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Issue with teacher's attitude - teachers, what do I do?

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monkeysavingexpertdotcom · 18/06/2010 21:57

Earlier this week, I called the school because of a minor (ish) but niggling and longstanding issue involving my dd (6), and another child.
I suggested a course of action which the teacher happily agreed to but I did add that it was up to the school how they managed it, that was just an idea. I'm not a serial complainer, btw.

Today I go to pick up my dd, and the teacher stops me and tells me she's spoken to the head who felt it was important that I be told two things (basically reasons why she thought I was over reacting). I tried to justify why I brought up the issue because I felt a bit silly, I also said that in that case perhaps I should be talking to the head about it.
At this point she became - well, aggressive. Her eyes opened very wide, she moved closer to me and repeated about three times "are you ok with that?" whilst widening her eyes all the time and quietly but in a hard way, almost through her teeth iyswim. I said " no actually, I think you're being very defensive, I'll speak to you another time", took DD and walked away.
Dh thinks I should speak to her about it next week, I think I should talk to the head about it. At no point was I anything other than polite to her. Do I leave it, speak to the head or ask her why she reated in that way? I know her socially as we live in the same area, but not well.

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monkeysavingexpertdotcom · 26/06/2010 01:10

Can you explain what you mean, busymummy3? I have never heard that saying before, so in the schools I went to (and in my daughters' school) in that sense there are no mixed messages. There is just (according to the head teacher) the message that unwanted physical attention from and towards either gender is unacceptable at any age.

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busymummy3 · 26/06/2010 18:18

Surely someone has heard the saying before "ooh have you been kissing all the boys" when your child has lost a tooth.Obviously if your child is male it would be kissing all the girls ! Surely I'm not that long in the tooth-pardon the pun- to have heard of it or is it yet another "oop North "saying? and also monkeysavingexpertdotcom how about this one
to demonstrate a mixed message-
"Georgie Porgie pudding and pie
kissed the girls and made them cry
when the boys came out to play
Georgie Porgie ran away"
or are Nursery rhymes another thing not approved of or unheard of in the school you went to?

Feenie · 26/06/2010 18:30

at your example, busymummmy - he made them cry!

oldandgreynow · 26/06/2010 20:43

I don't believe that the class teacher has to run something as trivial as altering the seating plan, past the HT
Personally I think she made up the HT stuff.She was just miffed becuse she has taken it as a criticism of her ability to handle the situation herself.

monkeysavingexpertdotcom · 26/06/2010 22:02

busymummy I hadn't heard of the rhyme you mentioned, but your response seems to suggest that the words "political correctness gorn maaaaaaaaaaaad" are not too far away. Quote as many nuirsery rhymes as you like, I still don't know what you're getting at.
Oldandgrey I think you may be right. I'll just see how it goes in the next few weeks.

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debs40 · 26/06/2010 22:13

Busymummy - I'm from "oop North " as you describe it and I have never heard such a weird expression.

What an inappropriate thing to say to a small child

monkeysavingexpertdotcom · 26/06/2010 23:00

I'm also a Northerner, debs, and quite possibly older than busymummy3 - just couldn't be arsed to mention it!
If we listened to all the messages we heard in nursery rhymes, our children would be coming home with heads stinking of vinegar having been terrified by bloody big spiders whilst watching egg-shaped creatures falling off walls.

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herogirl · 28/06/2010 16:33

Does nobody think constant kissing is a problem per se? Not only are you not over reacting but if there is a problem outside of school with this child, the head is doing nothing to help the child. Probably totally innocent but.....

oldandgreynow · 28/06/2010 18:47

'Does nobody think constant kissing is a problem per se? Not only are you not over reacting but if there is a problem outside of school with this child, the head is doing nothing to help the child. Probably totally innocent but..... '

ye gods

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