# Commentary

Zainab‘s first steps towards helping Marie were slow, but, with tactful discussion, a way forward was devised together. Zainab was lucky because Marie’s mother had come into school when invited, but if she had not, what could Zainab have done to make face-to-face contact?

The next activity explores the steps you might take to develop a dialogue about achievement and progress with a student’s parents/carers.

Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike License 4.0