Teacher visiting daughters nursery without telling us

[beehappy19]

My daughter attends a school nursery but unfortunately we didn’t get a school place for reception in September. When I picked my daughter up today the nursery told me that a teacher from her new school had been to visit her. I was a bit taken aback because I didn’t know anything about this visit and there was lots of other parents picking children up around me but is this normal not to be notified? And how does the school know where she attends nursery?
i think it’s nice the teacher visited her but I’ve not talked a lot to my daughter yet about moving school and I would have expected to be informed about a visit like this.

And how does the school know where she attends nursery?

Because she attends a school nursery.

This is standard.

All teachers in reception will visit the setting where each child currently is for essentially a handover meeting and to meet the child briefly.

It means that all the children in reception come in having already met the teacher.

They do not have to inform you.

The visit is standard. It is to get to know them, the setting and help them transition to primary.

I think we did know about ours in advance though tbf

Not standard for my DD or my friends' DC.

That's because my DD went to a charity nursery and my friends' DC went to private nurseries.

Instead DD did introductory days with about 8 other children as the rest didn't turn up.

Very standard. The nursery info is usually on the school place application you filled in. They would organise a suitable time with the nursery - I might expect them (nursery) to have mentioned it to you but no need for them to.

We visit all preschool / nursery settings. Also do sessions at school & home visits.

Definitely standard and really good practice!

Sounds like a great school.

Ah ok I honestly just thought they would tell the parents first that they were doing a visit.
I would have liked to tell my daughter about moving schools first!

Was she definitely visiting your child? As pps have said, this is very usual and when I'm visiting and other children ask who I am/what I'm doing, I say something along the lines of: I'm a teacher come to visit because we are excited to meet the children starting big school in September.

Normal at the nursery my son attended, what I find unusual is that you haven’t told her about it yet, we’re in Mid June, haven’t you left it a bit late to start doing your own transition bits at home?

This should be the standard , Yr 6 to secondary should also get a visit around this time of year .

*Not standard for my DD or my friends' DC.

That's because my DD went to a charity nursery and my friends' DC went to private nurseries.*

That shouldn't make any difference at all. Are you saying that the private nurseries and the charity nursery won't let teachers visit? Or because the school they went to isn't very good.

Completely normal to visit-our YR lead teacher visits all of the local preschool to see new children.

Phoning all 60 sets of parents first to tell them when she’s going would take up a totally unnecessary amount of her time!

Schools do often visit nurseries especially ones that have a lot of children coming from that nursery to the school, but also sometimes even if there are just one or two, as part of the transition process. Private and voluntary run settings as well as state run.

Normal. My daughter has had hers. We had to tell the school her nursery, and the nursery her school.

Most schools are doing settling sessions over the coming weeks- do you not have any for your daughter? I don't know anyone who didn't start explaining moving to big school once they had been given a place.

Does she not know that she's starting Reception? Our school have had an initial parents meeting (some children did attend but I really don't know why) and there are two transition mornings planned too.

I think you'll find there will have been a lot of talk between the pre school children and their practitioners about going on to "big school" so it is very likely that your DD is aware that she will be moving on.

This. I also visited children a private nursery.

Totally standard.

What's not standard is the fact your child doesn't seem to understand she's going to a new school in September? That's something she needs to be told ASAP!

It's been standard for a long time, if they can't visit they call (my DDs preschool was overseas, they called her teacher despite the time difference)

Really normal - ours go to a standalone preschool setting and all the local P1 teachers come to visit at some point.

I'm surprised she doesn't know about starting school at this stage, my DD and her friends are all bizz about who's going where, have been to visit schools etc.

Have you not told her she's going up
To school?

The nursery should have already been preparing her for nursery anyway - she's leaving them soon they'll be working to support her transition.

My dc teacher visited last week. They didn't notify us they came to visit all the kids who'll be coming to the school. It's part of transition. She's four! How does she not know she's off to big school?! Won't she be invited for a visit soon? I have to take mine in next week to see her classroom etc. I think it's possible she knows more about this than you realise.

Taken aback because you didn't know? You don't work there, so it won't have anything to do with you.

I'd start getting used to the fact that the school and qualified teachers won't run their educational decisions by you.

This was normal at my kids nursery. The local primaries would all visit and meet the kids who were of the age to be going into reception. They also did a lot of work about starting school, so even if you haven't talked to her about it nursery most probably have anyway. I don't think it's tailored per child, at least it wasn't for ours, they just had a general visit as part of transition.