leaving over 8's in playground.

**~Grasshopper~** · 14-11-2011, 08:38 PM

Hi

I mind an 8 year old who goes to the same school as my ds. the school allow parents to drop off the year 3's without getting out off the car and her parents told me i didnt need to take her to her playground but ive always waited in her playground at the edge till the bell has gone but today its made my own ds late as she left me stood with all her stuff.

anyhow do you think its ok to just see her into the playground and then take my ds round the other side. i feel like im being watched by other minders so dont want to get into trouble.

would i need a signed permission form?

**Tinglesnark** · 14-11-2011, 09:02 PM

i personally wouldnt leave any child in the playground. I would take the youngest in first and then take the oldest round. Im sure if you speak to the teacher that they will understand. it is only going to be minutes after all
x

**Narnia34** · 14-11-2011, 09:06 PM

I wouldn't leave the child in the playground, purely because you are responsible for that child until they go into the classroom, and, if something happened, you could be seen as negligent.

**VeggieSausage** · 14-11-2011, 10:31 PM

I totally agree with Tinglesnark - I would take the youngest first and would never leave a child in playground x

**Helcatt** · 14-11-2011, 11:24 PM

I've had a 7yo rush off at the school gate before and I honestly didn't know which way he went. Highly unlikely he would have left the site but I insisted on going in to his classroom and checking he was there because I didn't see him go in through the the door.

We had words and he doesn't rush off like that any more - thankfully

I knew in my heart that he had just been playing with friends and rushed off while I was tending to smaller ones.

His mum thinks I am ott with this attitude and leaves him at the gate and also doesn't see that its an issue that he walks over to me and wants to leave the site with me when she or dad are running late - school are trying to release him to the wrong grown up and I think it is an issue

Sorry for tangent there

HX

moogster1a · 15-11-2011, 07:32 AM

i have an 8 yo, 6yo and my own 5 yo who I leave at the playground and they make their own way in. I watched for the first day but now assume that they're not going to get abducted in that 2 minutes, and if they were to have a heart attack, sudden onset of leprosy, there are plenty of teachers about.
I think as an example of a tiny bit of independance, it's very good for them.

**singlewiththree** · 15-11-2011, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by moogster1a

i have an 8 yo, 6yo and my own 5 yo who I leave at the playground and they make their own way in. I watched for the first day but now assume that they're not going to get abducted in that 2 minutes, and if they were to have a heart attack, sudden onset of leprosy, there are plenty of teachers about.
I think as an example of a tiny bit of independance, it's very good for them.

I do the same after school, I have 3 playgrounds to collect from at the same school and I wait at the youngest and slowly move upwards if the older ones come out first they make their way to me. If I have older ones in the morning then I see them into their playground ensure a teacher is there and seen us and then move onto the next playground.

**rickysmiths** · 15-11-2011, 08:03 AM

I would have thought as long as the teachers are out on playground duty then fine because they are then in the care of the school.

**ziggy** · 15-11-2011, 08:24 AM

I personally wouldnt just in case something happened. I take my mindee into his classroom and stay till a teacher or ta arrives even though there are usually other children unattended in classroom

I just feel he is my responsibility until i physically pass him on to a member of staff. Not sure how i would stand if he had an accident and i had left him in classroom without an adult

Other minders just drop off outside school and let children run in

**~Grasshopper~** · 15-11-2011, 11:26 AM

thanks guys for your opinions.

i cant take my ds first as the older ones go in first (well they are suppost to but doesnt always happen.)

the teachers come out when the bell rings and they all line up in the playground so ive been waiting till she is in the line then leaving her.

But seems as though the school allow them to make there own way from the car park and she doesnt want me watching her (babies have childminders

) i just wondered if i could let her walk round the corner but i wont.

xx

onceinabluemoon · 15-11-2011, 01:29 PM

This is a very interesting thread to me as our local school insists that we are NOT ALLOWED to come into the school with the children once they get to the last few weeks in year 2. We have to drop them at the gate.

These children are 7 years old. I had the parents sign something to say I was to allow the child to go off on his own as this was school rules, but am now wondering who would be to blame if he fell over and broke a leg (for example)

**rickysmiths** · 15-11-2011, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by onceinabluemoon

This is a very interesting thread to me as our local school insists that we are NOT ALLOWED to come into the school with the children once they get to the last few weeks in year 2. We have to drop them at the gate.

These children are 7 years old. I had the parents sign something to say I was to allow the child to go off on his own as this was school rules, but am now wondering who would be to blame if he fell over and broke a leg (for example)

If it is the schools Policy that no parents or carers are allowed in then they take on Duty of Care for the child when they go into school and out of your care, so it would be down to the school. We have a school locally who does this.

**little chickee** · 15-11-2011, 01:51 PM

A school cannot tell you that you can't go into the playground to escort your child ( or minded child).

it might be in their policy but school playgrounds are public space ( unless its a private school). They may not like it but they cannot ban anyone from school grounds.

I know this as i had a similar issue at my sons school and took them to task on it!

**LChurch** · 15-11-2011, 02:35 PM

It is so hard isn't it, One of my mindees is going to meet me at the gate on club night but if mum wasn't happy I wouldn't, her older sister used to walk home in yr5 but she isnt so she needs to gradually have some trust and independence given so that she will be confident to do it on her own and mum too! I leave my ds in the playground in morning while I go round to other playround with dd as they both go in at same time. It is hard as all schools operate differently.