Working with Families

We recognise that families have a fundamental role to play in helping their children to learn. We do all we can to inform parents about what and how their children are learning by:

• Holding ‘Meet the Teacher’ appointments at the beginning of each academic year

• Sending information at the start of each term, which outlines the themes and subject matter that the children will be studying

• Keeping the website and Twitter up to date

• Sending a regular newsletter to parents

• Informal coffee mornings

• Explaining to parents how they can support their children with home learning

• Inviting parents to share class assemblies and whole school events

• Holding parents’ evenings each full term

• Sending annual written pupil reports

Families can support their child’s learning in school by:

• Promoting a positive attitude towards school and learning

• Ensuring that their child has the best attendance record possible

• Ensuring that their child is equipped for school with the correct uniform and PE kit

• Informing school if there are matters outside of school that are likely to affect a child’s performance or behaviour

• Supporting their child in extending their learning beyond the classroom, e.g. through home learning

• Fulfilling the requirements set out in the Home School Agreement which is reviewed regularly by the school and sent out to all new families