I work 2 mornings a week as a Teaching Assistant I have a 15m old I can just about manage this and the money helps. In a nutshell they keep asking me things to my face without and pre-warning and making odd comments. For example today a colleague asked if I could attend a meeting tomorrow out of hours I said I thought it was too short notice for my childcare and she then said - I thought your Mother looked after your baby to which I replied - yes she does..I wanted to say but this doesn't mean I can randomly take the piss. They are also kind of pressuring me to do more mornings and then again making comments about my mother being able to stretch to 5 a week which I feel is wholly inappropriate. I am feeling pressured and don't know what my rights are really. I am dreading having to go in tomorrow and tell them no basically.
Also - another issue is I know there was an outbreak of impetigo in the class I assist and I wasn't informed until I asked today. DD was really ill with it a few weeks ago and I really want to know if it was a pupil I came into contact with as I think they should have informed me -knowing I have a young child. I am feeling confused and down and just wondered if anyone had any advice for me x