Two-page 'All about my child' form for the new class teacher. How candid are you?

silver_diary_20854 Jun 2026

My elder daughter's school has sent a form for her new class teacher: strengths, fears, friendships, what upsets her, how she responds to correction, anything 'the teacher should know'. Some of it is easy. Some of it, if I'm candid, describes a child who sulks when corrected in front of others and takes a day to come round. I'm not sure whether writing that helps the teacher handle her better or labels her before the first day. For those who have filled these in: how much do you put down, and did it seem to make any difference to how the year started?

2 comments

ochre_diary_64044 Jun 2026
Write it. Teachers find out within a week anyway, and I'd rather mine heard 'she sulks when corrected publicly, a quiet word works' from me than worked it out the hard way. Keep it to what helps them act, not a description of her personality.
plum_camera_53745 Jun 2026
i wrote very little the first year and a lot the second. couldn't see any difference in how either year went. the teacher mattered more than the form
- plum_moon_68155 Jun 2026
  That matches what I've seen with our two. The form is probably read closely in the first week and rarely after that. One line on what works when she's upset is more useful than a list of difficulties, because it's something a teacher can use on a busy day.