Meet-The-Parents Session
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I used to be a school teacher, have resigned since last year.
Different schools have different frequencies and timings of MTP (Meet-the-Parents Session). Some schools hold the first MTP on the first week of Term 1, some hold their first MTP during March holidays.
My suggestion to parents who want to communicate with teachers is to email them directly or call the school office to enquire about school’s calender-of-events.
Usually the school diary will have a calendar-of-events, however take note that changes can sometimes occur, and parents & students will be notified through official letters. The problem is, students sometimes can misplace the letters and not passing to their parents; and teachers are not aware this is happening.
Regular communication between parents and teachers is highly encouraged. Pls do not have the mindset that teachers calling means bad news. I, for one example, call parents once in a while to tell them the improvements of their child, as well as update them some school matters. -
mine also do not have any meet-the-parents sessions. Probably scheduled to be end-May period bah. Emailed teacher also didn’t receive reply, lucky managed to get her mobile, so any urgent matter will sms her and wait for replies loh. called no answer one, probably the teachers are busy teaching, or other work, not convenient to answer. But writing in the diary does help a bit in the communication.
so far my ds also no formal test for maths or english, only as and when. Got to know when the kid bring back the papers for signature.Only recently there’s notice official in their diary for chinese test, that’s all. Their CA not inclusive in their final year assessment. -
does the teacher maintain a class blog?
hmm, my dd had a maths test yesterday too. but it was communicated via the class blogs and they were told to write it in their school diaries which they been given. hmmm… are our kids in the same school but diff class? -
Hi Shaz,
My son’s school teachers do not communicate the dates to the children or the parents for Term 1’s "tests". That’s because the school has already abolished CA1 a few years back for the lower primary.
However, the school still have some form of assessments during term 1. The assessment include show and tell, spelling and tingxie, and a series of surprise tests. For all the surprise tests, the student will not know the dates of these tests. For my son, even though he is already in P2, he can’t really differentiate between tests and exercises during class.
Perhaps your dd’s school work in a similar way too. -
ya, my ds’ school, they do not have CA test for P1 and P2. As and when there will be some surprise tests (they call it topical tests) given, some are informed, some are not. The P1 will sit for SA1 papers but their marks are not counted. Only SA2 will take up the 100% of the whole year. However, understand from the teachers, that they will have a profile for each kid and will show it to the parents on what they had done throughout the terms, during the parents-teachers meeting sessions.
Yes, my ds also have show n tell for both chinese and english. -
Just to share…
P2’s school has :-
[CA and SA]
>No CA for lower primary.
>SA1 and SA2 for lower primary.
>Recorded in report book - SA1 25% + SA2 75%
[Meet The Parents Session]
In school hall ala congregation.
Brief overview of how to help
students with Eng, MT and Math
at home. Eng on compostition &
creative writing and reading. MT
emphasized on home environment
and reading MT story books. Math
covered a little on heuristics and
problem solving for topics to be
covered for the year ahead.
No formal meet up with teachers.
Only pictures of teachers were
put up to intorduce the HOD’s,
form teachers and MT teachers
for each level.
Other areas covered :-
>Avenues of communication with the school
>Advantages of school diary & official website
>Areas for parental involvement in Parents Support Group (PSG).
>Informed parents of tentative dates for field trips, PTC (Parent-Teacher-Conference)
>CCA options for lower primary
>Holiday programme plans
>School circulars to parents
[Tests]
>Topical Tests informed via child’s diary
>Children to copy down the dates & topics to prepare
>Whole term’s spelling list given on 2nd week (Eng & MT)
>No pop quiz (surprise tests) only practise papers or additional
assessment sheets provided by school -
shaz:
My gg's school will have no tests in 1st semester, and i even did not see my girl doing homework usually...I ask my girls' performance when I fetch her from school sometimes, knowing that my girl was not quite used to attend school for the beginning, she act just like she was in Kindergarden, did not listen teacher properly, can not finish her homework in time, and talking during the class... I spend a lot of effort to correct her, I hope she can be used to be a student soon.Did so much just to get into the school (PV, moved house)...but feeling quite disappointed now. The only notes she comes home with (school made them purchase a diary) is always - \"bring money to buy file.\", \"Bring money to buy this and that.\"
There isn't even a letter to inform parents of the 1st semester tests dates. As they have been given 'informal' tests regularly, my dd don't even know when the actual tests are
I just attended her MTP a week ago, and knowing why my girl did not have homework, and I know what she learned during the english class (they don't have english text book), and I also know that my girl getting some progressive. I'm happy to hear that... -
Basically the MTP session for mine is a generic one.
It is a mass meet up at the hall whereby the principal address to all parents.
After which it is then break up into individual classes whereby the form teacher will be there to greet the parents. But, don’t expect a 1 on 1 session, cos it is left with ~15mins and there are 30 parents crowding around the poor form teacher.
So my boy’s form teacher took the easy way out, she said "I will call you personnally if your kid’s performance is below standard, so those who received calls from me, you know who you are…"
:!:
Anyway, I’ll supervise my boy’s progress by gauging his performances on those spellings and tests… -
ttyh:
I won't say it is the easy way out as I believe most teachers will do that. Management norm is people will manage by exceptions and it is safe to assume that the exceptions of weaker students are the minority instead of the majority. If it is the majority, then the school will have to investigate the reason and develop programmes to help the mass.
So my boy's form teacher took the easy way out, she said \"I will call you personnally if your kid's performance is below standard, so those who received calls from me, you know who you are...\"
:!:
And personally if my child has no issues in school, I don't need regular feedback from the school, unnecessary overheads for the teachers. Checking through my kids' work will also give me an indication of the progress. I would prefer the teacher to highlight only any unusual things to me as I practise management of exceptions. JMHO. -
summerlove:
How i wish that my girl's school has teacher with the same mind set as you. For my girl's school, they just change the principal this year, and not sure if it is coincidental or what, most parents i came across, complained of no communication from school's teachers. eMail sent was met with no reply. I hrd it was not good to keep going to the principal to get response, maybe your children would be 'identified'...quite frustrated sometimes. What is education if no communication exists betw. the educator and the parents. :xI used to be a school teacher, have resigned since last year.
Different schools have different frequencies and timings of MTP (Meet-the-Parents Session). Some schools hold the first MTP on the first week of Term 1, some hold their first MTP during March holidays.
My suggestion to parents who want to communicate with teachers is to email them directly or call the school office to enquire about school's calender-of-events.
Usually the school diary will have a calendar-of-events, however take note that changes can sometimes occur, and parents & students will be notified through official letters. The problem is, students sometimes can misplace the letters and not passing to their parents; and teachers are not aware this is happening.
Regular communication between parents and teachers is highly encouraged. Pls do not have the mindset that teachers calling means bad news. I, for one example, call parents once in a while to tell them the improvements of their child, as well as update them some school matters.
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