First time ever I am looking forward to parents evening with something other than trepidation.

[OrmIrian]

DS#1 is doing well. Last parent's evening against all expectation (and previous evidence), he was lauded and praised to the skies. He was new to Yr7 so we did wonder if they had the wrong child

DD has always been diligent and hard-working. But it has never paid off in terms of acheivements...until this year when her teacher is full of praise and handing out certificates like confetti.

DS#2 took over a year to work out which way was up in terms of school. But he is reading and writing fluently now in Yr1.

Normally I'd be preparing myself to hear how DS#1 was bright but lazy and unmotivated, DD was hard working but average and DS#2 was away with the fairies.

I'm going on my own to all of them this year. Here's hoping I'm not over-optimistic.

have you had them yet - how did they go?

we had ds1's last night - it was with subject teachers and I'd asked to see a couple of teachers who I was sure would be pretty positive about him, just in case the rest of them weren't - but in the end I needn't have worried he's doing really well, his teachers were full of praise for him and even his maths teacher (he hates maths) says he's got a natural aptitude for the subject but just needs to believe in himself - phew!

Hello mimsum! I had given up on this thread .

Your DS sounds like he's doing well "just needs to believe in himself " is very very familiar.

DD's was fantastic. The teacher can't say enough nice things about her. She 'excels' at literacy. And her maths is good, only suffering by comparison with her literacy This is the teacher who didn't get on at all well with my DS#1 (and vice versa!) And this is the child who 'needs to beleive in herself'

DS2 is improving a lot. More or less on target with his reading but not for his writing and numbers. But who cares. He's improving and enjoying his work.

So I was very pleased with them.

DS1s tomorrow. He did very well last time but I am wondering if the gilt has worn off being at secondary school yet. Up till now he hasn't been all that about school really... We'll see.

Oh, it is DS1's tonight, am a bit anxious, but he is only in reception so just want to know that he is happy and settled (which he appears to be).
He seems to suddenly be doing well in his reading after a slow start, so hoping for a positive evening!

How was it lizzie?

How was it Ormirian?

I think parents evenings are a lot to do with the skill of the teacher in finding positives and being able to discuss areas that require working on without sounding too negative.

A tricky balance that takes experience, imho.

Had a few meetings this year with ds' teacher only saying negative things about him. He has just got into a 3 competitive schools at 7+ so obviously not doing too badly - but you would not have known that from our meetings.

What a shame disaster. I agree it's important to make it as positive as possible. DS'1's was good. He's on level 5 for science, level 4 for maths and English, and mostly 4s for all other subjects. He has to be at 5 by the end of yr9 so 18m to go yet! And he had very high scores for behaviour and effort in the msjority of subjects. Tutor seemed pleased. DS was laconic He knew has was well already (infuriating child)

Mind you this isn't at all a competitive school