NAC Parental Involvement Strategy<\/a><\/p>\n All schools have clear systems in place for communicating with everyone in the parent forum. Communications with parents are clear, jargon-free, specific and easily accessible. A variety of methods and approaches are used by schools to communicate with the parent forum including face to face, traditional communication methods and digital media e.g. Twitter, Facebook. Considerations will always be given when communicating with parents who have literacy, language and communication challenges.<\/p>\n Schools ensure that parents know who to contact when they wish to discuss their child\u2019s learning or wellbeing and will seek to provide a private space for such discussions and make sure parents are given adequate time and support. Consideration will be given to family circumstances.<\/p>\n Parents are welcome to contact the school at any time to arrange an appointment to discuss any matter with the class teacher, Depute Head, Head Teacher or Head of Centre. New families are welcome to contact the school and request a suitable visiting time at any point throughout the session<\/p>\n Parents are given opportunities to understand the way learning and teaching takes place in the classroom. This may be in the form of class visits to take part in the learning experience alongside their child or attending events which share the learning. Frequent invitations are issued to parents to participate in school activities such as open days, class assemblies, workshops and to assist with outings and visits, sports and concerts. There will be a series of early meetings for the parents of Primary 1 pupils and parents are kept informed of events with a range of newsletters, website updates, texts, invitations and social media sites.<\/p>\n A variety of methods will be used to ensure information about your child\u2019s progress is shared. <\/strong>Schools are encouraged to provide parents\/carers with information on their children\u2019s progress at regular intervals throughout the year through a range of activities. There is an expectation that part of this will be in a written format.<\/p>\n Parental Engagement and Involvement NAC Parental Involvement Strategy All schools have clear systems in place for communicating with everyone in the parent forum. Communications with parents are clear, jargon-free, specific and easily accessible. A variety of methods and approaches are used by schools to communicate with the parent forum including face to face, traditional communication … Continue reading Parental Engagement and Involvement<\/span> Reporting Examples:<\/h2>\n
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\n Individual Learners<\/strong><\/td>\n Groups of learners<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Written reports\/ tracking reports<\/td>\n Assemblies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Learning conversations with pupil\/ teacher\/ parent\/ carer<\/td>\n Open day events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Pupil reflections on their learning in logs<\/td>\n School concerts\/shows<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Parent\/ carer consultation\/ Parents\u2019 Meetings involving parent\/ teacher\/ pupil, as appropriate<\/td>\n Social media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Home\/ school diaries<\/td>\n Curriculum workshops led by children and young people and staff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Profiling activities<\/td>\n Parent Council meetings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Learning walls and displays<\/td>\n School \/ class newsletters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"