Hi I'm a secondary teacher and parent of a DD in reception. I'm looking for the opinions of primary teachers please. Running is not allowed at break and lunchtime in DDs school. Any child who runs has to sit to the side and do nothing. This seems outrageous to me. Is this normal?
Their reasoning is that they have a small reception playground with lots of equipment in so running wouldn't be safe, but I think they should give them a chance to run on the field or big playground at some point. At parents evening DD's teacher said 'we don't let them run around aimlessly' which I thought was a pretty telling choice of words. I am planning on complaining to the school but I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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Reception children not allowed to run at break or lunch - normal?
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qumquat · 11/11/2018 08:43
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