What is the point of ds's nursery school teacher coming for a home visit on Tuesday?

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Is it (as she says)

a) because the children love it when she comes to their houses

and

b) so that we can discuss anything privately that I might not wish to discuss at school

or (as I think)

a) so she can look at my house and make a judgement

and

b) she is being a nosey bag!

This is sort of tongue in cheek as I dont mind if she comes over but what is the point?

Ds2 is 3yrs old. He will start nursery in Sept in the afternoons and will not give one hoot if she comes to his house or not. He doesnt start for another 6 weeks and will prob forget she came anyway. I have nothing private to discuss with her!

WWYD?? and WDYThink?

pmsl sobernow, my granny has one of those

I have a friend who is a nursery/reception teacher and does home visits.

She says teachers do notice the house when on home visits - if there are any books etc.

all ds's books are in his bedroom, our living room is only small so we just keep a small box of toys in here.

Thats why it makes no sense to be making judgements on families unless ur gonna look round their whole house.

This sucks Im afraid, government legislation or not.

I don't quite understand why people are so suspicious / negative about this!

DS loved it - it gave him a chance to meet his new teacher in his own surroundings and with me, and as she said, to discuss anything....they really really don't snoop!

DS still talks about his teacher and TA coming to the house!

Anyway, you can easily just decline, it's an offer, an opportunity that you can take or refuse....I just don't get the 'it's pure nosiness' suspicion - teachers will hear SO much about your private life from your child in the first year, i'm sure they don't need to tramp the streets looking for it!

Is it really legislation? We've had no home visits.

And I think you should cut parents some slack. Having people visit you in your home, suspecting (rightly it seems ) that you will be judged, can be pretty stressful. And what is normal behaviour for you when you have guests in your home may not be normal for others.

I think its a nice idea.

No home visits here either. DD's new school teacher, summer before she started reception year, did visit her at nursery to speak with her nursery teachers and to observe her at play in her own enironment. We spoke with the teacher on DD's assessment day.

Well, I wouldn't have any problems with it either. But I'm a teacher. Lots of parents I've worked with have very negative ideas about school in general, based on their own experiences. And I can see how this might, done well, help to overcome that. But it needs to be sensitively handled.

I had this a few weeks ago, I LEFT THE TV ON
We had dd1s teacher and classroom helper lady..err, cant remember her actual job title, it was ok but did feel very intrusive tbh, and dd1 wasnt really interested and kept trying to go into the garden/upstairs, they just went over some rules, no sleeveless tops/dresses, or crocs? and filled in yet more forms, contact numbers ect

Anyone know why the no sleeveless tops/dress rule? the crocs thing i'm assuming because they are soft/slip on? i'm new to all this nursery stuff!

Or maybe they just think crocs are damn ugly

I think that you not doing something isn't a good enough reason to judge others for doing it IYSWIM.

Although am finding it hard to banish pictures of the Royle family from my mind now

tv was just on mtv2, I had just had it on as background, no Jeremy Kyle honest!

I'm only kidding.

I forget to turn off the radio sometimes, because it's just always there in the background during the day.

Blu you are right children tell their teachers EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING

Can you refuse the visits?

yes

I believe you can refuse and my friend has booked her dog into the vet to get out of it.

I havent cancelled yet but I might.

Just seems odd 6 weeks before he is even due to go to nursery that she wants to visit.

I have heard that if you do cancel then she rearranges the visit!!

I am a bit bemused by those of you saying it is legislation that they have to make a home visit. We are in the Midlands - is it different in different areas of the UK? Or perhaps different in Scotland. Not sure where the OP lives.

Some of dd's friends have had visits from teachers at their (private) day nursery, but not all of them. (to clarify, most of them are at a private nursery for childcare reasons and will be attending state primary schools). dd was invited for 1 1/2 hours to the school to spend time with the teacher and TAs (I stayed too, that was the plan)

They do this at our school. Its so the child has a face they have seen before on their first day, a chance to discuss any concerns and a chance to talk to the children without anyone else requirring your attention.

we are in Berkshire

When dd1 started Reception class, her teacher was due ot start maternity leave after 6 weeks.

So...The Head teacheer did the visits

I did feel like a school girl, lol.

She was very nice, of course.

We have dd2 to look forward to in September.

And the same teacher is on maternity leave, again !!!

We've never had this. I would have refused unless the teacher was willing to come in the evening after 7pm when dh finished his private teaching.

But then there would be no point as the children would be in bed.