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[baby-come-fly-with-me]

I was wondering if anyone had experienced the same as me..
My 6 yr old son and 11 yr old daughter attended a private after school club in Peyia.
I collected them both one day to find them and other children very disstressed.
A persistant naughty little boy who provoked many children at the club one day decided to spit his food at my son whilst the club were having their lunch.
My son told him off a number of times as the teacher was far too busy to keep an eye on the situation! wow!!
Untill the teacher did interfere and decided to scare the living daylights out of my 6 yr old by screaming at him..dragged him off his chair, smacked him, pulled him by his little arm accross the floor and locked him in a room for 5 hours in swelltering heat, no drink just a bed.
his big sister waited by the door trying to help him by talking to him, in the end he fell asleep.
My children are not angels but have manners at the table and my son was telling the boy off as he understood what he was doing with his food was wrong.
To think I was paying someone who should care and look out for my children, totally let me down and my children.
I did take the matter up with the teacher who told me it was the dinne lady!!!! who said it was the teacher. Luckilly there was another parent outside who had witnessed and kindly put me in the picture.
What right does anyone have no matter where it is in the world to be cruel to any child?
I hope nobody else has experienced this or simular with theier child/children whilst being in a different country.

[Oracle]

I gave up a 15 year scientific career after I saw how a flagship UK civil service nursery treated my, less than 2 year old (then), son.

I've done everything since to avoid having anyone look after him on my behalf ...

No one is going to look after those you love in the same way as you .... especially those looking after a number of them under stressful conditions.

I still feel guilty I was pressured into going back to work and using their "facility". I don't care how rigorous their "standards" are; in the end it just takes one incident in one unplanned thoughtless moment for everything to change.

Any chance you could use a relative or re-think the need to work?

[Sotos]

My children are not angels but have manners at the table and my son was telling the boy off as he understood what he was doing with his food was wrong.

Telling somebody else how to eat his own food is not what I would call good manners And obviously your son must have done something more than what you describe above. The teacher would not react like that out of nothing.

[DT.]

I was wondering if anyone had experienced the same as me..
My 6 yr old son and 11 yr old daughter attended a private after school club in Peyia.
I collected them both one day to find them and other children very disstressed.
A persistant naughty little boy who provoked many children at the club one day decided to spit his food at my son whilst the club were having their lunch.
My son told him off a number of times as the teacher was far too busy to keep an eye on the situation! wow!!
Untill the teacher did interfere and decided to scare the living daylights out of my 6 yr old by screaming at him..dragged him off his chair, smacked him, pulled him by his little arm accross the floor and locked him in a room for 5 hours in swelltering heat, no drink just a bed.
his big sister waited by the door trying to help him by talking to him, in the end he fell asleep.
My children are not angels but have manners at the table and my son was telling the boy off as he understood what he was doing with his food was wrong.
To think I was paying someone who should care and look out for my children, totally let me down and my children.
I did take the matter up with the teacher who told me it was the dinne lady!!!! who said it was the teacher. Luckilly there was another parent outside who had witnessed and kindly put me in the picture.
What right does anyone have no matter where it is in the world to be cruel to any child?
I hope nobody else has experienced this or simular with theier child/children whilst being in a different country.

Name this disgrace of a teacher to the authorities and to the school.

If the teacher really smacked and locked the child in a room for 5!!! hours!!! then she should be banned from ever teaching kids again.

I'd come down on them with lawyers and shut the f*****ing school down.

[DT.]

My children are not angels but have manners at the table and my son was telling the boy off as he understood what he was doing with his food was wrong.

Telling somebody else how to eat his own food is not what I would call good manners And obviously your son must have done something more than what you describe above. The teacher would not react like that out of nothing.

Are you kidding me? I don't care if th 5 yr old pissed on the teacher he still should't be locked in a room.

[pissouri]

Yes this happens to our children at School all the time!!!!

Are you kidding me!!!

I do not believe what you say happened! Either you child or yourself have exaggerated.

[Oracle]

I can sympathise with DT.'s reaction as certainly the assistant involved in locking a child up should be sacked.

But to think you can make such places as safe as looking after them yourself, is idealistic and unlikely.

It's only when you catch them out you realize how easily things can go wrong, and no matter how great the facility, it is down to individuals and "off days".

[Dr J]

...arent Paphos and Harringey twinned?

[baby-come-fly-with-me]

Firstly I would like to say to sotos if you had a 6 yr old who was in the care of a pofessional who happened to be getting paid to look after him so you could work and set an example for your son and provide for him..only to discover that the professional who in actual fact turned out to be a disgrace and totally unprofessional physically hurt and humiliated your son when he tried to correct another child who DID HAVE THE BAD MANNERS OUT OF THE TWO!! please think about your own children and what you would do and how you would feel please.
I was heartbroken.

[yummymummy150]

Poor kid no matter what he did or did not do or that it was a bad day for staff ,This is just not on , I hope you are strong and take this as far as you can . She has to be sacked .
Hope you can sort it out with school &they put in place safe gards
for this happing .IF NOT SHOUT ABOUT IT !
Take care