Year 7 parents evening-child needs to be in attendance?

[amaryl]

Is this normal?
In junior school they didn’t want them there.
Is this just for year 7?
Ds has been recently flagged up for dyslexia, barely started to deal with that.
I’ve just received his school report, he’s doing ok, but I’m disappointed.
I’m not sure what else I can do, I just feel like he hates everything and me.
I’m not sure how I’m going to keep it together anyway and now ds has to be there, how can I have a conversation with them without conveying how disappointed I am.
I can’t find the right balance with encouragement/pressure
I’m failing, I’m crying and ultimately I just want him to be happy

I always take mine because at the end of the day it's about them. If the teacher needed to speak to me alone they would phone me and ask me. It's also easy as there are so many teachers and the child knows who teaches them.

I always take mine because at the end of the day it's about them

The meeting is for parents, the teacher can speak to the kids any school day.

If you take your kids the teachers address the kids and it’s all positive. If you don’t they are a bit more honest.

The dyslexia is newly diagnosed, so the teachers haven’t been told yet
Parents evening was supposed to be the first opportunity for feedback, then we figure out a plan for him

Surely though it will be better if they already know otherwise they will come to parents evening thinking miniamaryl is disruptive and cheeky and go away feeling guilty for having that as the opening feedback in the session.

Exactly @TW2013

I don't understand the SENCo's thinking. If you have told her, then why hasn't she sent an e-mail round to all of his teachers to say he has recently been diagnosed with dyslexia, and obviously this is something that you will be getting together to plan support for him (and if need be, some staff training). Now you've told us that OP, I feel it isn't fair on the subject teacher. I cannot understand why the SENCo wouldn't let them know so they aren't put on the spot on PE.