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Parents And Teacher: We have already suggested that a simple way of doing this is to tell parents that their child's teacher will stay at the school for, say, half an hour on a certain day each week, or come in early one morning. This is not difficult to manage for most teachers, provided they can choose the day themselves. It is an important arrangement to make,because it is their own child's teacher that parents usually want to see, not the deputy head or a liaison teacher, or someone with 'special responsibility'.
Eleanor had visited her class on three occasions during the Summer term. She had met her teacher, NNEB nursery nurse, other members of her class and had explored her classroom. The teacher had noted that Eleanor played alongside other children, that she had a good concentration span, enjoyed stories and had a good singing voice. Preschool records were with the parents and to be handed over at the beginning of the Autumn term. Eleanor and her parents had a meeting with the teacher in the week before she started school. During this meeting Eleanor was able to confidently talk about the pictures she had drawn and the picture sequencing she had done.
3 At Christmas the children were given bags, in which they could carry books to and from home, inscribed with their names and the school reading logo. They are very proud of these. Parents think they are a marvellous idea. We do too!
They also have record cards which parents can choose to complete. Some parents and teachers find these unnecessary as they meet so often. In fact, one teacher said she felt really set up for the day by speaking with parents about the progress of 'homework' rather than by using these cards. Fair enough!
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