{"id":21,"date":"2018-12-10T16:42:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T16:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/larkfieldchildrenscenter\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T15:12:19","slug":"parents-and-carers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/larkfieldchildrenscenter\/parents-and-carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Parental Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Larkfield Early Learning Centre we operate an open door policy and you are always welcome in the nursery. Working in partnership with parents is crucial in the life of the Centre. There are many ways that you can help out such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parent\u2019s group<\/li>\n<li>Eco Group<\/li>\n<li>Fundraising<\/li>\n<li>Progress evenings<\/li>\n<li>Information\/curriculum evenings<\/li>\n<li>Sharing your skills within the playroom<\/li>\n<li>Participating in Self-evaluation for improvement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We recognise that parents are the prime educator and we will\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 endeavor to involve you in all aspects of the life of the Centre. Please read any newsletters and letters and keep an eye on our notice boards to keep up to date with what is going on in the Centre.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Schools [Parental Involvement] Act 2006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 recognises the vital role parent\u2019s play in supporting and involving parents in children\u2019s education and the life of the school. The Act aims to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>promote learning at home<\/li>\n<li>improve home\/school partnership<\/li>\n<li>promote parental involvement in child\u2019s learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like to read more on the Act, here is the link to the\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 website<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/parentzone\/Documents\/parental-involvement-act-guidance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parental Involvement Act 2006<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other useful links &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/larkfieldchildrenscenter\/uploads\/sites\/6738\/2019\/02\/Parental-Engagement-Strategy-2018-2021.pdf\">Parental Engagement Strategy 2018 &#8211; 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.scot\/S4_Bills\/Children%20and%20Young%20People%20(Scotland)%20Bill\/b27s4-introd.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.scot\/ASL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Additional Support for Learning Act<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reporting to Parents<\/p>\n<p>Reporting to parents is an important part of involving parents\/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 carers in their child\u2019s learning and development. Staff report to\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 parents in various ways, both formally and informally, encouraging you to be involved by contributing to your child\u2019s personal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 learning\/care plan, looking at children\u2019s work and wall displays to see examples of their child\u2019s learning and development. Progress and Information Evenings are held throughout the year to discuss your child\u2019s progress, development and achievement. Staff are also available at the beginning and end of each session for informal chats. Time can be set aside if you wish to speak to staff. The Head of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Centre and Depute are always available.<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Larkfield Early Learning Centre we operate an open door policy and you are always welcome in the nursery. Working in partnership with parents is crucial in the life of the Centre. There are many ways that you can help out such as: Parent\u2019s group Eco Group Fundraising Progress evenings Information\/curriculum evenings Sharing your skills &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/larkfieldchildrenscenter\/parents-and-carers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Parental Partnership<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9186,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/larkfieldchildrenscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/larkfieldchildrenscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/larkfieldchildrenscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/larkfieldchildrenscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/larkfieldchildrenscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/larkfieldchildrenscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":885,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/larkfieldchildrenscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/larkfieldchildrenscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}