School trips

GwylimT

If you don't want your children watching films with a suitable age ratings then you shouldn't send them on school trips, will you also prevent them from taking GCSE English due to the swearing in many plays and novels?

The last residential I did was a geography field trip in Spain, the number of children who thought it was impossible to have just one glass of wine was alarming, they were children from what I thought were fairly decent homes as well.

During my first ever year of teaching we took year seven camping, we later found out we had a child with a nut allergy and epi-pen, for some reason mum and dad didn't think the school needed to know!

Say_who?

My daughter is 10, the hunger games is rated age 12. At her school the kids can't take pg DVDs into school they must be a u!

moomoomama27

GwylimT wrote: »

If you don't want your children watching films with a suitable age ratings then you shouldn't send them on school trips, will you also prevent them from taking GCSE English due to the swearing in many plays

But the film had a rating older than the child's age. I am very strict on age rated films/games, so can see where she's coming from on that one.

Spendless

Say_who? wrote: »

The film was particularly annoying because my eldest had read the books but had to wait until she was 12 to watch the film so she was a bit cross. As parents we choose to limit what the kids watch, that may be right it may be wrong it's our decision.

Your eldest could have gone and watched the film at the cinema with you or any other adult. It was a 12A as I've mentioned in both this thread and the other.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/mar/28/hunger-games-12a-classification-concerned-parents

moomoomama27

Spendless wrote: »

Your eldest could have gone and watched the film at the cinema with you or any other adult. It was a 12A as I've mentioned in both this thread and the other.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/mar/28/hunger-games-12a-classification-concerned-parents

Yes but that's with parental consent! As a film release it's a 12. The whole point of 12A is as a money spinner!!

Have you seen the Hunger games? I have a nearly 10 year old, and I won't allow him to watch it, and he wouldn't like it, as he's sensitive and would be scared at some of the content.

Continually pointing out it's a 12A is not helpful. Not if the parent did not give consent.

Buzzybee90

As I said in the other thread, I certainly remember teachers drinking with a meal on school trips - and my friend and I having a beer with them (we were 16)

With the hunger games thing, it is very violent and upsetting, not sure I'd want a chidler watching it.

keep_flyin

I'm a cub leader and on our sleepovers we allow the children to watch DVD's (we have a license before anyone mentions that!). We do let the children watch 12 rated films, but only with parental permission. However we would not let them watch The Hunger Games as the DVD is a 15 as it's an extended version of the film so presumably slightly more gory (didn't notice it myself). As a parent when my children were under 12 I decided which 12A films they saw so understand the OP's concern on that score.

However the having a drink is fine as long as they are not drunk, it demonstrates that adults can drink responsibly.

balletshoes

Counting_Pennies wrote: »

If you don't sign your child up for the trips you are pulled to one side by the teachers and told they need to go. There is no choice. Spending £200 on a required school trip (yes in state school). So it is the responsibility of the teachers to ensure they stick to the rules of ratings of films, and they ensure the children are well cared for.

your state school and both the schools my DD attended/attends are completely different then - absolutely no pressure is put on parents by the schools to make the children attend trips.

duchy

Counting_Pennies wrote: »

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

I read it as on the ferry on the way home so I'm not sure why they'd be "working shifts"

Spendless

moomoomama27 wrote: »

Yes but that's with parental consent! As a film release it's a 12. The whole point of 12A is as a money spinner!!

Have you seen the Hunger games? I have a nearly 10 year old, and I won't allow him to watch it, and he wouldn't like it, as he's sensitive and would be scared at some of the content.

Continually pointing out it's a 12A is not helpful. Not if the parent did not give consent.

As a film release it's a 12 so an under 12 can't buy and watch without an adult. It's the same film it was as a 12A. I continue to point it out as the OP seems very insistent that an under 12 can't watch at all which is incorrect. Yes, I've seen both Hunger games, I've also said that previously. The OP has let their eldest child read the book before they are 12. I haven't read the books, so I can't comment on how gory or not the books are, though in general the written word tends to go into more details than films do.