General Chat

I feel I have to reply to this, although I have tried not to! As a trainee TA I must say all the teachers i've worked with so far have been brill, to the kids & myself. I can only speak for myself, but I would never send a child out in such cold weather without a coat, & I love the children in my class already!! I wish i'd done this years ago! Maybe because of my attitude the kids have picked up on this, so I can't get past them in the mornings without them trying to give me a hug & asking 'Are we working with you today Miss?' I can only say those 'bad' teachers don't realise what a lovely feeling they are missing & it's their loss, sadly. :0) Joan xx

Kristmas Kracker, I too think it's appauling that a child is expected to go outside without a coat in such cold weather, I wonder how many teachers will be complaining about the absences that may occurr as a result, more than likely because of coughs and colds! Deanna, I know where you are coming from! As a qualified professional counsellor I have worked one to one with a few teachers that have loathed their job. One of them openly admitted her hatred for children she taught. Some of them have said they went into teaching because they liked to be viewed as 'authoritive' which in their own words 'gave them a sence of importance and security'. So hearing the above first hand, I guess not all teachers are in the job because they love children after all! Lib :))

At the end of the day you dont need to be a teacher to use a bit of common sense! some parents at some of the schools where I worked are just as bad, sending the kids in next to nothing on a freezing cold day. But I would also be angry as a parent of four if the same thing had happened to one of my kids, especially in this freezing weather and like you, had sent them with proper outdoor clothes to wear only to be left outside without it. Marie

Our school teachers are the same. They don't encourge the children to put on their coats at break time but they are out in the playground with hat coat gloves and a cup of coffee. My son and a friends son where both off school with a chest infection both have asthma as well went back to school and ened up walking around our village for 1 hour ( both children were 5yrs) they had hat and gloves to put on. I saw them returning no hat, gloves or coat done up. even though the teacher new all this never even attempted to help. they both were off the rest of the week. I think maybe when she has children her attitude may change.

Thanks, Jacquie, I try to be very careful in what I post. Gwynne x

It was not yourself that I referred to! Jacquie XXX

Jacquie, As I was the person who mentioned respect for elders I take it that I am accused of writing a 'venomous' reply to Karen. I made it clear in my reply to Deanna that I did not think that was the case here and that I was speaking generally. Gwynne

Kristmas Kracker Karen - I totally agree with you, I didnt join in the other day as some of the replies you received were venomous and I didn't want my day ruined. Children not wrapped up warm can get ill -my youngest has a kidney problem - if she wasn't allowed to wear her coat and subsequently got a kidney infection she could get renal failure!!! What has freezing your bum off got to do with respecting your elders? I asked my sister (who's a teacher, but not a parent) about this, she said that it must be a poor teacher!! Not all teachers are clever (or as clever as they think they are)!!! Last of all, are you going to purchase a blue fleece, coat and gloves for one day? I think not. A blue item and their regular coat should suffice. Please no nasty comments I support my children and their education but childrens welfare comes first. Jacquie

My thoughts excatly Maz,(btw all but two of the teachers had coats on) K

My son thinks if it is sunny then it won't be cold - he's 7 - what is your Head Teacher's excuse??!! Was he outside too? Did he have his coat on? I still can't believe this!! Maz. XX

Personally I can't really see that forming a circle around a school and wearing something blue will make a bully think twice about being a bully.....

glad you have got it more or les sorted karen. Incidentally it could have caused the cold. It was in one of the papers last week that the old wives tale about getting a chill if we don't wrap up warm are true. apparently when the body temperature is lowered we are more susceptible to catching viruses such as colds. ann Glos

thanks for all your comments K

Sorry but I don't understand why they had to do their anti-bullying thing OUTSIDE in the first place??? In mid-summer maybe, but on the coldest day of the year - why not inside??? I too would be LIVID at this - it has nothing to do with teaching skills, it is just common sense that you don't make anyone (let alone kids) stand outside on the coldest day of the year in just a t-shirt. They HAD coats with them for goodness sake - how dare anyone refuse to let them be worn! I wouldn't go outside without a coat at this time of year (how many people would?) and certainly wouldn't make a child do so. Maz. XX

There is no excuse for cruelty, and that's what sending a child out in the freezing cold wearing just a t-shirt is.

Sounds like a case of poor communication to me. My daughter's last school was terrible for that. If it was a case of wanting money for some reason then they couldn't get letters out quick enough. However, if it was to tell us that an after school club had been cancelled, for whatever reason, they hardly ever sent letters out. Instead they used to rely on the children to tell us themselves. Very annoying when you got a phone call to say they needed picking up because there was no club that afternoon (with an unspoken implication that you should have known even though they didn't send a letter home).

Deanna - in all my years of education - and thats all i've ever done, i must have been extremely lucky, because , as yet , i've not met even ONE! if you think people train to become your childrens teachers./ educators for the long holidays teamed with top rate pay, you're very very wrong. I'm not going to say anymore on the subject now Jess

Thats disgusting! I'd go up the school if i were you. I remember many a time when my dad thought things were a joke and went up the school. Things soon changed!

Things don't change do they?! I remember having a row about this sort of thing with our kids' school some12 years ago - if I was a teacher, i would not be able to let children outside without warm clothing on. I nag my own even now for not wrapping up! I do support teachers and think they have a difficult job, but in this case, they made a misjudgement! Allie x

Jess, thank you--accecpted. Nichola, i have asked my daughter if she was given the option to go inside she has told me she wasn't but to jump up and down to keep warm.Perhaps if the school had sent a letter home saying they were intending to do this,i wouldn't be sat here complaining this thread wasn't intended to bash teachers,as i've said i couldn't be more happy with my daughters.