when do you get primary school pack and when do the teachers come to your house

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just that really would like to no when people got theirs and how long until the teachers come thanks

Home visits are quite common DadOnIce even from under subscribed schools

We had a home visit for the primary school nursery. Was a bit hmmm at first and vaguely dusted for the occasion.

In the end it was really nice, they got to see DD in a space where she was happy to play with her toys and I could talk to them, rather than hanging off my leg whinging.

They wanted to know what she was and wasn't able to do and I could discuss it without feeling I was being a pushy mother showing up at the classroom door to talk about PFB.

They definitely weren't checking out how tidy the house was - did raise an eyebrow at my pet pythons though

Letter from LA just said school would be in touch in due course.

We accepted the offer of a home visit before DS started school and it was brilliant. The teacher and TA asked all sorts of questions about what DS liked, what he responds to, made time to talk through any concerns or worries I had about the whole starting scgool experience, and spent time talking to DS so that he knew them before he arrived in the classroom.

DS enjoyed it, it gave him a boost to his starting Reception, in fact he still talks about the home visit.

I didn't feel remotely judged or that they were there to judge.

It isn't compulsory, so if you don't feel the need, just decline the invitation.

During the home visits all the teachers do is check for dust on the mantlepiece and go upstairs and look in wardrobes and cupboard. (JOKE

Here (London) we get letter etc in June and then a meeting for parents also in June. Then DD visited for a couple of hours in July. Teacher and TA came for a visit in sept in the first week of term and they all had staggered starts in the second week. Am assuming its the same for DS this year.

Lemons, the teacher and TA.who visited us rootled through my underwear drawer a la Come Dine With Me, and then posted photos of what they found on a board in the school hall. They also asked to use the loo, imagine the horror when a section called Guess Whose Loo? Featured in the PTA quiz night.

Honestly, having your child taken into care for not being up to date with your Encyclopedia Britannica installments up to date is the least of your worries.

I'm amazed that this is such a contentious issue! I've been doing home visits for over 20 years and never once has anyone declined one or said that they felt judged or threatened. If someone said no thanks, I'd respect that without hesitation. All the schools round here do them. It is nothing to do with judging at all and everything to do with putting people at ease on their home turf. I've been told very important information that parents have felt unable to tell me at school on 'my turf'. The children love it - it makes them feel special and it makes that first day when they leave their adult so much easier because you have something important to them to talk about if they're reluctant to be left.
Why such suspicion? I thought this was supposed to be a partnership between home and school? It is important to know who the children we spend all day with live with - I don't want to upset a child by saying the wrong thing. Believe it or not, we do care for the children we teach. How can you spend 6 hours a day with them and not? If knowing some personal relevant information means I can do that properly then what's the problem? I do not put children into neat little pigeon holes because of who they live with or 'write them off'. But it is relevant if a parent is seriously ill, or have recently separated because that will affect a child 's emotional well being and they may need extra support for a while.

I always get slated on these threads but I think home visits are incredibly intrusive and should be stopped. The teachers have no business in my home, my sanctuary, and there is not a cat in hell's chance that I would ever accept a visit. There is absolutely nothing that they need to be in my home for that could not be done at school. Some parents may feel happy having them round, and may feel more confident in passing on certain information at home rather than at school, but it's just not for me.

I ike and respect both my sons' teachers btw, they are dedicated, lovely individuals. It's just that I have no intention of having them in my home!

There was a great post a couple of years ago which said that Home Visits were there to assess the size of your TV. The bigger the TV, the lower the reading group your child should be in. Genuis .

I found our visit very helpful but as we still have an ancient cardboard box shape TV I'm not sure how they would have judged that?!

I dont know if we'll get a home visit, but after seeing how ds loved having his preschool teacher come round a few times (I couldn't walk when very pregnant, so she agreed to take him to nursery), I'd welcome him getting some 1:1 time to know a teacher before starting school, because in a class of 30 the teacher is never going to get to know much about him otherwise.

thanks to everyone for answering my question got allot of information from it having a home visit in july so see how it goes. anyway thanks given me some insight into whats going to happen. still waiting for letter but i think like other posts have said will come end of may

Sparkle - the home visit is not compulsory, and you have complete freedom to decline the offer. So why should they be stopped for people who do find them helpful? Just because you don't?

Oh Crikey! What a contentious issue. The main interesting feature that strikes me is that many of the adults here are spending far too much time worrying about their own feelings and what someone might or might not think about them or their house. Actually surely that is pretty much irrelevant since I had thought the visits were meant to be for the benefit of the child not the parents. Isn't it all about making the child feel comfortable with their new teacher and making the introduction on familiar territory and perhaps about seeing a little of how a child operates on their own turf.
Our school doesn't have visits but if they did and felt it was beneficial to DS's to meet them at home then that's fine by me. They are also welcome to know my family set up. I'm a single parent and both my children are far from being "academically and socially inferior." They are extemely bright, sociable boys. It does however help if the school knows where they are coming from and can respond appropriately if one week they aren't quite perfect because their significantly unreliable father lets them down on a weekend again.
Sometimes I think adults need to get a bit of a grip!

No home visits here. Collect pack at school parents evening for reception starters whichis in I July