OK. Parents evening.

First appointment, 17h10, last appointment 20h50. Aïe aïe aïe!

We saw the:

German teacher - Gwilym's great, all's OK, his French sometimes holds him up but is improving, perhaps he could be a bit more enthusiastic with his homework.

Maths teacher - Gwilym's great, all's OK, his French sometimes holds him up but is improving, perhaps he could be a bit more enthusiastic with his homework.

Sport teacher - Gwilym's great, all's OK, his French sometimes holds ... (I expect you see a pattern emerging...)

Three more original comments:

History teacher - C'est'n bon p'tit gars. (He's a good little lad) (sounds like séngbomptygar)

Music teacher - could he bring his trombone to school please (!)

French teacher - he's adorable (!!) and well brought-up (I like the French teacher)

We didn't go and see the English teacher, but one of the other mums told us that she'd told her that Gwilym is a real asset in the class and all his chums are doing well in English because he encourages them along.

There we are then? A very reassuring evening. His grades are not brilliant. He passes everything but not particularly well, but they all put it down to his French, which is improving all the time.

One of the teachers asked me what I thought about Gwilym's homework. I said "C'est un garçon, il fait ce qu'il faut." (He's a lad, he does what he has to).

Thanks for your prayers. We know that God has helped them to settle and to integrate. Both Gwilym and Catrin are content in school, and both are doing fine. I asked the German teacher if we were being too ambitious having him do German alongside French, and she says no, he can do it fine.

Now I'm off to bed!

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Anonymous said…
XLNt! Have you heard that some parents give financial rewards for good praents evenings?!!
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