We have had a letter from the school informing us that we will be visited at home on a certain day at 2.40. we have been told to have the original birth certificate of the child to hand. And that the appointment cannot be rearranged. This would mean taking a whole day off work (if one of us even can) which is a bit of a problem. we have been forced to move house twice this year and with one thing and another are both really running out of leave.
We are told in the letter that if a meeting does not take place it may delay our child starting school.
Can anyone tell me what this is for, so I can work out how hard I have to try to make it work.
If it is about the birth certificate - there will be another way to do it, and there is no point in me taking a day off work so they can look at a document.
If it is about seeing our house, and home life, it is none of their business.
If there is some actually important reason why meeting the child at home is genuinely different from the other visits arranged with the pre-school, and important, maybe I should make the effort.
If not, I would prefer to use my leave on some time off together as a family in the summer, supporting my dd1 when she actually starts school, and as much time off at xmas as we can have so that we get a good break together after her first term. (not that I remotely have enough time for all of these things to the extent I would like!)
Can those who know about such things please advise me?
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curryeater · 18/06/2013 21:09
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