When both parents are unable to attend a school event: expressing your own feelings and your child’s attitude
In this case, you want to tell the teacher whether you can attend a school event such as a parent-child field trip or Parents’ Day. If an attendance confirmation form is provided, just fill out the form and hand it in. If there is no form, you can use the renrakucho to inform the school whether you will attend. The following model shows an example of a message informing the school that both parents are unable to attend a school event.
Here, the parent expresses her own feelings, as well as her child’s attitude.
Model
Conversational flow and useful expressions
Greeting
Regarding...
Reason
Your thoughts as a parent
What you will do
Closing
Parent's name
Supplement
Preschools may have slightly different names – such as 「保護者参観」(hogosha sankan) or 「保育参観」(hoiku sankan) – for Parents' Day, a day when parents are invited to observe their children at preschool.