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Year 7 parents evening. Should I see geography teacher when ds doesn't do geography?

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elliejjtiny · 18/02/2026 19:22

I can book parents evening from Monday. It's the one where all the teachers sit at desks in the sports hall and you get 5 minutes with each one. Starts off civilised and then descends into chaos. Anyway we've been given a list of teachers to book with including geography but ds doesn't do geography. He does cooking instead while the rest of the class do geography. So should I book to see the geography teacher (who is also his form tutor) to find out if there is anything I should be doing at home with him to make up for the fact that he will have missed a year of geography or not.

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noblegiraffe · 18/02/2026 20:42

But the form teacher isn't there as a form teacher, they are there as a geography teacher to talk about geography with their geography classes. It's not far to deny a kid who does geography an appointment (and the teacher probably teaches more kids than appointments) just because you want a catch up with the form tutor.

No one else will be getting a catch up with their form tutor.

Buscobel · 18/02/2026 20:39

I suppose it depends whether you feel you would like to catch up with the form tutor. If you haven’t seen her since settling in in September, it might be useful, nearly six months later.

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elliejjtiny · 18/02/2026 19:49

It's not usual to see the form tutor at this parents evening. They have a "meeting the tutor evening " in late September.

He has autism and he and another autistic child in his tutor group do cooking while the rest of the class do geography. There are about 50% of the class have SN but ds and the other child who does cooking have the most severe needs.

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Fearfulsaints · 18/02/2026 19:43

His tutor is his pastoral care lead so it should be how he is settling in.

Although schools do make mistakes

noblegiraffe · 18/02/2026 19:43

No, leave it for pupils who do actually do geography.

Allthesnowallthetime · 18/02/2026 19:42

Wouldn't it be normal to see his form tutor?

Clearinguptheclutter · 18/02/2026 19:41

Why doesn’t he do geogrpahy
bur if the same teacher is form tutor I’d make an appointment with him/her

at our school there is def not an expectation to see all the teachers offered. We are as many as reasonable but never all. Some parents just see 3-4

Thesnailonthewhale · 18/02/2026 19:41

Why is he doing cookery instead of geography?

NerrSnerr · 18/02/2026 19:39

A lot of this will depend on why he hasn’t done geography for a year. What is the reason?

EllieQ · 18/02/2026 19:38

If the geography teacher is his form tutor, surely you will need to see them to ask about how your DS is settling in etc?

dcadmamagain · 18/02/2026 19:37

Surely the meeting is with the form teacher ( who just also happens to be the geography teacher) so yes you do need to make an appointment

emeraldsandolives · 18/02/2026 19:30

This will surely depend on why your DS does cooking whilst the rest of the class does geography.

cheeseomelette · 18/02/2026 19:28

i Wrote a long post but deleted it as all I really want to know is - why?!

FuzzyWolf · 18/02/2026 19:27

If he’s missed a year of geography, then you will need more than just a 5min catch up.