Classroom Teachers' Home Visit

My older daughter told me about her classroom teacher's home visit today.
We will have it the day after tomorrow.

We have elementary and junior high school classroom teachers' home visits after school once in a year, in spring.
Every class of both an elementary and junior high school has below 40 kids, except for the 1st and 2nd grades of an elementary one does below 35.
Teachers have to visit around all students' homes one after another according to the time schedules they decided in advance, so we have a few days for home visit. 

Do you know why they go around students' homes in this season?

It's because of greetings, talking about students' concerns and conditions, knowing about their families' affairs and confirming whether teachers have to give special considerations for kids. 
Japanese schools start from April, so it's good for teachers to know how to teach and treat students well.

On the other hand, about family-side's way to accept a teacher. 
We always have a few worries and troubles about the visit every year, especially in the case of the first kid in a family.

Where should we talk with teachers? At the entrance or in a living room?
What should we give teachers during the talk? Nothing, tea or juice, sweets too?
But teachers have to drink in almost families in a very short time... Is it hard for them??
And we have to clean the house before the visit...

We will basically talk about 15 mins per student. But parents could understand what kids' teachers are like from the talks.
If parents have worries about their kids, they can tell them to kids' teachers.

I will have the visit the day after tomorrow, but honestly speaking, I don't have anything worried about my kids. I'm very happy for my kids to enjoy their schools.


家庭訪問の時期になりました。
今日、学校から帰って来るなり、中学生の娘が明後日に先生が来るよと言いました。
あらま、家を片づけないと・・・　飲み物の準備をしないと・・・。
今から気持ちは落ち着きません・・・。

この家庭訪問の時にいつも悩むのですが、みなさんはどこで先生とお話しをされますか？
うちはオールフラットな家なので、玄関には腰をかけてもらうような場所はありません。
ということで、いつもリビングで話を聞いています。
リビングに行くには、いろんなところを見られてしまう・・・。あはは、片づけないと、明日。

そんな大変な思いをして片づけても、話をするのは１０分～１５分ほどなんですよね。
子どもたちが笑顔で学校に行けているので、特に聞きたいことも、配慮してもらうこともないので、本当に有難いことですよね～
お片付けをする良い機会と思って、頑張って片づけます。