Example sentences of "parents ' evening " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maths teacher hated Maggie too , because one Parents ' Evening Phoebe had turned up in overalls and working boots . |
| 2 | She knows Victor to be a troublemaker , and even remembers the boy 's father 's remarks at the last parents ' evening , encouraging her to give Victor a ‘ good smack if he causes any trouble ’ . |
| 3 | Celebrating together — parents ' evening or consultation meetings ? |
| 4 | Weeks before a parents ' evening is held the staff need to get together to discuss and plan the whole event . |
| 5 | Planning the parents ' evening interview |
| 6 | A parents ' evening in late September or early October gives time for the class to settle and for the teacher to get to know something about the child . |
| 7 | A parents ' evening in late February or early March allows progress to be reviewed half way through the school year with an opportunity to find ways of developing strengths and eliminating weaknesses . |
| 8 | At a too typical parents ' evening Mr and Mrs Bloggs are directed to a folded card bearing Fred 's name resting on a slightly dog-eared pile of exercise books . |
| 9 | Parents ' evening check list |
| 10 | As far as the school was concerned , the fact that so many parents attended a parents ' evening was ‘ an indication of the kind of area we are dealing with … where parents are interested in their children 's education and want to play as full a part as possible . ’ |
| 11 | You will sit anxiously on an undersized chair at parents ' evening , asking a teacher whether the child 's reading is really up to scratch and should n't he be on Blue Book Three by now ? |
| 12 | Not that the Manner — which he intended should be so admired later in the week on Parents ' Evening — was particularly in evidence on the Monday , as he sat at his study desk and went over the plans for that event with his wife . |
| 13 | PARENTS ' EVENING |
| 14 | Like tonight , Parents ' Evening , when they had assembled at his behest in the Staff Common Room overlooking the school driveway to watch out for arriving parents and usher them through to the headmaster 's sitting-room , where the first part of the festivities were to take place . |
| 15 | She slouched from parent to parent , latching on to those who looked as if they would listen to her woes — not realizing , perhaps , that this was hardly the purpose of Parents ' Evening . |
| 16 | The Major began to feel that Onyx Muggeridge was not quite what he had come to a Parents ' Evening for , and was quite grateful when the headmaster disengaged himself with palpable reluctance from the Fromes and sailed in his direction , exuding Manner . |
| 17 | ‘ Ah well , ’ said Septimus Coffin , on the Monday after the Parents ' Evening , ‘ it 's four o'clock . |
| 18 | A parents ' evening on four health topics is being held in school . |
| 19 | The Region also recently sponsored a parents ' evening at Broughton High School , which provided information to around 150 parents on provision including general SVQs and National Certificate Module Clusters . |
| 20 | When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and |
| 21 | have you got parents ' evening this term Geoff ? |
| 22 | Second year parents ' evening on Wednesday , seven to nine o'clock , er second years you know that it probably makes sense to be there erm with your parents er this Wednesday the no not this Wednesday , Wednesday week the twenty third , which is next Wednesday , there 's no leisure centre for first year students , er and in fact there are no Wednesday afternoon activities at all next Wednesday . |
| 23 | I hate that , I really do , thank God I 'm at boarding school cos I hate , the worst bit is like when they get , I remember when I was at day school and them coming home from the parents ' evening and I was |
| 24 | Erm , no yo I 've , er I 've asked him at the parents ' evening what he expected us to do for economics , right ? |
| 25 | Got , parents ' evening on the fifth and tenth to do . |