The Nursery Team recognise that parents are a child’s first and most important educators. As such, working with parents in a genuine partnership is central to our practice.

Learning at Home Strategy

Our Learning at Home Strategy was introduced in session 20-21, following the first lockdown, to broadened the ways in which we work with our families. The Learning at Home Strategy enables us to ensure we plan and provide a wide range of ways to encourage parental engagement in children’s learning.

We use an app called Seesaw to provide information to parents regarding their child’s development, the nursery curriculum and nursery information. Introducing Seesaw in both rooms has enabled us to expand how we support  children’s learning and development effectively at home.

We use Seesaw to enable us to support learning at home, through 6 areas

Learning at Home Strategy (examples)
Communication ·      Termly newsletters ·      Photos of noticeboards ·      Sharing reports or improvement plans ·      Information about upcoming planned events	Home Activities ·      Photos showing ideas to support learning at home ·      Sharing ways to support development relating to an area of the curriculum	Helping Parents ·      Links to useful websites ·      Community information ·      Information from other services, e.g., Speech & Language
Sharing Learning ·      Photos of children engaged in learning ·      Settling in information ·      Sways of our Floor books (photos, observations etc)	Learning Together ·      Bookbug Sessions recorded by members of staff – Sways ·      PEEP sessions recorded by members of staff – Sways ·      Children’s leadership roles, e.g, sign-along	Parent Voice ·      Links to ‘Form’ to gather your feedback, opinions or ideas ·      Joint decision-making about your child’s next steps

Here are some examples of sways and thing links from session 21-22.

Information for families about communication:

 

Book Week Thinglink: