Home visit from school

Mrs_Soup

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.

clairec79

My kids are between 16 and 6 and we never had this at all, there was a session to go up for an hour or so with the parents so they could meet the staff and see the environment - no home visits

Amara

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

Kynthia

I haven't heard of it happening in my area but have heard of it elsewhere. Someone told me that the nursery class starts a week later to allow the teacher to spend the first week of term making these visits.

Wannabedebtfree01

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!

Threebabes

Ive got 3, 21, 17 and 13.

We got a visit before youngest started nursery, we live in the north east.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

I think it's to see what kinda environment the child lives in, is the house clean and tidy?

Might ask to use the toilet, then have a wee snoop around when upstairs to check bedrooms.

loulou41

It's routine for some school sometimes they visit the child at preschool.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

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.

Kit1

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

I think it's to see what kinda environment the child lives in, is the house clean and tidy?

Might ask to use the toilet, then have a wee snoop around when upstairs to check bedrooms.

Teacher's do not use it to snoop around your home. They want to see the child in an environment they are happy in so that when they come into school and are upset they know that there is a problem and not something they do all the time. It also gives parents a chance to talk to the teacher/TA of any problems they should be aware of so they don't have to talk about private matters in front of 29/30 other parents who will try their damnedest to hear what is being said. Yes teachers may go into homes that are not tidy etc but this then gives them a better understanding of the child's home life so that the child is not treated any differently if they come to school without reading books, homework, PE kit etc. It also gives they child the chance to meet the teacher/TA out of school on a one to one basis.

I have been on many home visits and l have never snooped and neither have my colleagues.