Barking mad 'certificate of achievement'

[Kathyis12feethighandbites]

DD was sent home with a certificate of achievement for 'Being very grateful for all the toys'.

????
It's a church school, maybe this is normal.
Maybe she is really crap at everything and the teacher had to really scrape the bottom of the barrel to find something to put her on the achievement tree for

Or do other people's dcs get bizarre certificates as well?

Oh yes

DD got sent home from nursery years ago with a laminated certificate for 'creating a lovely jellyfish independently'.

'Being grateful for all the toys' is a Good Thing surely? As opposed to 'being a spoilt oik who wants bigger ones with more batteries and breaks them on purpose'.

Dd2 got one last year for "making a lovely Christmas decoration."

LOL ds got one for 'upholding the class rules'. On further discussion, this basically meant he'd been snitching on his mates for going somewhere they weren't meant to. I'm still waiting for the horses heads on the pillow...

DS1 (YR4 at juniors) recently got one for "good table manners" - for consistently showing good table manners at lunchtime.

FARK me - if they think his table maner were good I dread to think what the rest of the kids were like

rofl rofl, these are brilliant, especially the independently created jellyfish.
It's normal then!

My ds is dyspraxic and was terrible at games and PE throughout primary school but one lovely teacher gave him a certificate for forward rolls and happy landings

You're right, it means she's crap at everything . Although not as crap as my DS who hasn't got a certificate at all yet so presumably can't even summon up the good grace to be grateful for toys or create a jellyfish...

I assume there is some kind of rota so it will come round to your ds eventually. Is he towards the end of the alphabet by any chance?

Yes!

Although the very first child to get one has a surname beginning with S.

DD came home with one for 'Attending the multi skills day'. Erm, they HAD to go with the school? But I still put it on the wall.

DS got one for "trying really hard to play nicely" ..... i assume that means he doesn't usually "play nicely"! He was pleased with it, but I felt the implied criticsm.

LOL Fairysparkle.
When dd started school she kept coming home with stickers for eating up all her lunch, which I assumed meant that she was getting on v well with school dinners. Of course it turns out it meant the opposite, that she wouldn't eat it unless cajoled and rewarded with sticker.
I'm starting to get how this whole school thing works now....

I was looking at stickers, stampers (for jotters) and certificates last night. Yhere is literally one for every occasion. The choice was overwhelming tbh. If I bought one for all these occasions there would be no room left on my desk.

ds - for being brave about trying greek food'

he is 15.

not really 15, but 8.

DD (crap at swimming) got one for "floating"

DS aged 6 " for playing with other children at playtime" I don't need to guess, I KNOW this means he is normally an antisocial git :D

DS got one for 'Great work and bravery'

a week after the summer hols dd got one for starting school with a smile...it was watery but there!

love the one for floating

Good sitting on the carpet.

Which I understand when ds was in reception, but in KS2 ...?

DD had one last week for "Good Learning"

It didn't actually say that on the certificate, but she's adamant that's what it's for.

DS3 got one for being patient and kind. He has many many strengths but I have never seen any evidence of patience.

Perhaps your DS will get one for 'Not licking any worms today"

DS told me last week one girl got a certificate for: 'Reading, writing and skipping'. We spent an age trying to work out if she could do all three at once..