a bit upset by what i saw/heard, can anyone put this into perspective for me?

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just to explain why i am posting in SEN. i have no experience at all of working with or caring for children with SEN. i just want to know if i am right to be concerned or just being oversensitive.

i live right oposite a SN school. i walk past it daily. there are rarely any children playing outside but that is not the issue. teh other day i was walking past and i heard (didn't see anyone-they have trees and bushes at some parts of the fence) a woman's voice screeching "get down there and pick that up right now, come on right now" now i know this doesn't sound bad if it was just said in a firm tone but it wasn't it was actuall screeching, like the sort my mum used to do when she lost it completely. there was no response and i had to collect ds at school so couldn't hang around to see what was going on. then yesterday when i was going to collect ds, 5 of the students (well they looked about 15/16 years old) were walking up the hill towards me. 3 teachers were further on down the hill walking together and chatting but as i got near to them one of the teachers shouted back down the hill to another girl who was very far behind and seemed to be struggling with the walk. (it is a very steep hill) she was pausing every few steps to catch her breath. the teacher shouted "lucy, open your eyes and get out of the way, there is a pram coming here." but it was said in a really irritated tone as if the girl was being a nuisance but she really wasn't in my way, tehre was loads of space, the girl was jsut stopping for breath but i could get past no problem.

both of these things have annoyed me. i have a friend whose son attends the school and i am just a bit concerned at the way i heard the teacher speaking to the girl and also the screeching of the unknown woman in the school grounds. i would hate for anyone to screech at my child like that and the other 3 teachers just didn't seem to wnat to be bothered with the girl, she was really struggling wih the hill and just left to it on her own, surely it wouldn't have been much for one of the teachers to walk with her and encourage her or jsut for compnay.

as i say i have no experience of SEN children but i jsut feel uneasy about it.

Hi,

I do have disabled child, and disability or not children shouldn't be screeched at like that. If my son was I'd be furious.

It great that you've recognised this and the government keep telling us that child protection is everybody's responsibility but what to do..............

I don't know where you live or what the systems are. I it happened here I would contact the local LEA and ask who the education officer for the school is. i'd then drop a line stating both incidents saying I was concerned and that I looked forward to hearing from him/her.

That should start the ball rolling for them to look into it. You won't necessarily get any answers directly but they should tell you if the intend on investigating your concerns.

thank you shaz. i am in northern ireland so it is probably the education board but shouldn't be too hard to find out. the more i think about it the more i realise it wasn't right.