school playtime problem

janninew

delain wrote: »

I would be livid if my DD1 was kept in for 15 minutes... the hourly bus to our village runs precisely 15 minutes after the end of school and if the teacher did that to her we'd be stuck hanging about until 4.20, something the school knows perfectly well :eek:

Also when I grew up and went to school (same school so I know the set up is still similar) I lived an another outlying village where the school bus was the only bus and if you missed it you were stuck. My mum couldn't drive so I would have been stuck in town facing a bus journey (which I wouldn't have had the money for) plus a 2 mile walk along a busy road at the other end :mad:

Teachers are not supposed to keep kids in after school without asking you.

I think with regards to teachers keeping pupils after school, they can but they have to get agreement from the SLT. I'm not sure if this is the case for all schools, but were I work it is. Its only happened once since I've been here and the teacher in question had to ask the Deputy if she could keep the class back for 15 minutes that day so obviously parents wouldn't get informed. He did OK it, but its certainly not a common occurrence.

thatgirlsam

janninew wrote: »

I think with regards to teachers keeping pupils after school, they can but they have to get agreement from the SLT. I'm not sure if this is the case for all schools, but were I work it is. Its only happened once since I've been here and the teacher in question had to ask the Deputy if she could keep the class back for 15 minutes that day so obviously parents wouldn't get informed. He did OK it, but its certainly not a common occurrence.

What happens if parents have to get to other schools to pick up siblings?

Is it ok to leave them waiting wondering what has happened to mum? Not fair on the other teachers left waiting with them either

janninew

thatgirlsam wrote: »

What happens if parents have to get to other schools to pick up siblings?

Is it ok to leave them waiting wondering what has happened to mum? Not fair on the other teachers left waiting with them either

I'm not sure, I work in a secondary and hardly any parents pick up their children. They were allowed to call their parents after the 15 minutes detention, but none did. As I said its only happened once in 6 years that I've worked here, so not something that's happening all the time.

thatgirlsam

janninew wrote: »

I'm not sure, I work in a secondary and hardly any parents pick up their children. They were allowed to call their parents after the 15 minutes detention, but none did. As I said its only happened once in 6 years that I've worked here, so not something that's happening all the time.

oh right, yes I have to say I wouldn't notice if dd left 15 minutes later as she dawdles home anyway

I think its inappropraite to keep small children in and leave parents late to get to other schools though

delain

janninew wrote: »

I'm not sure, I work in a secondary and hardly any parents pick up their children. They were allowed to call their parents after the 15 minutes detention, but none did. As I said its only happened once in 6 years that I've worked here, so not something that's happening all the time.

I thought we were talking about primary age kids?

I couldn't let my 9 year old walk back to here by herself.

Secondary school age kids are expected to walk it, but I can't for various reasons, nor would I wish to walk it with my twin 7 year olds who are hard enough to walk 5 minutes with, never mind 30.

With regards to the village I grew up in, being kept back 15 minutes at secondary school would have resulted in a walk home of over 3 miles because I would have had no money for the public bus that went halfway and there would have been no one to collect me :think: doesn't seem particularly fair since I wasn't a troublemaker at school!

Norah_G_2

gregg1 wrote: »

Kids sitting in groups can be another problem My OH always has a seating plan. The kids are sat in rows and have to sit where they are told. She rarely has a problem with behaviour.

that's a great idea:j

Norah_G_2

delain wrote: »

I would be livid if my DD1 was kept in for 15 minutes... the hourly bus to our village runs precisely 15 minutes after the end of school and if the teacher did that to her we'd be stuck hanging about until 4.20, something the school knows perfectly well :eek:

:eek::eek::eek:

delain wrote:

Teachers are not supposed to keep kids in after school without asking you.

totally agree;)