Just been watching my local news; there is a school in Digby near Sleaford where the Head asked the children to take their poppies off for their school photographs, citing that it would date the pictures in years to come. The head has now backed down apparently after complaints from parents. Did they have the right to do this for what I see as such a trivial reason? I have numerous pictures of my nephews at school with paper daffodils on as the photos were taken on or near Saint Davis Day!
the things parents get upset about these days... I suppose they'll all be wanting to take their kids on holiday in term time and clogging up the streets with their Range Rovers on the school run mornings and afternoons, but little Montmorency mustn't be asked to remove his poppy
had the kids been sent in by mum or dad all smart and neat looking and then spoilt it with a wonky poppy?
It is a record of a year in their life - it seems odd if all the kids' pictures are defined by one identical detail that is by its nature a transitory (though deeply meaningful) decoration
I had to ask the school to be careful, when my son and all his friends had about 5 poppy pins each and were poking each other with them at the school gates. They are 9/10. He has scratches up his arms, but nothing major. Thought it was quite strange with all the usual h&s dramas.
How would it date the year if that's what the head was on about...if it's the month...does it matter? I organised hundreds of kids for school photos. I was more concerned about snotty noses than poppies and the time of year.
I always get a bit irritated about these stories in which parents rise in protest and order teachers to reverse their decisions, often over trivia. Who'd be a teacher these days?