Meet the Teacher Night

J-Rock has been blessed with a very nice teacher - (Dr. Ofluf would approve) - while he is here on his short stay in Thanet. So we went to meet his teacher on the prescribed night.

Things are done a little bit differently here. You schedule a time, Ok so we are used to that and then you go and meet the teacher in the gym. The teacher is sitting at a desk and the parents wait in chairs to go up and have their chat. You even get a ticket so you know when it is your turn! While you are waiting - 'cause it does get a bit backlogged - you can look at your child's workbooks and watch other parents having their interview. So you don't get to poke around the classroom, or nose around and see how your kid's artwork compares to other kids, or see where or by whom your kid sits etc. Which really is OK with me. Also, the headteacher (=Principal) is there as well and you can chat with her if you wish and, er, need to.

Also, the interviews for all the different years fall on different nights. So you eliminate the throngs of people descending on the school all on one day. Much less chaotic.

And J-Rock? Well, he is doing Ok considering he has previously only done French language instruction. The teaching targets are much more rigorous over here. And it shows. And they automatically put him into a special learning group. No waiting to fill in a bunch of forms, requesting it, and the waiting to actually get into the programme. All done proactively for you!