Family3–5 min3 objectives
School Parent Meeting
Talk about your child's progress and agree a plan.
AL
You'll be talking to
Ms. Alvarez · Class teacher
Warm and honest, careful with words, wants parents as partners.
Your mission
Understand how your child is really doing, respond well to any concern, and leave with a plan you both agreed.
The scene
Parents' evening at your child's school. You have ten minutes with the class teacher, and you have heard nothing about how things are going.
You are a parent.
Objectives · tick them live
- 1Ask how your child is doing academically and sociallyThe learner asks about schoolwork AND about friendships or behaviour.
- 2Respond to a concern the teacher raisesWhen the teacher raises an issue, the learner responds calmly and asks for details.
- 3Agree on a plan and a follow-upThe learner agrees concrete actions at home and at school, and when to check in again.
Peek at useful phrases· optional
- “How is Ali getting on in class?”
- “And how is he with the other children?”
- “I didn't know about that — can you tell me more?”
- “What can we do at home to help?”
- “Could we speak again in a month?”
- These are in English; in another language the character will use its own natural equivalents.
Set up the scene
How hard the world pushes back
You'll need a microphone. Ms. Alvarez speaks first; just answer as you would in real life.