We've had parents evening tonight - our second of the year (we have one each term). Each parent gets a 5 minute appointment and they're given a slot in which to attend. We also give reports out each term - the Autumn and Spring term reports are few weeks after parents evening and the Summer term report goes out just before parents evening. Parent's are expected to attend and if they don't come are asked to arrange to see the teacher at another time (we went out a 'sorry you were unable to attend letter' which should really read, excuse me, why did you fail to turn up!).
Anyway, I was wondering what parents think to parents evening (I don't have children so don't have an opinion on this). How do you feel about having just five minutes or finding that teachers totally over-run and you have to wait for ages. Would you prefer an alternative system (or is their an alternative system and your child's school? How do you feel if you get there and are told that there are no problems, your child in doing fine in every possible way and there are no issues - obviously over the moon, but do you wish you hadn't bothered coming or that it's a bit of waste of time? Any other comments about the experience?
