First secondary parent consultation - what should we ask?

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HELP!!! What should we expect from a Secondary parent consultation?

DD1 got her end of year report yesterday, and our first ever secondary parents evening is next week. The head has asked that parents only see the teachers it is "essential" to talk to due to time constraints.

So, we're asking to see Maths, English, Science, Art and Music. Reports in all subjects were amazing and she really couldn't be trying harder, but we have asked to see these because;-

Maths - she says she's bored, though the report says she has a "voracious appetite for maths".
English - she is definitely bored.
Science - DFil was a head of science, so we think we have to.
Art - good report, but she was really disappointed to only get "good"...
Music - she plays an instrument, but that wasn't reported, so we'd like a chat.

Anything else we should do? Are parents really only expected to see a couple of teachers? What on earth do you ask a secondary teacher about?

I realise this might seem early for some, but we're in Scotland, and they switch to S2 timetable in 2 weeks!

You will find that the Teachers have lots to say to you and the questions will just flow naturally.

I think the important thing is to see the ones where what they've written in the report raises a question, which is what you seem to have picked out already. If your child is happy in a class, and doing well, and the report reflects that, then it can be a bit pointless to sit and meet with them. So meet with ones where the report suggests there's a problem - to see what can be done to improve things. And where you already know from your daughter there is a problem, or a mismatch, again so that you can try to see what the issue is.

It can be tricky to say "she's bored" but you could say she seems to get through the class work quickly and wondered if there was any ways to make sure she was really challenged, specially since she enjoys it so much...

If I can't think of anything else to say, I ask if there's anything she could be doing to improve.

We only get 5 minutes per teacher, so it will be over with very quickly. I just don't want to make a complete prat of myself - well no more than usual.

Thanks

Piece of advice that I learned the hard way......
When you have 4 or 5 new teachers to see, get there early and suss out where they are all sitting as ours are spread over 3 different areas with 3/4 teachers for each subject

And make a note of what each of them said as soon as you've seen them - it's a bit like viewing houses - they all merge into one after a whole. Or is that Justin?

Justin? Wtf? Just me

Would Justin like to come with me? DD1 has just brought back the "timetable" for appointments, and despite the head suggesting 5 minute gaps between the appointments, we're back to back.

DD1 says that's OK because "art 2 and art 3 are across from one another, and science 1 and maths 3 are on the same corridor"

How much of the lesson do you spend settling the class down and what percentage of it is devoted to teaching?

Does my daughter seem happy?

Is my daughter working at the grades her primary report predicted for the end of Y7?

What sets is she likely to be in next year - will there be any upward/downward movement?