Nursery School Day Trip-Am I being unfair?

Janepig

bylromarha wrote: »

My experience as a teacher (reception upwards), we do count the parents in the ratios, but for child protection we always paired a parent's group with a staff members group to form a larger group.

My daughter is in a nursery class which is part of a school - their school trip a few weeks back counted parents in the ratio too. 60 3 and 4 year olds, 6 staff members, rest were parent helpers.

We always used to put a volunteer parent with their child's group. What's in it for the parent when they give up their time to help out, if they can't even spend the day with their kid?!

I think DD/DS's school must obviously count the parent helpers too. And I think they also put the parent helpers with their own children. DD went on a trip afew years ago and she was with the grandmother of one of her friends (who was also in that group) which was great because she is also a family friend. The only trouble was that on the next trip she wasn't with the same person and there were alot of tears!! But she survived!

Jxx

slightlyconfused1

Hi

I would (and did) encourage my children to go on the class trip. If your son is a bit teary on the day have a quick word with the nursery teacher, or a couple of days before explain that your son is a bit uncertain about the trip and ask that he be put with someone he knows and ask the teacher to keep an eye on him. To be honest I wouldn't even mention the possibility of him not going. Yes you will sit and home and worry when he is away. That's your job!

I wouldn't let him pull out as not only will he miss the fun of the day but he will also be excluded from all the talk about it afterwards. I think the shared experience of the big day out is a bond that helps when facing primary school with other little ones. My DD is often a bit uncertain just before trips (she is 9 so trips tend be quite long and far away) but she always comes back with a huge smile on her face and is a little bit more confident next time.