Bad behaviour in the classroom

Yes Tim, the same happens in our school. Kids used to be kept after school but parents moan because they are kept waiting, which I suppose is unstandable to a degree, so at my sons secondary school, boys are kept after school the following night so that parents have been warned and in the school I work in, a primary school, kids are kept in at lunchtime straight after they have eaten. Even this isn't working really though. Think of me today, the teacher is out during the morning and I have the little darlings all to myself :-( I am dreading it and we are only in week 3!!!! We have some real rotters in there

Well the poo hit the fan today. The kids were pretty awful, mostly lead by one child in particular, who thinks he can rule the roost because his mum is in the school every 5 minutes complaining. All the teachers are worried when she comes in and because of this the boy gets away with too much. Well mum has to come in for a meeting in the morning with the teacher, me and SEN. I don't think things can go on like this much longer. Surely the school has to take back control and some time or another. She won't want to hear about his bad behaviour and then she will be tittle tattling to the other parents in the playground. I would love these parents to be a fly on the wall in the classroom and then they can see how their kids behave.

How did the meeting go? Hope you laid down the law!

Thankfully, the year 4 class I am now in has a very strong teacher, only 25 years old but very strong. She stands by her word, is very consistant, lets nothing go and we are having a better year all round!! These kids know our hands are tied and push their luck all the time. Things have gone a little crazy in the UK, we are not even allowed to raise our voices in the classroom.

The thing is, the kids know that we can't shout at the or touch them, we can't even take them by the arm if they are fighting or having a strop. The parents are too quick to want to come in and complain. Some are ok but others want to have a go at the teacher because they don't want to hear that their little darling has been playing up. When I was at school, if I got in trouble I would get into more trouble about it when I got home. I don't remember my parents tearing up the school moaning about it. Some of the kids are awful. We have a new Head who does not want to hear us raising our voices! Sometimes that is the only way to get anywhere. It is a real worry working in the classroom. Some nights I go home worrying about what I have said, and whether the child or parent may take it the wrong way. The kids know all this and just seem to do whatever they want. The kids I work with are between 7 & 11, God knows what it's like in a secondary school.