Your thoughts please.

gunsandbanjos

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

a - how have kids accessed this sort of info in the first place?
b - why does the teacher think my daughter has dyslexia and why hasn't this been followed up
c - what does 'too many operations' mean in reality to the school? are they concerned about her missing schoolwork etc?

a - no idea, will try and find out tomorrow.

b - DD has Meares Irlen, which is a visual disturbance condition but dyslexia hasn't been mentioned.

c - she has missed a fair amount of school but it can't be helped unfortunately.

meritaten

it sounds to me as if the kids have read 'confidential' notes. the language they have used indicates that. while kids 'shouldn't' read confidential files - if they are left where they can be read - that is a serious breach of confidentiality. and I would start with the teacher who left them there! and only take it from there if not satisfied with the teachers explanation. eg - the kids took them from the 'staff room'. if they were left in classroom however...........

Brighton_belle

Some of the most respected investagative journalists were probably curious children.

moromir

meritaten wrote:

if they were left in classroom however...........

In all fairness theres plenty of places these could have been left in the classroom that were appropriate but involved the kids going out of their way to snoop.... in the teacher's desk, in her handbag, inside a bag of marking kept under her desk, stored in box files in the stationary cupboard...I don't particuarly feel the teacher should be raked over the coals for it unless they were left out on the desk for all to see..

marisco_2

It is very unprofessional if these kinds of notes about a class have been left lying around, in a place where children too young to fully interpret what has been written can read it. This can lead to all kinds of misunderstandings and upset.

Get to the bottom of what was meant in the notes referring to your child by speaking to the head teacher. Once he/she has been made aware of what you have been informed, it can be looked into and addressed properly and thoroughly.

System

personally, I wouldn't have given a stuff about someone elses child being 'gifted or talented' but would care about my own child being classed as dyslexic. If my child was dyslexic I would expect to have been told by now.

As for the surgeries. How very dare they. Sorry I would be up there straight away. At parents evening your given a small slot of time and I would insist on seeing a teacher (quite possibly the head) for a longer period of time.

I'm angry for you.:mad:

Tiddlywinks

Judi wrote: »

personally, I wouldn't have given a stuff about someone elses child being 'gifted or talented' but would care about my own child being classed as dyslexic. If my child was dyslexic I would expect to have been told by now.

As for the surgeries. How very dare they. Sorry I would be up there straight away. At parents evening your given a small slot of time and I would insist on seeing a teacher (quite possibly the head) for a longer period of time.

I'm angry for you.:mad:

Pitch forks at the ready... no need to wait for the whole story...

p.s. The notes could have said:

'xxx is doing very well despite the absences for surgery'

'xxx has xxx condition for which I suggest we initiate some of the dyslexia protocols to support her in class'.

bigmomma051204

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

a - no idea, will try and find out tomorrow.

b - DD has Meares Irlen, which is a visual disturbance condition but dyslexia hasn't been mentioned.

c - she has missed a fair amount of school but it can't be helped unfortunately.

I think FunkyBold was trying to explain the basic questions which need answering by the school, not you OP

neverdespairgirl

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

The real clincher though is it said my daughter has "too many operations", well I'm terribly sorry that my child has to have repeated surgeries on her hugely malformed spine! It's not like she is doing it for fun:mad: God I'm so angry!

It's absolutely daft to take a 9 year old's version of what another 9 year old said a teacher had written out of context and get worked up about it before you know what it actually said.

For example, it could say, "Jane didn't progress in maths quite as much this year as anticipated, but there doesn't seem to be a learning problem, rather than the poor girl has too many operations and therefore missed too much school to meet target X".

gunsandbanjos

bigmomma051204 wrote: »

I think FunkyBold was trying to explain the basic questions which need answering by the school, not you OP

That makes more sense, need some sleep!