"If there was a problem I would tell you"

Manon started at maternelle this September. Manon will be 3 at the end of October. Maternelle is the before-school-kindergarten type thing for for 3,4 and 5 year olds. There are 28 children in her class and there are 3 classes of 3 year olds. There is one teacher and one assistant (who is not trained in child care but is there to help clean up) for each class.

Manon only goes in the mornings from 8.30am to 11.30am four days a week (no school on Wednesdays). She could stay all day but would have a compulsory sleep from 12.30-3pm and finish the day at 4.30pm. FH drops her off in the classroom in the morning and I pick her up at 11.30am in the big hall where she is waiting with her teacher.

Manon's teacher is close to retirement. She seems kind to the children but does not want to do anything extra and that involves talking to the parents. She lives around the corner and likes to leave as quickly as she can at 11.30am and 4.30pm. She will discuss your child but at a scheduled time when you make an appointment.

I have seen other mothers talk to the teacher at pick up and thought that I had the right to at least ask about Manon after the first 3 weeks. 

My first interaction with my daughter's teacher was my question "Everything is ok"? And then I was told "If there was a problem I would tell you".