Lack of care in schools

Lack of care in schools

by: whmon - 09-05-08 21:48

Northumberland is hosting a pilot scheme whereby all schools should offer wrap-around-care and pre-school provision. Needless to say, the PVI sector is finding it difficult.

One particular 3 year old, who would otherwise be in our pre-school, is with us mornings only and then taken to a local school for her funded sessions. The child is not completely toilet trained and soiled herself at school one day last week.

I was disgusted to learn that the teachers allowed her to remain in that state until her mother picked her up from school later in the day. The child was red raw by the time she got home and was cleaned up. The teachers had said it was not 'their role' to clean her.

This is totally wrong. If schools are taking children from the PVI sector they should be prepared to offer the same standards of care.

by: Posh

What do we expect, unfortunately?! Teachers receive no educaction on the care of the child whatsoever when they are training to be teachers!! They are there to meet their targets and nothing else!!

by: Anna_bella21

That is sad! How on earth are teacher's going to cope if they have to be in every pre-school room!!

by: Shelly

That must surely depend on the individual teacher, because I know that the early years teachers at our local school would not leave a child in soiled clothes,  

by: Tissue

 3 year olds have all day provision in the nursery class of the school where I work. There is no way the teacher or nursery nurse would leave a child in soiled clothes. Please do not judge all schools in the same way.

by: loretta wood

hiya

i work in a private day nursery which is around the corner to a local school which most of our children go to. When one of our 3 year old who has irritable bowl had left the nursery and moved full time to the school, he had been there for 2 weeks when we recieved a telephone call from the upset parent as she didn't know what to do as ger son had soiled himself during the morning and the school had telephoned her to go to the school to change him but when she had told them that she works over an hour away and her husband was away for work they said that if she didn't go and change him that he would have to sit in the main school office until she turned up. We were disgusted at their treatment as they had already been informed of his condition. We told the mother that we would send one of our pre- school nursery workers that had previously looked after him to go and change his clothes for her so that she didn't have to stay in the dirty clothes she was very thank full but there was yet another problem with the school when the worker turned up they had said that mother had phoned to explain what was happening but the worker was told that she had to take him and change him at nursery before she could take him back as they have no changing facilities and it's against their policies. The child has since left the school and moved to a different school who is more understanding.

I thought schools were for children to be care for and educated but somehow i think they have lost their way with the care side.

by: whmon

I personally think that it is child abuse

by: whmon

And, Loretta, thank god for people like you and your nursery.