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Thoughts on 9 year old going abroad on school trip ?

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Drina01 Tue 11-Jul-23 22:21:11

Am a worrier I know however, DGD age 9 is being encouraged at school to go on a trip to Greece. I’m seriously worried. She’s a young 9 when some of her classmates are 11 months older. My DD and Son in law seem to not mind and don’t ask questions like what are health and safety risks/ ratio of staff etc etc. they ask her if she wants to go and of course she says yes as she’s been primed already at school. Am I the only one who increasingly thinks Schools are overstepping the mark with opinions ? The latest is telling parents and children of this age they should walk independently to and from school - all suggesting the child should be made to feel independent. Also saying not to keep on at them re homework and let them find out if they don’t do it the consequences etc. - character building apparently. Daughter seems a bit brainwashed into thinking this is coming from Government ?? I just feel there are too many opinions via the school in areas that are not their concern.

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Calipso Fri 14-Jul-23 19:31:38

FannyCornforth

Witzend I’ll tell you a secret.
Someone had a tattoo on a school trip to Paris, when they were 14.
Her mother was livid blush

Oh FannyCornforth do tell 😉

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icanhandthemback Fri 14-Jul-23 19:45:10

On my first school trip as a teacher, we had a child who had to be returned home as she was suffering drug withdrawal symptoms; she was 11. It was kept very hush, hush as you would expect, Fannycornforth so I get what you are saying about parents.

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FannyCornforth Sat 15-Jul-23 03:27:34

icanhandthemback oh that’s awful, poor girl.

We had a family of three children and they all had psychological problems.

The girl in particular, was a nervous wreck. She had multiple phobias. She was absolutely hysterical once due to a photo of a crocodile in a SATS paper.
I had to be one to one with her when we went to Twycross Zoo.

We were all convinced that their issues were because they were ingesting so much cannabis through secondary smoking.

Otherwise, they were really well loved and looked after.

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narrowboatnan Wed 19-Jul-23 19:11:58

I haven’t read all 9 pages of comments so don’t know if this has already been suggested, but you could ask the school for a copy of the risk assessment that they would have done for this trip. Then you can see the adult to child ratio and all the other things that you are worrying about. You can bet your bottom dollar that if you’ve thought of all the risks then so have they.

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lizzyb Thu 07-Sept-23 16:38:58

Way too young to be going abroad.

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Dickens Thu 07-Sept-23 17:01:49

Walking alone to school - does it not depend on the route?

Trunk roads, or quiet secluded areas where there are not many people around, would be a worry for me.

And, children don't all develop at the same rate. One size does not fit all.

One of my grandsons went on his first foreign trip without his parents at age 4 - to South Africa (with a close family friend), and was quite happy to leave them behind - but now, at age 15 doesn't really like to travel anywhere without them!

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Rosiegirl23 Tue 21-Nov-23 22:35:16

You seem paranoid- please turn off Fox News and talk to a therapist.

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