started Year 7
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:08 pm
Hi all
I have not been on this forum since my school appeal in June. Our two appeals failed and my son is now settling in the local failing school. He is very happy there. Made lots of friends, joined in the School Football team ( in the A Team). He said that he is finding the work very easy and some of the subjects are not challenging.
We had two parents meetings. One after two weeks to see the form tutor to find out how the students were settling. The form tutor was new and didn't know the answers to many quetions asked. Our second meeting was a learning day couple of weeks ago where one of the head of year (as our form tutor went home off sick) saw us and said that our son was a star pupil blah blah blah.
Our worry is that not enought homework is given and when there is homework it is not marked. Sometimes the teachers don't turn up for lessons and other times if one or two children misbehave in the classroom, the whole classroom is penalised.
As this is my first child in the secondary school, I am not sure how to approach the school. I have already spoken with the head of year 7 and said that not enough homework is set, work is not challenging, we are willing to support the school etc. Parents and teachers, please could you give me some tips as to how I should deal with the problems without being shown as a pushy parent.
I have not been on this forum since my school appeal in June. Our two appeals failed and my son is now settling in the local failing school. He is very happy there. Made lots of friends, joined in the School Football team ( in the A Team). He said that he is finding the work very easy and some of the subjects are not challenging.
We had two parents meetings. One after two weeks to see the form tutor to find out how the students were settling. The form tutor was new and didn't know the answers to many quetions asked. Our second meeting was a learning day couple of weeks ago where one of the head of year (as our form tutor went home off sick) saw us and said that our son was a star pupil blah blah blah.
Our worry is that not enought homework is given and when there is homework it is not marked. Sometimes the teachers don't turn up for lessons and other times if one or two children misbehave in the classroom, the whole classroom is penalised.
As this is my first child in the secondary school, I am not sure how to approach the school. I have already spoken with the head of year 7 and said that not enough homework is set, work is not challenging, we are willing to support the school etc. Parents and teachers, please could you give me some tips as to how I should deal with the problems without being shown as a pushy parent.