Home visits

[AryaOfHouseSnark]

Good Afternoon Mners,
I have my Dts reception teachers coming to visit tomorrow before they start next week.

Apparently they want to observe the Dts in their home environment . Just what is it they want to observe ?
A typical day here involves some playing, some fighting and bickering, then a bit of pestering me for food, pestering the cat, copying the cat licking her bum then a bit more playing. Is this the sort of stuff they want to see ?
I won't be be here as I am at work, dp is on duty, I am just curious as to what will happen. Do they just want to see them playing with toys ? Drawing and cutting ? Lego ?

Tia

Yep. They just want to see how they interact with you there, normally. We had DS1's home visit last week, the teacher and TA were both there, the TA spent some time with DS1 while I talked to the teacher - she asked me things about him, whether there was anything I needed to tell her about medical issues, personality, what he liked doing/could do in terms of reading/writing/counting/physical/social skills etc. The TA got him to draw a picture of himself, write his name on it, and asked him what he liked to play with and stuff like that.

Took about 20 minutes.

Thanks Rue, will get the Dts to sharpen their pencils in preparation for tomorrow.

Ours was about the same. Was over very quickly!

That's good, nothing too and painful then, thanks for replying

It might only be 10 minutes so don't go to too much effort!!

The idea isn't to observe the child, but for the child to meet their new teacher/TA in a situation where they feel completely at ease, and so make starting school feel more comfortable.

They just want to chat to the parent and child, explain how the settling in period works, answer any questions, find out anything important about the child/family etc etc.

If you want to make a good impression, make sure the TV is off when they arrive.

I remember one of my DC's reception teachers telling me that out of 107 homes they visited, only 2 had the TV off when they arrived and only 3 turned it off after they got there.

Thanks everyone, tv is off and the toys are out.

How did it go, OP?

I think it went well thanks Worra I was at work, but dp said the Dts were very well behaved for a change. Each dt had a teacher and a ta so it was quite busy, they brought toys and pencils / paper with them and the Dts drew them pictures of dinosaurs.

Afterwards they went shoe shopping and got their first pair of school shoes. they look so smart and grown up, and big. Their shoes are nearly as big as the Dts were when they were born.

Just re read that and it looks like my Dts have huge clown feet, they don't, they were very small babies

Ahh, glad it went well.

I read it as after they finished drawing, the teachers and TAs took them shoe shopping.

That's service for you!

that would have been fantastic service.