Ask a Primary School Teacher anything

[Vickyromeo]

I am a primary school teacher ask me anything

[Jasandjules]

Do you think stunting the development of children by asking them to wear masks in schools is a good idea?

[Vickyromeo]

I think that depends on the bigger picture . If wearing masks means it limits the risk to staff, parents, and grandparents then absolutely

[anonymous-user]

Jasandjules said:

Do you think stunting the development of children by asking them to wear masks in schools is a good idea?

Please do provide your peer reviewed research that shows wearing a mask has a negative impact on the development of children.

[TorqueDirty]

Is hitting naughty children over the knuckles with steel edged rulers still encouraged?

[Vickyromeo]

TorqueDirty said:

Is hitting naughty children over the knuckles with steel edged rulers still encouraged?

I could never be that mean if it were

[Sheets Tabuer]

How do you deal with children that don't get support at home, if they have underdeveloped speech, English or Maths for instance or come in to school reeking of cannabis?

Also how do you cope getting so close to icky snot machines?

[SCEtoAUX]

What time do you hit the gin on inset days?

[Vickyromeo]

Sheets Tabuer said:

How do you deal with children that don't get support at home, if they have underdeveloped speech, English or Maths for instance or come in to school reeking of cannabis?

Also how do you cope getting so close to icky snot machines?

Usually offer voluntary lunchtime classes

I teach year 4 so tend not to deal with snot

[CanAm]

Do any of your pupils have “normal” forenames, eg

CanAm said:

I'm not sure if it was on here or another forum, but a few years ago a poster's wife, who was a reception class teacher reported on a new pupil:-

T: And what is your little angel's name?
Mother: Whyvonnee
T: Pardon?
M: Whyvonnee
T: Sorry, how do you spetll that?
M: Y.V.O.N.N.E of course!
T: Oh, you mean Yvonne.
M. Nah, you spell it Y.V.O.N.N.E so you say it Whyvonnee!!!

[Vickyromeo]

CanAm said:

Do any of your pupils have “normal” forenames, eg

CanAm said:

I'm not sure if it was on here or another forum, but a few years ago a poster's wife, who was a reception class teacher reported on a new pupil:-

T: And what is your little angel's name?
Mother: Whyvonnee
T: Pardon?
M: Whyvonnee
T: Sorry, how do you spetll that?
M: Y.V.O.N.N.E of course!
T: Oh, you mean Yvonne.
M. Nah, you spell it Y.V.O.N.N.E so you say it Whyvonnee!!!

A Jack and Emily . Lots of strange ones though including Darius

[Japveesix]

Vickyromeo said:

A Jack and Emily . Lots of strange ones though including Darius

Love a bit of Darius.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fS4jg-Yv1XA

[Steamer]

Whats the best / worst thing you've confiscated?

[Douglas Quaid]

Vickyromeo said:

I think that depends on the bigger picture . If wearing masks means it limits the risk to staff, parents, and grandparents then absolutely

It doesn’t though.

[aww999]

Hi, and thanks!

How much of a problem are the 2/3 naughty kids that disrupt the class for everyone else?
How do you deal with them at the moment?
How do you think they should be handled?

My two (6 and 10) complain about this problem a lot, and red cards, going to the head teacher's office etc does nothing to dissuade the trouble makers in their respective classes from constantly talking, running about, etc etc. Obviously you can't throw a naughty 6yr old on the scrap heap just because their parents are awful, but neither should you let them ruin 29 other kids' education!

[andy43]

Now it's all moved over to white boards what do you throw at the children instead of the board rubber?

[ReallyReallyGood]

What’s your salary

[Vickyromeo]

aww999 said:

Hi, and thanks!

How much of a problem are the 2/3 naughty kids that disrupt the class for everyone else?
How do you deal with them at the moment?
How do you think they should be handled?

My two (6 and 10) complain about this problem a lot, and red cards, going to the head teacher's office etc does nothing to dissuade the trouble makers in their respective classes from constantly talking, running about, etc etc. Obviously you can't throw a naughty 6yr old on the scrap heap just because their parents are awful, but neither should you let them ruin 29 other kids' education!

I am pretty strict they know mess around in my lesson time and they will lose their playtime . Not a problem for them to talk quietly providing the work is finished . My pet hate is the constant toilet requests

[Vickyromeo]

Steamer said:

Whats the best / worst thing you've confiscated?

Can’t think of anything especially but did confiscate lots of loon bands a couple of years ago . My desk was full.

[Spare tyre]

Do you look at the register for next years class and guess which names are going to be trouble