Can school force my child to stay in during lunchtime

vaio

pipkin71 wrote: »

If he grabbed him and threatened him, how does that sound like he was joking?

If someone in the street grabbed your child and threatened to impale them on the fence, would you say it was ok as they were probably joking?

I can't see a teacher grabbing a child knowing the risk it brings to their job, but I would take further action if my children were physically grabbed and threatened.

Teachers are different from the man on the street, as I said earlier I’d regard impaling on a fence with the same level of seriousness as any threat involving nuclear weapons i.e. not at all serious.

Mind you I do come from a generation where teachers were allowed to (and did) hit pupils, I’ll try and resist the obvious cliche of “it didn’t do me any harm” (but it didn’t) and there were certainly much less discipline & bullying problems in schools in those days and children were way more self reliant.


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barbara_anne

pipkin71 wrote: »

If he grabbed him and threatened him, how does that sound like he was joking?

If someone in the street grabbed your child and threatened to impale them on the fence, would you say it was ok as they were probably joking?

I can't see a teacher grabbing a child knowing the risk it brings to their job, but I would take further action if my children were physically grabbed and threatened.

We only have the pupil's version of events. I doubt very much that a teacher would tell a pupil they would 'impale them on a fence' in any way other than in jest. To know the teachers version of events would help in deciding if the teacher was in the wrong here.

And as the poster above states, a teacher is different than an adult in the street. Teachers are required to interact with pupils, it's part of their job. Any old adult saying the same to a child in the street would be a cause for concern.

I don't have children btw - I'm actually a trainee teacher.

pipkin71

barbara_anne wrote: »

We only have the pupil's version of events. I doubt very much that a teacher would tell a pupil they would 'impale them on a fence' in any way other than in jest. To know the teachers version of events would help in deciding if the teacher was in the wrong here.

And as the poster above states, a teacher is different than an adult in the street. Teachers are required to interact with pupils, it's part of their job. Any old adult saying the same to a child in the street would be a cause for concern.

I don't have children btw - I'm actually a trainee teacher.

Agree we only have the pupil's version. I had said I couldn't see the teacher saying / doing what was alleged, especially when they all know they can't physically stop a pupil from leaving the school.

I think if the version of events are as happened, that the child was grabbed and threatened with impalement, then it is a cause for concern, whether it was a teacher, a neighbour or any old adult in the street.

As a trainee teacher, would you grab a child and threaten them?

barbara_anne

pipkin71 wrote: »

Agree we only have the pupil's version. I had said I couldn't see the teacher saying / doing what was alleged, especially when they all know they can't physically stop a pupil from leaving the school.

I think if the version of events are as happened, that the child was grabbed and threatened with impalement, then it is a cause for concern, whether it was a teacher, a neighbour or any old adult in the street.

As a trainee teacher, would you grab a child and threaten them?

Of course not, but that goes without saying.

At this point in time, we only have the boys side of the story. We need the teacher's side of the story before we can make a judgement. I doubt we will be given that though.

At the end of the day, she has made a complaint, the school will act accordingly. I was just concerned that a possibly unsubstantiated rumour had turned into an official complaint - not necessarily great news for the teacher involved. All complaints made by pupils against teachers are taken with the utmost seriousness and this could have possible implications for the teacher involved if the story is made up of half-truths.