School trips

Counting_Pennies_2

I doubt very much more teachers than necessary were sent with a school trip. I have never heard of teachers working shifts on a school trip. Other than the ones who sit up over night to keep what on camping.


If they are on a break, they will be back on duty within a very short space on time, the alcohol will be in the system still, rendering it unacceptable.


I have suggested OP contact the school and raise their concerns. I still stick by it

mountainofdebt

I'm another one for wanting to know what volumes we're talking about

Not sure about the film though -it is a 12A so technically there was nothing wrong in the children seeing it. Where did they watch the film whilst on the ferry?

Counting_Pennies_2

mountainofdebt wrote: »

I'm another one for wanting to know what volumes we're talking about

Not sure about the film though -it is a 12A so technically there was nothing wrong in the children seeing it. Where did they watch the film whilst on the ferry?

Surely it is the parents judgement if the film is suitable. I would be very unhappy if my 10 year old was put in front of this film. It is up to me to decide if a film rated older than he is suitable for him, and not a teacher. That is why we sign consent forms.

balletshoes

I agree that this is all about context - both the alcohol intake for the adults while on the trip, and what is meant by "encouraged to watch" the Hunger Games.

poet123

No one can answer the OP until further facts are known.

mountainofdebt

Counting_Pennies wrote: »

Surely it is the parents judgement if the film is suitable. I would be very unhappy if my 10 year old was put in front of this film. It is up to me to decide if a film rated older than he is suitable for him, and not a teacher. That is why we sign consent forms.

I agree but again the OP doesn't say what is meant by encouraged or where on the ferry the children were to watch the film

Of course the teachers may have thought it was safer to have a coach load of primary school children in one place than have them wandering around a ferry.........

AlexLK

Never seen the film so do not know whether inappropriate or not.

As for the drinking, a few glasses of wine over dinner isn't going to do anyone harm and I very much doubt they'd be drinking to get drunk. Overreaction.

WestonDave

To be fair if you go on a coach trip to France, drink driving won't be an issue so if one of the kids gets ill and needs taking to hospital it won't be the teachers driving them there. On that basis a glass of wine (as pretty much expected in French culture) with the evening meal provided its not enough to have more than a trivial effect on their reactions would be reasonable. Sitting around in the bar after the evening meal knocking back pints whilst the kids are amusing themselves or being supervised by a subset of the accompanying teachers would lead me to question the example being set. (Responsible enjoyment of alcohol with a meal is a lesson worth setting in front of kids in my view).


The film is a harder call. Stick a load of kids on one of the longer ferry runs (Plymouth-Dieppe or Portmouth - St Malo) where its more than the hour or so it takes Dover to Calais and the on board cinema is a helpful place to contain and entertain the kids who would otherwise be bored and become feral. If anything its a poor show on behalf of the ferry company putting on a film that has a restricted audience especially when they know they've got coachloads of kids on board. Ideally it wouldn't have happened but it did.

ViolaLass

"Encouraged to watch Hunger Games on the ferry" could mean a variety of things, including that a teacher encouraged the kids to check out the cinema, not realising that the only film being offered was too old for them.

It could even be that the kids are exaggerating. Poet123 in post 16 is right - no one can judge without more facts.

Spendless

Carl31 wrote: »

re the movie. Isn't it a kids film?

edit - no, the original hunger games is a 15 rated movie, hence I think there should be concern about that

They've both been 12A. I took my eldest to see both and he was only 14 earlier this year, which is how I know they aren't a 15.

I answered on the other thread about 12A films, an under 12 can watch them as long as they are accompanied by an adult. When the film goes to dvd format it becomes 12, so that a child can't buy and watch the film alone.