Too true what's even funnier there is a pub opposite in the summer half the parents go to the pub pick up there kids then return to the pub with there kids it's mad. The school is pc and h&s mad no concerns no snowballs no running on the paths leading out of the school everyone adults inc must use the crossing patrol lady to cross the paperwork I had to fill in just so she could play on there climbing frame and tyres it's madness.
Let us not forget I'm an old school dad off you go climb trees fall off monkey bars etc last summer she had fun bashed herself about had a great time. 1st day back at school I was called in to be presented with 2 police officers 2 social workers and 3 school staff it was an interrogation on how she got the bruises etc even now I have to explain every bruise and at parents evening there are always 2 teachers 1 is male it's madness these days.
This is quite unusual (actually
very unusual) and I sympathise. If there were social workers
and police officers there, then for whatever reason they may have thought that something serious had happened. It is a most unusual scenario (
seven professionals,
four of whom have travelled to be there) unless the social workers were already somehow involved on some other matter - and even then it seems unusual. It would be perfectly reasonable to question politely why the decision was taken to involve so many people in such an innocuous matter. Unless you are
'known to the Police' for domestic matters, I would certainly question it.
My children (all now older) frequently turned up at primary school with visible bumps, bruises and scratches. Perhaps the staff at your children's school were on the nervous side.
On your original point about banning bicycles: I've volunteered at schools where I was asked not to arrive by bicycle unless wearing a helmet. I just grinned and wore one. A silly rule, but not worth making a stand over. At my children's primary, only kids who had taken a (free) course and were in at least Year 5 were allowed to ride in and lock their bikes up in the racks, but I ignored the rule and was never challenged. Mine cycled to school in KS1, but usually alongside an older sibling. It may have helped that I sat on the PTA for many years, but many of these rules and regulations are obstacles
only if you want them to be. Nonetheless... if bicycles
cannot be locked and left at the school during the day under any circumstances, I suspect the governors, the management team, the LEA or all three have made a colossal error and can be challenged. That seems barmy and indefensible enough to challenge. I would challenge it at a governor's meeting or with a polite letter to the head teacher.