I’ve just been to my son’s parents’ evening. It is always strange and fascinating sitting on the other side of the desk, experiencing the imperfections of another school’s appointments system, speed-dating with a handful of wonderful but weary teachers. The main value of last night’s enterprise was putting faces to names; the characters of my son’s school stories are now real. We also came away with the key messages: his teachers know him, they think he’s doing well so far, enthusiastic about the learning, and they came across as caring professionals who know what they are doing.
In theory, at this stage, our parent-teacher interaction need only be light touch; our son will form his own relationships with his teachers, he’ll take responsibility for his own learning and we’ll be there in the background offering support to him and his teachers alike. Generally, this isn’t far off; our kids’ teachers are…
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