Parent's Evening - This isn't going to end well...

[Eggrules]

Parent's Evening/ Consultation is coming up and is the same day for the entire school.

Some parent's of children in my DS's Reception Class are incredibly competitive. Instead of holding the meeting in the classroom, this event is being held in the hall. Had some excellent first timers Reception Parent's evening advice from PastSellByDate.

Totally fed up. No good can come of this. Does anyone have any parent's evening stories to cheer me up?

OMG 31st August that's a tough birthday! I would have bribed or strangled the midwife to declare DS born the next day

Our PE went relatively wel... the teacher started by saying he is doing really well, but then she said we need to work on his pencil grip as he can't hold a pencil :( and also need to work on the sounds of the alphabet (he knows the names of the letters but can't get his head around the sounds apparently).

Oh and she told us to buy him left hand scissors - didn't know they existed, that was interesting.

Brian pencil grip is often an issue for YR. Mrz (a regular poster) is a teacher and has produced a wonderful list of things to help with strengthening the fingers and fine motor control. You can find it in the thread below.
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/primary/1274994-Pencil-Grips-handwriting

Brian - he was born a few weeks early at 11.37pm

Left handed scissors can be fab (my DD is left handed) but I have found the ones from ELC are pants.

Wow Chaz that's brilliant! thank you so much

simpson OMFG!!!! I would have tried to hold him in for 20 more minutes!

Yy, left handed scissors can be absolutely crapola. We did buy a few pairs originally, but tbh dd2 manages ok with rh scissors. Well, as ok as it's going to get anyway.

lol - I remember our first Reception year PE - we walked in, the teacher said "All I have to say to you is she just will not sit still on the floor." Hubby said "Fine" took my hand and pulled me out the door...... Her face was an absolute picture. Hubby explained to me his gobsmacked wife - "If that's all she wanted to say, then I don't really care if there is anything else"

Sooooo glad my other dd did not get the same teacher!!!

31st Aug @ 11:37PM,Chaz I think your DC will definitely be the youngest in the year. I will look at the thread too.

ByTheWay1

I forgot something. One of the CP's asked me which High School DS would be going to? They are in Reception and I did not grow up in this city. I have no plans. I did laugh .

I have seen with my own eyes the papers where 2 of his friends in our NCT group have written ( probably with a little help,

which means they can't write their own names either so stop worrying about your son.

BrianTBS, when my dds started reception, we were told it was more important to be independent i.e. being able to do up coat, get dressed after pe and sort themselves out in the toilet, than to be able to read and write.

Fuzzpig, with dd1 (struggled a bit academically) we were the ones who always overran, with dd2 (clever and a good all-rounder) I am only ever in for 5mins.

TBH i would not give a flying jelly bean fart what other parents think or see or say, if i had nosey competitive parents at the school gate i just would not stand by them cant stand any of my child is better at this and my child could do that last year crap, id rather concentrate on helping my child to do her best and enjoy learning and being at school and living her childhood than worrying if she is as good or better than the next child....really detest competitive parents

The Reception class has it's own door and there isn't much room for drop off. I have noticed some parents sit in their car until it is almost time to go in.

I know this will sound horrible. but the most competitive parents don't have the brightest or most popular children in the class. It is hard (for me) to tell where the children are all at. I know from friends that some of the children are doing exceptionally well in certain areas. I feel a bit sorry for the kids; they are 4 and 5 and should be enjoying school and hopefully making friends.

A new leaf for me.

Any nuggets today Eggrules?

Other than vociferous worries over High School choice, all is quiet.

I think people feel more relaxed post PE and CPs are being ignored .

One of the (lovely) parents is going to start teaching on supply in DS's class. I bet they become very popular.