Why does my child's primary call the teachers Miss/Mr Firstname?

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I've never come across this before in the UK - anyone know why it is? It's an ordinary state primary in a mixed inner London borough.

Ha ha ha - sorry, it just reminds me of the old programme 'Crossroads'!!! Is there a Miss Diane?

How strange...either first name or not,not a mixture

I used to teach in Hong Kong and this was the practice at my school - althugh think it was more to fo with fact first names were easier for the chinese kids to pronounce.

It's usual in private nurseries and ballet classes.

I think it's lovely, if rather twee.

How unusual
My dad was recently in hospital and the drs there used there first names, I found it really odd at first- like they were pretend drs, or like that one from The Simpsons (Hello everybody, hello Dr Nick!)
It grew on me tho

My friend in America is a teacher and she is called Mrs Laura by her pupils,I've seen it happen occasionally on American tv programmes, maybe more popular there. I've never heard of it here.

Apparently it is more casual and friendly and bond forming??

At church the DC's call the adults by miss/mr firstname as the adults are known by the firstname but the mr/miss is added as a sign of respect for their elders. But schools I think it is as I said above.

Perhaps they have a lot of teachers with ther same surname. An influx of Smiths, perhaps

Yeah Lynette, ballet eh? DD's ddance teacher is Miss Penny.

Her old teacher was Miss Emily, even tho she was married!

Never come across it in a school tho.

At my new place of work (a secondary school) you are Miss or Sir, again regardless of marital status

I thought it was weird - why not teach the kids how to talk to adults normally ie Miss Lastname? Think the head is Australian, maybe it comes from there.

DS will be going to a high school where they call the teachers by thier first names.

I asked him what his form tutor is called and he said "Dorothy".

Even though I knew they called the teachers by their first name, I just found this weird.

I will probably find myself calling her "Miss Dorothy"

Is it state or private school Lynette?

They do this at DD's nursery.

My BF's goddaughter from the US calls me Miss Daisy. She calls any adult Miss/Mr X out of respect. Even calls her step-mum Miss. It's very sweet of her, but took me a while to get used to.

At DS's school most of the teachers (other than the Head) opt to be called by their first names with no Miss/Mrs/Mr (I assume it's optional because there is one solitary Y2 teacher who is Mrs Lastname). I have noticed that some of the parents still refer to the teacher as "Miss Firstname" when speaking to the children, though, so I assume it's an attempt to make the use of first names seem slightly more formal.

I have heard of it in US schools and preschools, particularly in the South.

They do it at my kids' nursery.

It's just a name, innit?

My parents' GP is Dr Dan - but that is because he has a very hard to pronounce African surname. Maybe there is someone on the staff with a tongue twister name?

They do it at my DDs' nursery and it is as others have said twee but I quite like it - a bit more formal/respectful than just first name but still friendly.

At the university where I'm based many of the international students call the lecturers Dr Firstname. I like it.

It's state, nappyaddict.

It's normal in the Netherlands though there it was Juf Diane (or whatever and J being pronounced a Y IYSWIM).

In the UK Lynette? I like it.

My DCs primary just uses first names. Lots of places in the US are more formal than the UK though (I loved being ma'am when I worked there).