AIBU to be annoyed at P1 change of teacher

[TracyK]

ds is almost 6 and is in P1 (in Scotland.

Recent developments with a neighbouring SN school has resulted in some of our schools' teachers 'helping' run the nearby school on a 'temporary' basis.

A very vague 'blah blah' type letter came out to all the parents - but it didn't actually spell out what the bottom line was for specific classes.

For example - my ds's teacher is now not teaching them on a Monday - she is doing stuff for the other school. This was only mentioned in passing - when I was chatting to her before this all came out - not in the official letter. So ds has a supply teacher on a Monday, supply teacher Tues morning (his normal teacher always had this off for paperwork stuff) and now it transpired that ds had yet another teacher yesterday (Wed) (an internal one from another class).

Am I being a bit silly - does it really matter in P1 who teaches them?? or should I make a fuss about it. ds doesn't even know the name of his supply teacher - and says she doesn't know what the children should be doing.

I don't want him going off school this early!

I think they do need consistency, and they need the teacher to know what they are meant to be doing. That can work ok with a regular "different" teacher - eg DS had one day a week with teacher B so that teacher A could do paperwork etc. But that was regular, and they did certain subjects with teacher B not try to carry on where they'd left off the day before.

If I was you, I'd go in and ask how they are going to make sure they have consistency with the current plan. Unless omething comes up as an emergency, the supply teacher should always be told what they're meant ot be covering. And they should always make sure the children know their name - though in fainess she may perhaps have said it but your DS not remembered.

I'm sure she did say her name - ds 'can't remember'. I'll see how it goes today and tomorrow - and then decide what to do on Monday.

Because ds is the oldest in his class - he needs to be pushed to stop him becoming bored and annoying everyone else - I'm just worried that if they get a string of supply teachers - he'll lapse!

If it's going to be a string of different supply teachers, then it's the school's job to make sure there are lesson plans etc for them to follow. They shouldn't be just "muddling through" if it's going to be a regular thing.

At least they're using teachers ...