The Parent Teacher Conference started at 9.15 am on the 8th October. This meeting was attended by both parents from Primary and Nursery. As stake holders in their child’s progress, this meeting is a must for all parents. This was our third meeting and the first meeting for this school year.Here at this meeting we shared and updated parents in general the academic progress of the school and also to hear from them how this can be a better place for their child to pursue their academic excellence. Also at this meeting we shared all incidents that happened here so that parents will know what happens around their children and how our policies are formulated with these incidents.This was also the common theme in our 2 previous PTCs. Open meetings like this will make Singapore Genius School Krabi a better place for their kids excellence in education.
Maths & English
All the parents were very happy with the way the school was run. Also how the teaching staff were making great efforts to have enjoyable lessons. We went into great details about the structure of the Math and English lessons. Lessons were now an hour long and not 45 minutes anymore. The school stressed that homework is part of the integral part of this school pursue in education excellence and parents played a big part at home to complete their kid’s homework. The school updated the reporting procedure and how the school will connect with the parents 4 times a year. All the parents had no objection to this structure of reporting. With this combination, our reporting procedures offer clear, focused, structured and with plentiful insights into their child’s learning, achievements and potential.
Parents of nursery were inform on the move to the new campus at Soi Keittikun, which is ready. Parents of Primary were up dated about the construction of a our new campus in Ao Nang. Construction of the new campus had already started.
Our next topic on our agenda, Parents were encouraged not to miss school as there are less than 200 school days in the school calendar. We also shared with parents our daycare on Saturday and Sunday running from 9am to 4pm This option offers parents who need to drop off their kids to attend some urgent business over the weekend. The kids will joint whatever classes there are on that day. Lunch and morning and after break meals are included. This is available at 500 Baht.
We did cover extensively on illness and school attendance. We touch on topics when they should avoid school and how to make that decision.
Wrap Up
Overall the Parent Teacher Conference was a success as we discussed many issues important to parents. Communication with parents is an important part of what we do. We try to maintain an open atmosphere of dialogue and cooperation in order to provide all parents with the opportunity of becoming actively involved in their child’s development. With this we can add that the 3rd Parent Teacher Conference was a huge success and we thanked parents for their participation in this Parent Teacher Conference.