Trying not to fall off the DF wagon

RosaBernicia

oooh tablet and Kindle... vaguely considering both here but have no real excuse for them right now. Do report back on the Chromeb00k though please, just in case

90p milk? Is that average or were you really splashing out? I only buy goat's milk which is always more expensive - about £1.30 - so never really know how much cow's milk should be.


Rosa xx

vasseur

RosaBernicia wrote: »

90p milk? Is that average or were you really splashing out? I only buy goat's milk which is always more expensive - about £1.30 - so never really know how much cow's milk should be.


Rosa xx

90p was for 2 pints. I think that's about average - I usually buy the big Cravenda1e and that works out about £1.70 (ish) but will last us nearly all week.

I'll let you know about the Chromeb00k...

vasseur

Grrr....I'm so angry right now (just posted this on another board but know that some of you will be able to help me pixiechick )

I'm at work and have just taken a phonecall from dd (she's at my mum's), crying, saying she was kept behind after school because another girl in her class said she (my dd) punched her. Another girl has already stated that my dd did nothing but the teacher has told her that if it happens again she'll get a red card (worst punishment) - she's never even had a yellow card in 5 years of school - her behaviour not to mention her school work has been exemplary. The teacher also said to the alleged 'victim' that she must be sure to tell her parents about this.

It just seems that the teacher is taking sides and disregarding what my dd has said.

The girl in question's mum works as a TA in the infants school and to say this girl is self-confident is an understatement - she has said in the past that she has 'more power' because her mum works in the school. She is also a bit of a trouble maker and at the moment seems to have a problem with my daughter.

I was going to pop into the school to see the teacher first thing tomorrow. I know I've got to get the full story out of my daughter first but wondered what the best way of dealing with this is.

Mags30

So sorry to hear about the DD situation Hope someone comes along soon with advice on how to resolve it and that it gets sorted out without too much distress for you or DD.

RosaBernicia

:eek: that's awful - surely there should be a process of listening to both sides. I hope it all gets sorted out soon and that your DD gets an apology!

Rosa xx

pixiechick99

Aaah your poor girly:(

I think yes, you're right, the first thing you can do is speak to your daughters class teacher. Make sure she knows that your dd has a friend who also backs her up. I think if you're not satisfied with what the teacher says I'd find someone more senior to discuss it with. I know our management would be happy to do this, with an incident which is as serious as one child accusing another of hitting then I'd think they would be happy to see you.

I'm sorry I'm not much help....I'm used to working with littlies who are usually easy to get the truth out of and trip themselves up if they attempt to get someone else in trouble;)

Horrible for your daughter, I hope the teacher can be fair. I think keeping her after school is awful anyway, she's only little:o

For what it's worth, I had a few problems with the girls in primary, friendship things, but since they went to secondary they have been fine. They give me worries in different ways but friendship fights and nastiness from other girls have gone.

Hugs for you both (())

vasseur

Thanks everyone. I've calmed down (slightly).

I've got her side of the story now. She says they were standing in line for assembly and my dd told the other girl that they needed to stand in register order and if she touched the girl at all it was to guide her to the end of the line by touching her arm although she says she can't even remember of she did do that but if she DID touch her then that's all it was. Next thing she knows she's being told to wait behind at the end of the day and this girl says that my dd punched her in the stomach. Until that moment she said she had no idea why she was being told to wait behind.

I agree the teacher wouldn't know who to believe but the way i see it at the moment he's just taken this other child's word against mine.

I'm going into see him tomorrow morning.

This school year has been an absolute nightmare with squabbles etc (typical 8 year old girl things) but this is just maliciousness. I will tell the teacher that it's not a punching problem he's got on his hands, it's a liar problem and if he doesn't sort it out I will be going to the headmistress. The girl in question is one of the most precocious children I've ever come across and is economical with the truth as it is but to make something up like this is just disgusting.

I'll keep you posted.

pixiechick99

Good luck lovely, I hope he (sorry, I assumed 'she' before!) gets it sorted and the other madam is dealt with.

vasseur

pixiechick99 wrote: »

Good luck lovely, I hope he (sorry, I assumed 'she' before!) gets it sorted and the other madam is dealt with.

Thanks. We saw him this morning. It didn't go as well as I'd hoped (I should have planned what to say) but I did get most of the points across that I wanted to and dd was OK going in and is a happy little girl again tonight. The brazen child who caused all this only came and stood with us in the playground before the whistle went. I made a point of moving dd to my other side and standing between the two of them and then I just glared at her. I think she got the point but I am going to monitor this.

vasseur

Food shop tonight came to £44.23. More than I usually spend but I have really stocked up and we have lots of meat, fish and chicken in the freezer. I still need to get a few bits tomorrow. I will update my cashback and shuffle some money around to cover it - determined to keep on top of things this year.

We are having our eyes tested tomorrow. I haven't had mine done for about 5 years and dd has never had hers done :shhh:
My prescription will almost certainly need to be changed.

Tomorrow night I'm going out with WLM. I haven't seen him since before xmas so I'm looking forward to it. Have painted my toenails and just had a general tidy up everywhere else don't want to look like I've made too much of an effort though