Parents's evenings?

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Quick straw poll, is your school doing these? Any viable alternative?

Year 11 child and I would like an update from teachers, I understand why they are not keen to do them, however what is a reasonable alternative?

We are having a one to one meeting with his tutor early this term, they normally do an information evening for parents at the beginning of a new academic year, but obviously can't do that. I assume we will find out how they are planning to do parents' evening at that. Also Y11 so keen to have an update.

Our school is doing virtual meetings

Our school has cancelled the senco meeting and keeping quiet about parents evening

Virtual meetings I think.

Virtual for us.

Virtual. Stings for us 12 Oct

I'm still awaiting a decision from my school about how we're doing parents evenings. The first one would normally happen at the start of November, so we've got a little bit of time to finalise arrangements. I think it will probably be virtual, or possibly phone calls. Nobody really knows yet, although we do know that it won't be a full in person parents evening as we would normally have (200 parents and 60 staff in the school hall all having face to face conversation doesn't seem covid safe)

Thanks for replies

Ours for Y7 was a quick phone call with form tutor for now

We were told in a letter just before the start of term explaining new measures taken in school that there would be no parents evenings this term, reports sent home as usual and they'd contact us if there were any concerns.

I was wondering if there is any useful information about teaching, learning and the ethos of Acland Burghley and Parliament Hill, both London secondary schools that anyone can share?

Thanks for replies, anyone else?

Our school is doing virtual meeting early October but we only have 5 minutes with each GCSE subject teachers- I have so many questions I wonder how 5 minutes will be enough

@MollynAlly

Our school is doing virtual meeting early October but we only have 5 minutes with each GCSE subject teachers- I have so many questions I wonder how 5 minutes will be enough

What sort of questions? I usually struggle to find anything to ask!

@GreyishDays I'm glad it's not just me! I see parents spending ages with each teacher and wonder what they're talking about.

I suspect ours will be virtual (6th form) and I'm fine with that.

I am hoping there will be something, I appreciate face to face is problematic, I hope we get to speak with the main subjects, even virtually, because next year Dd takes her GCSE's.

5 minutes per student is entirely usal, whatever the format of the meeting. Bear in mind some staff might teach 2 groups of have to 30 - that is already 5 hours!!

Our school are doing virtual meetings on Teams. The students all have Teams accounts and I think the teacher just calls the parent via the student Teams account. We haven't had the parents evening yet.

We did have a virtual information evening about a week ago. This was also on Teams. We saw the Headmistress speak and also the tutor and there was a chance to ask questions. Quite useful and seemed a decent method in the current circumstance.

DH’s school is doing virtual meetings with prebooked slots (I think he said 5 minutes per call). If people need longer then calls are being organised. Seems to have gone fairly smoothly (he had his first lot this week for his U6 students).

Y11 dds school are doing virtual over two evenings.

We have been told that there will be no parent's evenings all academic year!

A couple of extra lines on their report in October

Seems a long way from a parent's evening to me tbh.

We normally only get 5 mins per teacher - will be virtual this year

DS's school has face to face tutor meetings next week, strict rules about not arrivingbuntil five minutes before, masks at all times etc My school has had virtual parents evening