Parent/Teacher Conferences and Written Reports

[Earlybird]

Do you discuss with your dc what was said about them at Parent/Teacher conferences?
Do you show your dc end of term reports written by their teachers?

Why or why not?

Most definitely I wold expect parents to discuss the report with their child - focusing more on the positive aspects of the report. The teacher should have told you some points for development during the meeting so you could also discuss those with your child.
This is becuase children perform better when they know clearly what is expected of them. If you say something like ' your teacher thinks you are doing really well in your reading but she also says you need to practise trying to read new words' your child then knows that he/she needs to practise reading new words. This way you can praise them when you see them attempting new words when reading with you at night
Hope this helps

Yes, that makes sense. Do you think teachers expect that parents will share written reports with their dc?

As a secondary teacher I fully expected the students to have access to their end of term reports - indeed, since they were sent home by 'pupilpost' they probably saw them before their parents did.

My friend's six year-old had to write a response to her end of year report - the whole school did.

My friend was heart broken about it, because the first thing she had to do was explain what "below average" means and her LO was really upset.

I always discuss my Dc's comments with them, but they are generally written in a positive way, like scoggins' example.

Oh yes - told DD after last nights parent-teacher that although she writes fantastic stories etc she does need to use some form of punctuation!

I always show DD & DS their report - let them read it and then go through together. At DS school they go through report with form tutor first so they no what is coming before they take it home and the you know what hits the fan

We have in the past had general chats after parents' eve. But this year (yr6) I realised the teacher expected us to go through the points raised in detail with ds1. We did so, and next day apparently the whole class was quizzed on what their parents discussed with them

Anyway, to give teacher her due she phoned us up last week to say that ds1 had improved considerably on all three of the points we had discussed.

With reports my children (8 and 10) get to read their reports at school, and always have done I think since they could read!

Yes and yes to Earlybird's questions.

At the children's schools, and at the school I teach at, the children review their reports and do their own self-assessments before the report is sent home.

Yes and yes to Earlybird's questions.

At the children's schools, and at the school I teach at, the children review their reports and do their own self-assessments before the report is sent home.

yes of course. I see no reason why I wouldn't so that's why I do

Yes and yes with my primary age ds.

As a secondary teacher, same system as science teacher. And children often at parents' evening...

Yes Dh and I always discuss reports and parents evening with our children. We discuss any comments.

My inclination was to show dd the report, and discuss it with her. But I'd always wondered if teachers expected that (and wrote reports accordingly), or if teachers felt it was confidential information that needed to be known by parents and quietly worked on at home/at school without the child being told about any issues/shortcomings.