Home visit from school

My children are ten and 7 and this happened with both. The teacher and TA came round for about half an hour. TA played with child and teacher talked to me- gave me some bits of paper, we had a chance to tell them about childs foibles. They only went into the one room we sat them in- didn't have a cup of tea (they do several visits a day and would be awash with the stuff). Just a chance for child to be a bit more familiar with people when they start (lots of schools reception start later than other years) don't have to agree to them coming if you don't want to.

I live near York, my son is Year 1. We had home vist too, when he started Reception.

I thought it was odd when my daughter's teacher wanted to do a home visit , until I'd been told for two weeks in a row she'd had to do PE in her pants for not having her PE kit. Apparently she'd been bullied into giving someone else her PE kit. So don't be too suspicious of these visits!

Happened 20 years ago for DD1 and 13 for DD2. The explanation is that it's easier for children if they know the teacher/TA.

No checking up involved, they got a reading book, various paperwork was handed over, arrangements for the start of term were discussed, everybody was happy.

Obviously, if the place is littered with vodka bottles or drugs paraphernalia, something would be said once back at school, but those parents won't be likely to agree to the visit in the first place.



The ex went absolutely ballistic about the idea, yelled, shouted and stamped his foot that 'no busybodies were going to check up on us as though we were common chav scum' :cool: - so I made the appointment for whilst he was at work - had he turned up without warning, he'd have created an issue when there was none. And yes, I did find it ironic that, for all his conviction that he was better than people on benefits due to his parents' income and lifestyle, he was behaving like that about it. His departure for younger arms later on that year was of little consequence to me.