Education and Grans Rights

Am I being mocked and accused of being a lying troll now?!
No, we are commenting on the school's actions, as reported by you.
Why didn't you mention, in the first place, that your family are not accepting this illegal statement from the school?

Nobody has accused you of being a troll Gonegirl. My comment was written purely from the perspective of the legality of your post.

And I don't blame the OP not coming back.

Oh my God! Am I being mocked and accused of being a lying troll now?! Of course I know they can't do that legally. I told my daughter to respond appropriately to the email. Especially as I am the one paying for the trip. ??

I did not get expect this to be taken quite so heavily.

Gransnet's not a great place is it?

The threat of being banned from the end of year prom worked like a charm when my GD1 was in year 11 - ten years ago! But that had not been pre-paid for.

Speaks for itself then ?

Unless the original poster comes back I think we are on to a hiding here talking to ourselves

By punished do you mean given extra 1:1 time to work on it when others are free-playing?
That could be it - the teacher could be giving up her free time to help him with his writing 1:1 whilst the other children are out in the playground.
He sees that as a punishment.

was it a threat that if they didn't behave they would go to Barcelona
I've been very naughty this term, can I go to Barcelona please?

If my child was prevented from going on a school trip that I'd paid for, if be taking the school to court. If that really was in an email to parents, the school is asking for trouble.

This. No one, not even a school, has any legal right to take money as payment, for example a school trip, and then withold what has been paid for and refuse a refund. Once the money has been handed over, a contract has been made between the pupil and the school. To refuse the pupil to go on that trip, or refuse to refund the money, is a breach of that contract. And they wouldn't stand a chance of winning if the pupil took his case to court.

So I'm very about this claim.

If my child was prevented from going on a school trip that I'd paid for, if be taking the school to court.
If that really was in an email to parents, the school is asking for trouble.

By punished do you mean given extra 1:1 time to work on it when others are free-playing?

I only mentioned it because I do wonder if the schools are getting a bit heavy with the kids so as to get good results.

Sorry. Only just caught up with this thread. No. Grandson is in secondary school. Can't remember which year he is in now. And they are going on a plane.

It was in an email to parents.

I think it was Gonegirl who said her DGC had been told that if they didn't behave they wouldn't go to Barcelona, or was it a threat that if they didn't behave they would go to Barcelona

As stated somewhere on this thread, what a pupil says happened in school may not be the absolute truth.

Take with a huge pinch of Maldon.
The teacher may have told them to behave or else they would not be allowed on the school trip.

gonegirl that sounds remarkably unlikely.
Results and school trip are separate things especially if parents have already forked money over.

trisher as the DiL of a reception teacher, all I can say that between 1935 and 1975, my MiL dealt with children starting school in nappies and those who ate with their hands and didn't know what cutlery was for. However, I think it highly unlikely she ever punished a child for not being able to write their name.

I reported it to HQ early on, expressing reservations.
Looks like I was not alone.

Do you remember the thread about not allowing the children to go out to the toilets, this sounds a bit similar

Are they going to Barcelona by coach? It could take some while …..

It isn't long since there was a thread about children going into school unable to use a knife and fork and not toilet trained. Now it seems there is a reception class where being unable write your name is a punishable offence and anoher which is off to Barcelona! Having done loads of school trips with young children I pity the individual who gets the sick bucket duty and/or the toilet duty.

There may be some ex school inspectors on this site and they may object to being called 'busybodies'.

Of course, if no-one cares about standards or regulations then there is nothing to worry about.

that is to the trip to Barcelona - only those getting good will be allowed to go and no refunds?

again

Conegirl, the schools are now dictated/controlled by a bunch of busybodies known as OFSTED. Teachers and schools are answerable to this dictatorship ! All wrong.