NO toilet in lesson rule, do you agree?

[jaslav]

I teach year 5 primary (9, 10 yr olds) I am strict and don't let them go to the toilet during lessons

[WhatTheHeckkkk]

No, I do not agree.

I dislike/d teachers who did that as well. They restricted such a thing that was often out of a lot of children’s control. Children that young oftentimes do not think of using the bathroom “just in case,” like teachers suggest students use the bathroom during break instead of during class.

Children that age usually ignore that advice, because they listen to their body, and their body is telling them that they don’t feel the urge to go… Therefore, they hold it until they do feel the urge, and that leads them to ask during class. You shouldn’t punish them for being a kid…

And just so you know, making a child hold it in for long periods can cause them to wet their pants. Or if they hold it in too long, it causes bacteria to multiply, thus, causing a urinary tract infection. Or even worse, it can rupture the bladder, which has a multitude of other issues. Don't even get me started on holding in feces… Do you really want to deal with a child who pooped themselves, because you didn’t let them use the restroom when they had the urge to go?

Anyways, bottom line is, that you should let them go. Doing this method does not help them learn to be responsible with their time. This just causes more issues. Instead, you should implement a "one student at a time” method, and give them a time limit of 5 minutes. If they are not back within 5 minutes, have a student check the bathroom to tell them to come back. This is far more effective and considerate of children’s needs.

Best of luck.

[LisaLisa89]

In an ideal world no pupil would ask to go to the toilet - they should go during break, etc etc.
But it's not an ideal world, and sometimes they need to go. As a teacher I find it an annoyance, but there's nothing I can do about it.
And, believe it or not, I was a pupil once. And yes I used to ask to go to the toilet during lessons, usually because I needed to go but sometimes because I was bored.
Kids going to the toilet are not a new phenomenon - but teachers not allowing children to go should be an obsolete one.

[GingerGuy]

Provided the lessons aren't too long. When you gatta go, you gatta go sometimes (may not be any "holding it"). If you've ever experienced that, imagine if you were them.

[ArtemisSilver]

You're not going to be happy when one shits themselves.

[jennifer_bloom]

Your rule makes sense but I would make a different rule that for every minute they spend at the washroom, they need to spend five times that amount of time in quiet detention that is not reported as a demerited act.

[EmmaMary]

Congratulations on winning a Troll of the day award.

If by the remotest chance a single word of this is true, then you need to be struck off the education register of teachers, with immediate effect.

[whereismyjohnny]

Don’t be THAT teacher 😬😅

[jaslav]

Obviously if they have a medical issue they go. But when I let one go it starts a toilet party as I call it

[Avicenna]

Very bad idea snd probably against school rules

[EnglishEuropean]

I think that might be considered abuse.

[SnakeBoop]

#trolllllllllllll

[jaslav]

What?

[SnakeBoop]

@EmmaMary someone begging for a troll of the day award I think lmao