Parents really matter - the research says:
‘The best way to support a child’s achievement, attendance and behaviour is the positive partnership between the school and parents.’ Harris 2009
We asked Bay House parents what we were doing that supported our partnership:
You told us that the things you like are:
- Information about your child that you understand and can easily access
- Information you can respond to
- Things that make talking easy (i.e. postcards home, praise, positive achievements, up to date issues)
- Easy access to staff when we need it
- Being listened to (not talked at, or judged)
- Sharing what is happening in school, like the school performances and learning evenings
- Opportunities to visit school and staff like the 'drop in' sessions and parent's evenings.
And as a result of your feedback we'd like to get even better so this year we will be looking at:
- Sharing your child's progress data with you in an easily accessible way
- A review (led by pupils) of rewards and how we share these with you
- A brief 'who to contact' map on the webpage (see below)
- Parents seeing some of the home learning activities online
- Having 'tours of the school' as well as 'drop ins'
- Online bookings for parent's evening