Links with Parents

We believe that a close relationship with parents is vital to ensure each child’s maximum personal development. We welcome parental contact and encourage mutual support between home and school. Experience proves that working together greatly benefits children.

Through our Partnership With Parents programme, we encourage parents to participate in our regular consultation surveys and try to provide full, clear and open information about all aspects of school life and each child’s performance.

We urge all parents to take part in school life and to make good use of the various channels of communication to ensure that we are working together in partnership to help children fulfil their potential.

Formal Informal

Ø School Prospectus Etonbury Echo – regular newsletter

Ø Parents’ Handbook Pupil’s Day Book

Ø Parent Teacher Consultation Evenings New Year 5 Parents’ Evening

Ø Partnership with Parents Surveys Christmas Market

Ø Annual Written Report to Parents School Concerts

Ø Annual Meeting of Governors and Parents Etonbury Association events (P.T.A.)

Ø Individual letters to parents Residential visits

Ø Letters from individual parents to school Educational Day Visits parent helpers

Ø Subject/Curriculum Workshops Sports Events

Ø Prospective parents’ Open Evenings Notes and telephone calls between home and school.

Ø Home School Agreement

Day Book

All pupils are given a Day Book which they are expected to keep with them at all times. The purpose of this book is to help pupils to plan and organise their work and activities and to record their achievements and experiences.

Most importantly also, it is intended as a continuous 3-way channel of communication between teachers, pupils and parents – enhancing the effectiveness of the Home/School partnership and enabling parents to become more closely involved in the day to day educational experiences of their child.

It is the responsibility of each pupil to keep a regular, full and accurate record of activities and achievements, both at home and at school and to present the book to parents and to the Class Tutor each week. We would look for merit points gained, homework assignments and extra-curricular activities.

If completed regularly and fully, this book will not only keep parents informed about activities concerning their child, but will build up a positive overall picture of experiences over the year and form a vital basis for each pupil’s personal annual Record of Achievement.

If parents have a concern, it can be recorded above the space for their weekly signature. Day Books are checked regularly by Class Tutors but if parents have written a comment, they are asked to tell their child to present it to the teacher concerned the next day.

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