Y1 Teacher wants to do a home visit

[Samandsummermum]

Hi my sons a y1 and his teacher asked us today if he could come and visit him next week as a "special treat" if he's a good boy next week.

Has anyone else been visited at home by their child's teacher? It seems unusual to us.

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks a lot

Is the teacher a rookie? Kid's say things like 'can you come to my house?' quite often- maybe this teacher is a bit of a noob and has agreed.

It's not on though. Say no and check with Deputy or Head what the school policy is on this so they can sort the teacher out.

If school wanted to do a home visit to see a child in a different setting they would be upfront about this, however, as mrz says, Ihave never known it be a class teacher to do this.

4. she is nosey/a property fetishist and wants to look round your house

Ask him why.

I would call teacher and ask for his reasoning. I wouldn't refuse outright but is an unusual request.

Home visits are standard practice for children who are new to the setting OR have difficulties in school - teachers use them as a way to see how the child interacts in their own environment. Quite disgusted someone described it as "snooping" - normally we sit in whichever room the parent directs us to and talk to them about their child and what triggers unwanted behaviour, how the parent deals with difficult situations and what rewards/consequences they use. It's really, really helpful because hopefully we can find a way to both be using the same techniques which gives a child a sense of consistency.

However, the teacher is question should have asked you to have the home visit, have it approved by their head of department/headteacher, and given you a genuine reason for why the visit is taking place.

Hope this all makes sense.

Hardly standard practice when many teachers have never heard of such a thing.

Not standard practice for new children in any of the schools I have ever had contact with!
Maybe for children starting reception but not for yr 1 and above.
Very unusual in my experience.

Easiest way to get an idea of the rationale is to actually communicate with the teacher, and ask him why.

I would ask the Head Teacher about their policy regarding teachers visiting children at home. I would be surprised if the Head knew about this. Do not allow it at the moment and definitely see the Head next week. It sounds inappropriate to me. If he is a specialist behaviour teacher and he is visiting as part of an agreed action plan for your DS then it might be different, but a visit out of the blue, and described as a treat, is not acceptable.