Partnership with Parents
We understand that you are busy and that if your child's time at school is going to compliment family life rather than complicate it, we need to offer a comprehensive range of provisions designed to give you choice and flexibility whilst encouraging a positive home-school relationship.
We believe the education of a child is a partnership between parents and school. It is vital, therefore, that there are good links between home and school. We know that a child's success at primary school is never just down to the school; it is the outcome of a true partnership which is based on mutual trust. We work hard at that partnership with a variety of workshops and the opportunity to see the provision in action, all underpinned by efficient two-way communication systems.
Parents are invited to a Curriculum Information meeting at the beginning of the school year where their class teacher gives them an overview of the class plans for the year as well as other more practical information about class activities.
In the Autumn & Spring terms, parents are invited to come and meet with the class teacher individually to discuss their child's progress. At these meetings parents are given their child's current assessment (National Curriculum or Foundation Stage) and how this relates to age-related expectations. In addition, their child's end of year targets are shared along with information about what their child needs to do to help them meet their targets. This information, as well as their child's current attendance figure, is presented on a form which parents are given to keep as a reference point for future discussions.
At the end of the school year, each child receives a written report detailing their achievements and accomplishments from that year.
We are aware that the way children are taught in schools nowadays might be very different to the school experience their adults had. Consequently we run a variety of different workshops to help parents gain insight into what is being taught and how we teach it.
The Headteacher also writes a newsletter every Friday giving information on the highlights of the week as well as important upcoming events. This is available via email and is uploaded onto the website every Friday too. Please click here to be taken to our Newsletters.
From time to time things do go wrong but we ask that you do not let minor problems become major ones. Come in and talk to us and together we can usually sort things out. The best person in the first instance to sort any issue out is your child's class teacher so we ask that you go to them first. However, if more help is needed in addressing the concern, members of the Senior Leadership Team are always happy to meet with parents to discuss issues.
Parents help in many ways in school e.g. hearing readers, cooking, ICT support, maths games, art & craft activities - the list is endless! We welcome and value their support. We do ask parents to complete some simple volunteer training to enable them to feel confident in their role, and to attend compulsory Safeguarding training. Information about when these sessions take place is given in the newsletter.
h parents and carers. We welcome your feedback on all aspects of our provision and strongly encourage you to speak to someone quickly should you have a concern. Our class teachers, Year Leaders and Senior Leadership will always make the time to meet with you so that you can problem solve together.
We are always seeking feedback from our parents. Any new significant initiative is refined and strengthened by feedback from all our community members, especially parents.