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We are using the digital tool Microsoft Teams to share information and for online learning.
Microsoft Teams is an all in one digital learning platform that allows users to chat by messaging and share resources with a group including videos.
Each class has created a Class Team on GLOW so activities, videos, pictures and songs can be shared with you at home. You can also share news and pictures with too.
Here are the instructions for accessing Teams.
Thank you to everyone who recently completed our ICT survey.
We had 36 replies from parents which has given us a good understanding of what devices are used at home with children.
Please click on link below for details of a second INSET day in September and the remaining INSET through Session 2020-2021
It was lovely meeting our P1 pupils today for their transition walk round. We hope you enjoyed meeting your teacher, seeing your classroom and getting to know us a bit better. We are so pleased to welcome you to our Victoria Park family and we can’t wait to have you back in August!
It seems like a lifetime ago we asked you for your views around parental involvement and engagement. I would like to give you an update on some of the things that came out of the questionnaire we sent out. In total we received 14 returns so thank you to the families that completed this as it really does help us plan and respond to the needs of our school.
We asked you if you currently feel supported in engaging in your child’s life at school. More than one person could reply to this per family so in total we had 15 people who responded yes to this. Three people replied sometimes and we had no replies that said they did not feel supported.
Some comments relating to this:
“As it’s my child’s first year and has only been in a few months so not sure this is applicable but from what I have seen so far VP is open and inclusive for parents”.
“I feel supported in engaging out our child’s life at school because I am always kept up to date with my child’s diary at school. There is always someone available at school if I need to ask any questions.”
We also asked do you currently feel supported in knowing how to support your child to be the best they can be at home? 14 replied to say yes and three replied to say sometimes. There were zero responses for no.
Comments around this question were:
“Yes because she is turning out to be a great little girl.”
“I have a great support system at home from professionals to family members.”
You said/We did
You provided lots of great ideas for increasing parental involvement and engagement.
You said you would like more ways to communicate with us and get more information on our school.
We have refreshed and updated our school website for you as well as starting a Twitter page to give you information about our school. Due to school closures we have been making more phone calls to families which has been a great way of connecting with you.
You said you would like more workshops and information about support.
We have directed parents towards support groups like “Early Bird” which is run by National Autistic Society. We have provided links on our website that are directed towards families. We have invited in speech and language to attend our parents evenings to meet directly with you.
We will be keen to keep talking to you about how we can increase parental involvement and engagement, thank you for all of your replies so far!
We would like to extend our thanks to everyone who took part in our home learning survey. We had 13 responses which were very helpful for us to understand how you found home learning at the beginning of the school closure.
We found it very encouraging that everyone who responded said they felt very supported by the school and they thought the new website was great.
Please continue to respond to future surveys as it really does help us with how respond to the needs of our school.
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