usual, however she’s classed as a secondary main teacher in that class.
Not really sure what to think, as far as I’m concerned non-educational TV doesn’t have a place in school (The likes of Horrible Histories on the other hand is educational and funny which I feel is fine… to a degree…)
Maybe I’m behind the times… but something feels wrong to me!

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Octavia64 · 05/02/2025 19:59

There's a few things could be happening here.

Firstly it could be on during wet play/wet lunchtime. We used to play cartoons on the interactive whiteboard for children if it was raining heavily outside.

It could also be that there are episodes linked to the theme for the term. So if the theme is autumn or magic or something like that it might be related to the theme.

Is it worth checking when it's on and why?

FedUpandEatingChocolate · 05/02/2025 20:17

I think it's pretty normal. My eldest DD watches news round (kinda educational?) and my youngest dd has scenes from the lion king etc. At dd's previous school they would have the TV on for movement breaks, especially on wet days.

I'm not going to get annoyed about that amount of TV.

My eldest DD was up in arms earlier though as a supply teacher put a pre-school cartoon on to fill up time, to a class of y6s! That's pretty poor teaching...

DoggoQuestions · 05/02/2025 21:09

FedUpandEatingChocolate · 05/02/2025 20:17

I think it's pretty normal. My eldest DD watches news round (kinda educational?) and my youngest dd has scenes from the lion king etc. At dd's previous school they would have the TV on for movement breaks, especially on wet days.

I'm not going to get annoyed about that amount of TV.

My eldest DD was up in arms earlier though as a supply teacher put a pre-school cartoon on to fill up time, to a class of y6s! That's pretty poor teaching...

Y6 were actively chanting for Peppa Pig last time I was on wet break duty. Mostly the boys because it's 'funny'. Might not be the supply teacher's fault...

Gymmum82 · 05/02/2025 21:11

Very normal. Either for wet play or at the end of the day when waiting for home time. Kids have watched tv since reception and now y4 and 6

MissJoGrant · 05/02/2025 21:19

FedUpandEatingChocolate · 05/02/2025 20:17

I think it's pretty normal. My eldest DD watches news round (kinda educational?) and my youngest dd has scenes from the lion king etc. At dd's previous school they would have the TV on for movement breaks, especially on wet days.

I'm not going to get annoyed about that amount of TV.

My eldest DD was up in arms earlier though as a supply teacher put a pre-school cartoon on to fill up time, to a class of y6s! That's pretty poor teaching...

Newsround is definitely educational.

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