If the boys complain that it's unfair, you can explain that it's not unfair ... it's just different ... just as boys' and girls' bodies are different. Boys will have to shave in the mornings ... girls will have to deal with menstruation ... that's just the way life is. Being equal isn't about being the same
And it's not as if going to the loo is a treat; the girls aren't being given a bar of chocolate which is being withheld from the boys; they're going to the loo. And if the lessons are good they'll want to get back to the classroom anyway
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Cor, getting a bit "Mumsnentty" on here!Dove, teaching is the most important job there is!!! Drs, surgeon,nurses,biobchemists, no name a few, you see in the papers children of 5, not "toilet" trained, unable to dress themselves, I believe a lot of "teaching " begins at home. My oldest daughter said to me children are different these days,they are (off to look after grandkids later) I obey HER rules, dont eat dinner NO dessert, other granny (Yes, she a Head of school) will let them get away with murder, and it makes life difficult for the rest of us. Trouble is, you are not meant to dscipline children, I dont expect the teachers are allowed to do the things they would like with children spiting at you and the like. Course when I was nursing I was often abused,hit by patients, treated very badly,threatened by relatives.
It’s great that our schools have become much more inclusive environments than was the case previously and teachers much more skilled at managing their needs. I was an Ofsted inspector and went into some wonderful schools where pupils with very acute behavioural needs received very sophisticated support. It made me want to cry when observing an empathetic teacher manage challenging needs with empathy and skill. Keep up the good work collettewellsgirl, I know it can be stressful to have to deal with challenging behaviours but there’s nothing so rewarding than being able to make progress with our most needy children. Using a gardening metaphor, anyone can grow daffs; peonies take skill and can be temperamental but if you can get them to flower, oh boy!
My daughter is a registered child minder and pre school teacher, she says the same, girls need to go more often than boys.
enjoy your rest tiny girl, my daughter took her maternity leave but after baby was born she didn’t want to farm him out to someone else so she didn’t go back to work, we paid back her allowance and she took up the child minding, then her pre school teaching, she got on very well now, has someone working for her and makes around £600.00 per week. Shes always there for her own children as well, an added bonus🙂
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
On the other hand, being made to wait to use a toilet is very good training for a job in the NHS, where you're lucky if you can stop work long enough to pee.
Welcome to the forum Collette, I think teachers do an amazing job under very difficult circumstances nowadays.Some kids have a dreadful home life,I was a "dinner lady" when my children were young so the little part time job fitted in with the school terms.I think I was very lucky not to have to return to full time work when they were born over 40 years ago.Things seemed simpler then. It sound as if you really need this break? I hope you have a very fulfilling time in your garden,and can relax before the baby is born. Good luck with everything,and take care of yourself.
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We were certainly encouraged to wait 20-40 years ago, because it was so disruptive to the class to have people going in and out all the time. We only had 40 min classes, so it wasn't bad, you just learn to time your pee breaks well. I can't remember it was ever a problem. For very little ones in reception I guess that wouldn't work so well, but it is an important thing to learn, and respectful to everyone else in the class and the progress of the group.
you are correct Josusa, everytime I desided I need to "go", a ptient would ring, sometimes, when it was safe to do so, I would escourt a patient from my bay to the loo, and say I am just popping to the staff one next door
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And it's not as if going to the loo is a treat; the girls aren't being given a bar of chocolate which is being withheld from the boys; they're going to the loo. And if the lessons are good they'll want to get back to the classroom anyway
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
enjoy your rest tiny girl, my daughter took her maternity leave but after baby was born she didn’t want to farm him out to someone else so she didn’t go back to work, we paid back her allowance and she took up the child minding, then her pre school teaching, she got on very well now, has someone working for her and makes around £600.00 per week.
Shes always there for her own children as well, an added bonus🙂
It sound as if you really need this break? I hope you have a very fulfilling time in your garden,and can relax before the baby is born.
Good luck with everything,and take care of yourself.