Colombo - School Report Question and Answers
How is the overall communication between teachers and parents, and the administration and parents? How is communication facilitated?
Mostly, we hear what’s going on through Managebac, but I regularly email teachers, and have had separate PTCs as well as always taking advantage of the scheduled parent teacher conversations. Teachers seem to welcome these conversations because they are at the school to teach, and they do this best by knowing what the kids need. - Oct 2024
I found that teachers rarely reach out to me with either compliments or concerns. However, they're super responsive if I reach out with questions or concerns. Email, WhatsApp, meetings - the school tries to be really accessible. - Sep 2024
In my opinion, poor. There is a lack of communication about student progress. By mid-October, my child didn't have a single grade in the grade book. My elementary student reported doing poorly on some assignments. I reached out to the teacher to see what they were working on so I could support learning at home. I was told my kid was 'doing fine' and to look in the Seesaw app to see what they were doing. This app is not user-friendly and parents can only see work after the teacher grades and allows it. I found that this was not done promptly. The school does put out a weekly newsletter that has some useful information in it. However, short notice is often provided for parent meetings or classroom exhibitions. Notice was frequently 48 hours or less making it difficult for working parents. - Jan 2024
