School report

[H block]

My 9 nine year boy old was a little upset because of a poor mark in P.E. in his annual school report.
It said though he had represented the school at football and athletics (he won his years sprints and 400 metres) they felt he had let himself down by..... wait for it


NOT TAKING DANCE SERIOUSLY.


You couldn`t make it up.

 

[empire]

give him a d-,bad attitude

 

[clippedgull]

Get a gun, shoot the teacher. Job done.

Trying to turn a lil boy into a poof. Disgraceful.

 

[Icy Gull]

Bloody hell, is dancing now part of PE? We didn't even have the option in my day.How old am I ? I reckon it might be quite hard for most young lads to take seriously musn't it?

 

[Marshy]

Good lad not taking dance seriously, id be more concerned if he did !

 

[Starry]

My 9 nine year boy old was a little upset because of a poor mark in P.E. in his annual school report.
It said though he had represented the school at football and athletics (he won his years sprints and 400 metres) they felt he had let himself down by..... wait for it


NOT TAKING DANCE SERIOUSLY.


You couldn`t make it up.

Heh. My daughters report had comments about "Dressing the Scarecrow" and her ability to effectively select suitable outerwear, however her theory behind what a scarecrow should be stuffed with was not satisfactory.

And there we were thinking she was learning her times table and how to spell at school.

 

[withdeanwombat]

Many,many years ago a message was read out in our assembly for boys interested to report for rugby training in the hall.

When we all arrived with kit and anticipation it was a dance class.

This ploy worked once.

 

[Gully]

Starry...did your little darling suggest where the scarecrow could be stuffed, rather than what to stuff it with?

 

[Cian]

Not taking dance seriously is a serious crime in my eyes. Lock the lad away with a few 90s trance compilations to start him off as a punishment.





Wait, they mean actually dancING do they?

 

[nobody's dupe]

My 9 nine year boy old was a little upset because of a poor mark in P.E. in his annual school report.
It said though he had represented the school at football and athletics (he won his years sprints and 400 metres) they felt he had let himself down by..... wait for it


NOT TAKING DANCE SERIOUSLY.

That's ballet outrageous!

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Dance in Year 4/5? Hm. Personally, it should be a Year 1/2/3 option and that's it. Too much prancing around for Key Stage 2. And you have no idea how much terror it strikes into my heart that I have to teach it. I suppose you have to see me to appreciate the comedic irony...

In honesty, it's taught for balance and flexibility. I taught it to my Hockey team, and whilst they thought it was a piss take at the start, they noticed the benefits during matches - better endurance, dribbling skills, etc.

Not taking it seriously. I strongly suspect the teacher wrote that then passed it around the staff room pissing themselves and wondering what you would do. I would make an appointment to see the teacher to discuss the report, and then ask the following question:

Whilst I understand that dance is included in the National Curriculum, and I have seen the Val Sabin Schemes of Work/Progression and Lesson Plans through a friend of mine, is it really not to be expected that he does not take it too seriously? Would you have made a similar comment on the report of a female who did not take football seriously? Do we really need to be pushing the Vygotskyian Proximal Zone of Learning at him with regard to the Gay Gordons when there is very little chance that if he has not shown an aptitude to dance by this point of his life, then there is a smaller chance that he will express an interest in the subject based on a facile comment on a school report? Have you explained to him how the Attainment Levels in PE are related to his ability to perform appropriately in Country Dancing?

Is his teacher fit?

 

[Starry]

Starry...did your little darling suggest where the scarecrow could be stuffed, rather than what to stuff it with?

Quite possibly, when I questioned her on it she didn't really remember what she had said in the first place. lol

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I have never met a decent dancer that has not got a very very fit girlfriend. Dancing is highly underated when it comes to the women stakes. Stick with it Mini H Block!

 

[H block]

I have never met a decent dancer that has not got a very very fit girlfriend. Dancing is highly underated when it comes to the women stakes. Stick with it Mini H Block!

I`ve pencilled in aug 2017 for him to make his Brghton debut so there is no room for dance in the future. Mind you, no reason why I cannot take it up even at 46 if it gets you pretty girls.

 

[Billy the Fish]

I had to do dane in year 8 and 9, what a waste of time

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Bowers?

Certainly not H Block - never too late to get the leotard on!

 

[Frank Inkerman]

My son got in BIG trouble at school for not learning the parts of a Sewing Machine properly.
My comment to the teacher that this was hardly important got me branded as a troublesome parent for the rest of his attendance there.

 

[pasty]

And there we were thinking she was learning her times table and how to spell at school.

Don't be ridiculous Starry. Despite a glowing year 10 report for English, our daughter's spelling and grammer is attrocious. When we queried this with her teacher, we were actually told "Oh we don't bother too much with that nowadays, but she has a wonderful grasp of Shakespeare and modern poetry, and verbally expresses herself very well in class."
:thud:

Oh, well that's all right then. Maybe she should start applying for jobs in Shakespearian English?

 

[Cian]

Hey nonny nonny verily foorsooth I wisheth to forgain employment herewith?

 

[Starry]

Don't be ridiculous Starry. Despite a glowing year 10 report for English, our daughter's spelling and grammer is attrocious. When we queried this with her teacher, we were actually told "Oh we don't bother too much with that nowadays, but she has a wonderful grasp of Shakespeare and modern poetry, and verbally expresses herself very well in class."
:thud:

Oh, well that's all right then. Maybe she should start applying for jobs in Shakespearian English?

Wow, I can't believe the teacher actually said that. Ugh.