It's just over a month after the kids started back to school and they already learned a lot and we were scheduled for Parent-Teacher Consultation last week.
Parent-Teacher consultation is a great opportunity for the parents and teacher to talk about the child's progress in the classroom, share their academic progress and be informed of the child's behaviour, needs, strength and so we know which part can we help our child more.
This is also the time that the teachers can tell you their concerns with your child if there is. Everything that you need to know and you want to ask regarding your child, you can ask.
John's
Last year, everything was made through the phone. Jigz was done ahead and still over the phone and it's my husband who talk to his teacher, Mr Sandford. He will understand better as I'm no good at talking over the phone. My listening skills don't match up.
We're over the moon to hear that Jigz is doing well and is getting along with other students. Jigz is in his last year, P7 and next year he will be at Big School. As always they were reshuffle with other students, to meet new ones.
Mr Sandford said that Jigz is very good in Math, very good in sports and working hard in Language and Vocabulary. As Jigz only started here 2 years ago and his English is not good but commendable for it's greatly improved. He said that Jigz is a very good student and we are delighted!
Tia's
This time with Tia as it's not scheduled at the same time as Jigz, we were told we will have a face to face consultation with the teacher.
This would be the first time we will see the classrooms and what it looks like inside their school as the parents only wait at the playground and since she started at Covid Time last year, we were not able to be around the school.
The P1-P2 classroom are on separate building from the rest. And I never been inside Jigz school as well.
This is what outside of Tia's classroom looks. You can see where the kids paint and where their apron is. They all have coat hangers and their wellies are just outside of their classroom. Everything has a labelled of their name.
I was happy to see this and my husband said it didn't change much since he was here. This is also his Primary school.
While waiting for the teacher to call us as she's still attending to other parents, I have a good look around. I saw this artwork outside their classroom which is all the kids' names and faces. And I spotted Tia right away because she's the only black hair in her class
And our time has come and Mrs Sims greeted as gave us Tia's notebooks to show how she is doing. The first thing she said was that Tia is a sweetheart. She is always smiling and laughing and always greeted her good morning always waving her bye-bye.
She can write, read and know about phonics but she's easily destructed. Like Tia loves daydreaming when she instructed them to do something. She's out of focus but will rush to finish what needs to be done and she can finish it well.
She gets along with other students and plays with them. She loves playtime. She enjoyed it a lot. And she loves the arts. She loves painting. And Mrs Sims showed us one of Tia's artwork that is displayed inside the classroom.
The one in the middle is Tia's. That's a policeman and the police car and police dog in his hand.
Mrs Sims said Tia is very dedicated and she's very careful when painting. I'm glad that Tia was able to show her skills and being enhanced at school.
Everything that Mrs Sims said is music to our ears and now I know which part I have to work on with Tia. Her phonics and focus.
Mrs Sims added as she is the PE Coordinator in the whole school and handling Jigz as well, she said that Jigz is very good in sports. He is very competitive. He is amazed at how good he is in basketball and sad they don't play basketball. Because he saw Jigz playing with the ball dribbling it and he is good at that. Mrs Sims also handle him in football and would love him to be a goalkeeper for he has good coordination.
I and my husband were thrilled for both of them doing well in school. Hopefully, after Christmas, there would be a lot more improvement.
(I will be busy reading articles as I know I wasn't active this past few days. I need more catching up to do and I will try my best. Sorry for missing in action.)
Thank you all for reading.
When I read this article, my first impression was that you are a very dedicated parent with a detailed and careful approach to your children. Your children doing well in school because they have your love and attention.