Educating Yorkshire

Just watched the first six episodes of this series. Amazing school. Very hands on head. He is very visible. I was surprised to see him doing dinner duty! I think that is admirable.
Really loved the episode when the boy with the stammer, now a successful journalist, came to give a motivation speech to the year 11s.
I don’t know if it was arranged for the cameras but the class sizes seem really small.

Sarnia

kircubbin2000

Last night they had Tremaine. Dread to thi l what he'll be like as a teen.

I hope he turns a corner because what I see is a distressed little boy realising that with a reading age of 5 he is the worst reader and writer in his year group of 11 year olds. I worked in secondary schools and teenagers can be cruel to anyone who is 'different'.
Where were his Primary School and parents in the preceding years? He has been failed by those who should have recognised and helped him.
Thornhill have an uphill struggle with him but I hope, with the teachers help, that Tremaine will turn a corner and be a teen with a chance.

I too taught in secondary for a long, long time. In many cases, when pupils came into Y7 with specific educational needs, medical conditions, or idiosyncrasies, their primary peers had just accepted it all years ago, and so eventually the pupils who hadn't known him/her before, just accepted it too.

Jacob took photographs around the school including in the changing rooms, thinking it would be amusing. Innocent and not shared on social media, but a huge no-no! Protocols had to be followed.
Thank you. I couldn't have worked that out for myself.

Floradora9

I cannot understand all the angst about friendship groups and girls falling out . We just got on with it at that age and I never once fell out with a friend . I hope some of the parents see how their children behave in class and give them a good talking to . We would never have dared to take back to a teacher as they do all the time . I was in senior school in the late 1950s by the way .

My GD now in year 11 has had a terrible time with horrible girls in school, so much so she doesn’t want to stay onto Sixth form there . Sad because she is lovely and has friends out of school but the ring leader of these girls is really nasty. Her twin brother has no problems , it’s just girls . My DD ( not GD’s mum) also had issues with other girls too . I wish GD had a pastoral support that there is in Educating Yorkshire.

Doodledog

What did Jacob do to get transferred to another school? I went to the kitchen when the deputy head was pulling out all the stops for him, and when I came back she was upset and he was gone.

I know what you mean about the dreadful hair. I can't work it out - does he have a very short cut with a toupee, and what is that hairnet thing? I can only begin to imagine the stick he would have got at the school I went to😳.

He's a good HT though. He's very caring, but I don't think he takes any nonsense. The boundaries are very different from 'my day', but they are there, and the children know where they are. They take account of things like ADHD and Autism, which must have existed before but were unrecognised and punished rather than helped, and on the whole the school seems a much happier place than I remember, despite the drama. I suspect it all still happened, but the staff weren't interested in the children in the way they are nowadays.

Jacob took photographs around the school including in the changing rooms, thinking it would be amusing. Innocent and not shared on social media, but a huge no-no! Protocols had to be followed.

What did Jacob do to get transferred to another school? I went to the kitchen when the deputy head was pulling out all the stops for him, and when I came back she was upset and he was gone.

I know what you mean about the dreadful hair. I can't work it out - does he have a very short cut with a toupee, and what is that hairnet thing? I can only begin to imagine the stick he would have got at the school I went to😳.

He's a good HT though. He's very caring, but I don't think he takes any nonsense. The boundaries are very different from 'my day', but they are there, and the children know where they are. They take account of things like ADHD and Autism, which must have existed before but were unrecognised and punished rather than helped, and on the whole the school seems a much happier place than I remember, despite the drama. I suspect it all still happened, but the staff weren't interested in the children in the way they are nowadays.

Headteacher, Mr Burton’s hair tonight! 😝. It looks an absolute fright and I can’t imagine what the kids say behind his back. It is the kind of haircut 13 year old boys get.

Poor Jacob. A very troubled young lad.

I cannot understand all the angst about friendship groups and girls falling out . We just got on with it at that age and I never once fell out with a friend . I hope some of the parents see how their children behave in class and give them a good talking to . We would never have dared to take back to a teacher as they do all the time . I was in senior school in the late 1950s by the way .

Just watched the first episode, I was really surprised that the Assistant Head couldn’t speak English properly.
It was the classic what instead of that.

I’m going to be really pedantic now…… LUNCH, it’s not dinner it’s LUNCH!

The staff do seem to be very dedicated, the pupils just seem to be anxious.

It seems to me the staff spend too much time sorting out minor squabbles between kids. Used to be the case that you were told to sort it out yourselves in your own time.

The kids seem to lap it up because they are the centre of attention and they get out of a lesson or two.

Lots of them do.

westendgirl

Interesting to see the problem of AI highlighted . ?This seems to be a potential nightmare for teachers marking test work.
I'm sure there are many Tremaines who fall through the net. We know little of his background and previous schooling so
perhaps it's unfair to comment.I hope that he can progress so that his confidence is built up. It's so true , life can be hard starting in Secondary.

It's upsetting to see a child so behind in his education. As you say, we don't know his back story but wouldn't a school realise how poor he was at reading? Maybe he was off radar during the 2 years of Covid disruption but I still wonder how he has managed to go through 7 years at Primary School and leaves with a reading and writing age of 5.

Interesting to see the problem of AI highlighted . ?This seems to be a potential nightmare for teachers marking test work.
I'm sure there are many Tremaines who fall through the net. We know little of his background and previous schooling so
perhaps it's unfair to comment.I hope that he can progress so that his confidence is built up. It's so true , life can be hard starting in Secondary.

Primrose53

shysal

I was interested to hear that they had a pupil who identified as a 'furry'. Dealing with that would be difficult.
Furry in school

There are two furries at my great niece’s school so she tells me.

I blame George Galloway. Licking milk from a saucer.

Seriously though, what on earth are we doing in indulging youngsters, who change their mind day to day on what they want, to identify as a animal?

I think half the time they are doing it to see what reaction they get and how far they can take it or should that be how fur they can take it.

Primrose53

Aveline

Mr Burton has had some sort of hair transplant or is wearing a toupee. I was quite distracted by it at one point!

Same here and his hair has been dyed far too dark. I read it was a transplant but those flicked bits at either side of his brow look stupid. I am surprised because he must know that teenagers think anybody over about 25 who tries to be down with the kids gets laughed at.

He is a very nice guy though. I think as the programme has gone on he is trying to be a friend instead of their teacher and that is never a good idea.

I couldn't take my eyes off his forehead. There was what looked like an elastic thread across his hairline, with fake hair attached. It was very odd.

I agree that he's a nice chap, but I can't imagine he's immune from ridicule from the children. Someone should have had a word before he went in front of the cameras, really.

kircubbin2000

Last night they had Tremaine. Dread to thi l what he'll be like as a teen.

I hope he turns a corner because what I see is a distressed little boy realising that with a reading age of 5 he is the worst reader and writer in his year group of 11 year olds. I worked in secondary schools and teenagers can be cruel to anyone who is 'different'.
Where were his Primary School and parents in the preceding years? He has been failed by those who should have recognised and helped him.
Thornhill have an uphill struggle with him but I hope, with the teachers help, that Tremaine will turn a corner and be a teen with a chance.

shysal

I was interested to hear that they had a pupil who identified as a 'furry'. Dealing with that would be difficult.
Furry in school

There are two furries at my great niece’s school so she tells me.

Aveline

Mr Burton has had some sort of hair transplant or is wearing a toupee. I was quite distracted by it at one point!

Same here and his hair has been dyed far too dark. I read it was a transplant but those flicked bits at either side of his brow look stupid. I am surprised because he must know that teenagers think anybody over about 25 who tries to be down with the kids gets laughed at.

He is a very nice guy though. I think as the programme has gone on he is trying to be a friend instead of their teacher and that is never a good idea.

He was a sweet little boy, but yes, difficult to deal with. Again, I was impressed by the child-centric approach and desire to do the best for him. I dread to think how he would have been treated at the school I went to.

Last night they had Tremaine. Dread to thi l what he'll be like as a teen.

I was interested to hear that they had a pupil who identified as a 'furry'. Dealing with that would be difficult.
Furry in school

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Oh yes. This show is a masterpiece in editing. Just the little snapshots of individuals or groups are often funny or, at the very least, interesting.

StripeyGran

Individuals seem to get a huge amount of attention. I wonder how much attention his classmates were receiving during the Science lesson.

A lot of that will be in the editing.

Individuals seem to get a huge amount of attention. I wonder how much attention his classmates were receiving during the Science lesson.