Student Parent Teacher Conversations : Reminder

Phone conferences happening this week

For families who have made bookings, our Parent Teacher Student conversations will be taking place this Wednesday 31 March, 11.00am-7.30pm  and Thursday 1 April, 9.00am-2.30pm.

What you need to know 

There will be no classes on those days. Students should continue with existing tasks and are encouraged to participate in the conversations, just as they would when we run them face-to-face. 

Teachers will not be available to answer emails/other communications on those days, as they will be occupied with the PTSC. 

How will they work?

• The PTSC will be conducted by phone.
• Teachers will call the parent who made the booking (using the phone number we have on Compass) at the booked time.
• The call will come from an unlisted (private) number: please pick up!
• If there is no answer, the teacher will wait 1 minute, then try once more. They will not leave a call back number. If an appointment is missed, you may need to email the teacher at a later date to request feedback.
• Students should participate - please put your phone on 'speaker' mode to enable this.

Supporting keeping to time 

When we run PTSC face-to-face, it's easy to run a little over time, and we can generally adjust for it. In the remote context, this will not be possible. To help this each conversation will last 7 minutes. Teachers will let you know that they are setting an audible alarm at the start of the conversation. When it goes off, this is the signal that the allotted time is up. The teacher will then need to finish the call so that they can move to their next appointment. Please be understanding of this and support our teachers in keeping appointments running smoothly.  If a longer conversation is necessary following the appointment, please ask the teacher if you can arrange a time later on. 

We will communicate any teacher absences via the Compass newsfeed. Please check Compass on the day for any unexpected absence announcements.