minameismum Thu 26-Sep-19 17:27:12

NC for this because it could out me easily. Last week my 13yo came home and casually mentioned that they had been shown a scene from Game Of Thrones during a lesson.



I found out after a bit of digging that it was for History and it was the eye gouge scene from The Mountain and the viper. Apparently they were shown it because they had been learning about trial by combat.



The teacher during the lesson told the children that she didn't want to watch it as it was too gory for her and so she stepped out. I presume the kids were given the option at this point but honestly, what 13yo is going to a)have an idea of what was coming in that scene or b) want to lose face in front of their classmates?!



I asked in a local group whether I had perhaps missed a permission slip but it was clear that their had been no contact made with parents about it being shown. It also came to light that at the part of the scene where a character swears, the kids were told "oops, best not to tell your parents about that" by the same teacher.



I am not being a prude here am I? I want to make a complaint but the school have a bit of a history of brushing things under the carpet so am not sure how best to go about it or whether I am better off walking away from it all and just resigning myself to the fact that dd now has a programme on her radar that I would rather her not have but there is shag all I can do about it and that her school is a bit crap.



I don't think I would feel as sore if DD had perhaps watched it with her mates, its that it happened while her care had been entrusted to other adults if that makes sense? It's not that I expect permission slips for every other decision the teachers make but this seems to me to be a bit much.