General Chat

ADVISE NEEDED
RE SCHOOL PE
AT WHAT AGE SHOULD BOYS AND GIRLS
CHANGE FOR PE IN SEPARATE ROOMS
GRANDDAUGHTER IS TEN IN A FEW WEEKS
AND THEY ALL CHANGE IN THE CLASSROOM
EXCEPT MY GRANDAUGHTER SHE USES THE
LOO AFTER COMMENTS MADE ABOUT HER BOOBS
SHE WEARS JUNIOR 36B BRA ,IM SURE THEY SHOULD
BE ALLOWED SEPARATE FACILITYS AT THIS AGE,
OR AM I GETTING A PRUDE IN OLD AGE

no dizzy, you are not a prude, girls mature so much earlier these days ,and they do need separate rooms at aged 10/11 . I was the same at her age ,the first in my class to get boobs ,even the other girls made rude remarks ,not nice , iris

Space allocated for changing rooms takes away storage or other teaching facilities. Unless a new Primary School is still at the Drawing Board stage, I can't see space for single sex changing rooms being found. Come to think of it, they are still communal, so remarks from other girls will still occur!

At least Dizzi's granddaughter's teachers are sympathetic and have allowed her to change elsewhere. If she begins to menstrate, they'll probably suggest she uses the disabled or staff toilets for the purpose of personal hygiene.

If at age 10 boys and girls are still sharing a one room changing facilities then complaints need to be made,

,,,,,,,,,,if its an all girl room then this is how its done in neary all schools and remarks will be made as long as they arent cruel or bullying,then she will cope...we all did. :-)

HI THANKS FOR REPLIES
ITS A MIXED SCHOOL THEY CHANGE IN
THE SAME CLASSROOM THEY HAVE THEIR LESSONS
IN BUT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ROOM,
AND GRANDDAUGHTER IS THE SECOND OLDEST
IN THE CLASS AND WILL BE 10 IN FOUR WEEKS
SHES FIVE FOOT TWO AND DEVELOPING FAST
SHE COMPLAINED LAST YEAR AFTER REMARKS
ABOUT THE SIZE OF HER BOOBS,SO DAUGHTER
HAD HER MEASURED PROPERLY ,

I KNOW KIDS CAN BE CRUEL BUT SOME TIMES
IT CAN HAVE DRASTIC RESULTS

Dizzi, I work in a primary school where the classes are split as follows. P1-3 P4-5 and P6-7. On the day there is pe, the girls go to the girls cloakroom and boys to their own, At no time do they get changed in the classroom unless its just to put on trainers or pe shoes.

Im not sure this is allowed after all from the age of 10, a brother and sister cannot share a bedroom by law so how is this different in school.

I would check with the local school council on their policy and dont be fobbed off about not having enough loos to share that will be just an excuse.

Hope this is helful to you
Florence
In the hebrides. :-)

Poor girl, how difficult for her.

I recall a girl at my junior school whose boobs appeared when she was young, about the same age as your granddaughter, Gwen, but I don't remember if there was any bullying or comments. It was all a bit surprising for me, we didn't get sex education then and I was the youngest in the class and very naive and shy.

I hope you or your daughter can find out whether rules are being broken and hope your granddaughter will be strong and not let this get to her.

Lizxx

When I was at junior school in the 1960s we changed in separate places from the age of 7.

Girls used the class room and boys went to the cloakroom.

I wonder if it's a question of supervision, the class can't be split because there would be no one to supervise the other group. That wasn't much of an issue back when I was a junior, we could be trusted to change unsupervised.

If I was a parent of a girl of that age I'd be complaining to the school and asking them to make better provision.

Dizzi that's not fair on your g/daughter she is being almost discriminated on or at least being pointed out as different (sorry that sounds silly but can't think how to put it) . Cousin had a boy and girl .... immediately one got to the age of 10 they were given a bigger house as they could not share a bedroom so this rule should be enforced in schools ...Think it's very wrong of the school. Cloakroom/class room should be used if not enough teachers get the admin staff/head teacher or someone to supervise for 5 mins. I would complain very loudly especially about g/daughter