For your parent-teacher meeting for lower primary students, focus on working with their teacher to develop your child’s fundamental learning habits. If your child has just started school, start by asking how they have adjusted to their primary school. Otherwise, you might want to learn how your Primary 3 child is tackling Weighted Assessments for the first time this year.
Before the meeting, have a discussion with your child on what they enjoy about school. Additionally, ask them if there is anything they’d like you to talk to their teacher about. Prepare a notebook with your concerns and the checklist of questions that can be downloaded below.
Areas of Focus
For lower primary students, focus on their social and emotional adaptation. For example, how they handle frustration, make friends, and whether they are willing to try new tasks. Other areas include their learning habits, such as their attention span, resilience, and independence, and how they decode words for reading fluency, number sense, and fine motor skills.
Primary 3 Weighted Assessment
Aside from their social growth and learning habits, Primary 3 is the first year that your child will experience Weighted Assessments. Naturally, you might want to learn how your child is handling them in school. For example, during timed assessments, does your child rush through to finish and make careless mistakes or are they able to complete the test in time? Are they able to use scientific terms in their explanations and understand the concepts?
Avoid being defensive of your child’s weaknesses or less positive behaviour during the parent-teacher meeting for your lower primary child. Instead, work with your child’s teacher to help your child improve, starting with one recommended daily habit.
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