Transcript Document

Parents’ Forum
6 February 2013
Tonight’s agenda.
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Welcome and Introductions
The concept of Parents’ Forums
Protocols
Updates on agenda items from 22 October
Issues for discussion
Next steps
Date of the next forum
What is a Parents’ Forum?
• A group of parents and carers who meet once a
term to discuss school-related issues.
• A Parent’s Forum provides a valuable way to
listen to the ideas and concerns of families and
seek their views, helping to make sure the needs
of children and their families are met.
• Meetings led by school staff and governors,
usually by the Headteacher and the Chair of
Governors.
• A genuine opportunity for open discussion
according to a pre-published agenda.
Why hold a Parents’ Forum?
• Regular, open communication and
consultation with parents and carers are
important elements in informing school
improvement.
• This is another mechanism through which
parents and carers can feed into the life and
development of our school.
Sharing information.
• Parents and carers are encouraged to share
information from Parents’ Forums with
parents and carers of other children.
• It’s (still) our intention to provide feedback in
the school newsletter and via the school
website.
Protocols for
The Parents’ Forum.
• Agenda items should be tabled before the forum
• The agenda for each meeting will be published in the
school’s newsletter.
• Parents & carers will be asked to register their interest in
attending the next forum via
[email protected]
• Please note that all issues, whether you raise them yourself
or on behalf of other parents/carers, should be general
issues, not related to a specific child, teacher or incident.
• If you have specific concerns about your child your first
point of contact should always be their form teacher/ head
of year or the subject leader/head of department.
Issues for discussion.
1. Updates on discussion topics at the last forum
• Ofsted
• Homework
2. Parents’/Carers’ Consultation Evenings:
• SWOT analysis of the current system
• What parents/carers would like to see:
– Who?
– When?
– How long?
3. Reports:
• SWOT analysis of the current provision
• What information do parents/carers want to see?
Updates: Ofsted
This is a satisfactory school. It is not yet good
because its leaders have not ensured that
enough teaching is good across the school to
support consistently good achievement,
particularly in writing.
Updates: Ofsted
• We are continuing to build on the targets set by Ofsted
last April.
• Teaching and Learning is a continuous focus.
• Lesson Observations are taking place.
• Teachers have formed ‘pairs’ for observations.
• We have a new marking policy and ‘new resolutions’
for attitudes to and behaviour for learning.
• We have a new Head of English.
• Headteachers in the town are discussing handwriting!
Updates: Homework
Your observations/concerns:
Progress to date:
Regularity of homework more
beneficial than ‘enrichment’
over longer periods.
• This was the system reintroduced in April 2012 BUT
we are mindful that we need to look at the
consistency and quality of work set.
• The preference moving forward is for work set to be
linked to work being undertaken in class.
Quality of homework set could
be better – ensure child
understands objective of HW
piece.
Can extension pieces be given
to child where ‘stretch’ would
benefit?
• This will be a feature of homework as we move
forward. Stretching the more able is a focus picked
up by Ofsted in 2012.
Parents’/Carers’ Consultation Evenings
(Not including subject information evenings)
Timing
Focus
Format
November
Pastoral Consultation
- Parents and carers have a five minute
appointment with their child’s form
tutor.
- The aim of this evening is to provide an
overview of the start to the year and to
follow up on the Autumn Term
Assessment as required.
- Staff are based in the Hall and the
Dining Room.
March
Subject Specific
Consultation
- Two evenings for which parents can
book five minute appointments with
subject tutors.
- Staff are based in the hall and the
dining
What is possible??
Evenings for parental consultation have a different structure
and purpose from other evening meetings. They cannot be
limited to a maximum of 60 minutes. They should be few in
number during the school year. They must be included in any
agreed pattern of meetings.
If, in any week, there is a parents’ evening, in that week there
should be no more than one further evening call on teachers,
whether for parental consultations or otherwise.
Parents’ consultation evenings should be taken into account
when calculating whether there will be more than one
evening meeting per week averaged out over a term.
SWOT analysis of the current provision
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Consultation Evening – Wish List!
Reports
• Assessment grades are issued in the Autumn
(currently November) and the Spring
(currently the beginning of March).
• A letter is issued to report practice SATs and
‘real’ SATs results to Year 6 families.
• A full written report is issued in July.
Linslade Middle School
Interim Report
Name:
Form tutor: Form:
Attainment
English
Maths
Science
ICT
Art
Design Technology
Effort
Attainment (against
national expectation)
A – Far above expectation
B – Above expectation
C – In line with expectation
D – Below expectation
Effort
French
Geography
History
Music
Physical Education
Religious Education
Tutor comment:
Student comment:
1 – Excellent
2 – Good
3 – Satisfactory
4 – Cause for concern
Linslade School – Summer Report 2011
Name:
Form:
Form Tutor:
Summer effort: 1 = Excellent
2 = Good
3 = Satisfactory 4 = Unsatisfactory
English
Current Level:
Effort:
Mathematics
Current Level:
Effort:
Science
Current Level:
Effort:
Art
Current Level:
Effort:
Design Technology
Current Level:
Effort:
What is possible
• Teachers should not be expected to write more
than one report on each pupil in each academic
year.
• Reports include written documents and
proformas with tick boxes. Unless the reports are
computer-generated.
• The targets for the maximum number of words
should be:
– whole reports: 400 words
– individual subjects: 40 words
SWOT analysis of the current provision
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Reports – Wish List!
What can parents and carers do to
support the school?
• Ensure pupils attend regularly.
• Encourage pupils to take a pride in their work –
second best is not an option!
• Encourage punctuality – to school and to lessons.
• Supporting reading, writing and numeracy at
home.
• Maintain a balance by telling us when we get it
right ( as well as when we could do better!).
• http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/
Tonight’s agenda
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Welcome and Introductions
The concept of Parents’ Forums
Protocols
Updates on agenda items from 22 October
Issues for discussion
Next steps
Date of the next forum: 21 May 2013 at 7.30p.m.
Thank you for coming this evening!
[email protected]
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Immediate Priorities
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