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Foreword | v | |
Notes | vi | |
Acknowledgements | vii | |
1 | Setting the scene | 1 |
An overview | 1 | |
Why our school? | 1 | |
Outlining the book's rationale | 1 | |
Scope of this book | 2 | |
2 | A closer look at Moordown St John's CE Primary School | 3 |
An overview | 3 | |
School portrait | 3 | |
A philosophical perspective | 4 | |
Sharing expertise | 4 | |
Methodological underpinning | 4 | |
Keys to success | 5 | |
Requirements for effective partnership | 8 | |
External evaluation | 10 | |
Summary | 10 | |
3 | Strengthening preschool links: hand in hand to school | 13 |
An overview | 13 | |
Rationale underpinning our preschool preparation programme | 13 | |
Home-school link packs | 13 | |
The construction of Moordown's starting-school activity pack | 14 | |
More recent developments | 16 | |
Summary | 16 | |
4 | A starting-school profile at the point of entry | 18 |
An overview | 18 | |
Setting the scene | 18 | |
Parents as educators | 18 | |
Strengthening the link between home and school | 19 | |
Origins of the Early Milestones starting-school profile | 19 | |
Our adaptations of 'All About Me' | 20 | |
Developing Early Milestones | 20 | |
Summary | 22 | |
5 | Contributing to the Special Educational Needs assessment process | 23 |
An overview | 23 | |
First things first | 23 | |
The notion of 'meetings with the school' | 23 | |
Our 'Helping Hand' parental guides | 24 | |
Parental profiling at the statutory assessment stage | 24 | |
Educational workshop rationale | 26 | |
'Working Together' - an activity workshop model | 28 | |
An adaptation of this SEN workshop model for parents | 29 | |
Other ways forward | 37 | |
Summary | 37 | |
6 | Parental feedback as a catalyst for change | 55 |
An overview | 55 | |
Setting the scene | 55 | |
Methodological approaches | 55 | |
Parental perceptions of Moordown school | 56 | |
Informing the school governors | 62 | |
Monitoring the school's security initiatives | 70 | |
Revisiting the external relations audit | 70 | |
Summary | 70 | |
7 | Sharing curricular and organisational practice | 74 |
An overview | 74 | |
Those first impressions ... | 74 | |
Saying what the school is about | 74 | |
Further on-entry information | 75 | |
Articulating curriculum and organisational practice | 78 | |
Learning opportunities for parents | 85 | |
Guiding parents to help their children's learning at school | 89 | |
Moving on to senior school | 89 | |
Towards a whole-school policy on home-school links | 89 | |
Summary | 91 | |
8 | Evaluating recent initiatives in promoting home-school links | 104 |
An overview | 104 | |
Baseline assessment - the proposals | 104 | |
Initial reactions | 104 | |
Contracts and agreements - which way forward? | 105 | |
Record of Achievement | 106 | |
Records of Achievement for Key Stage 1 | 106 | |
Accredited status for parent learning | 107 | |
Reviewing performance | 112 | |
Partnership ... at a price | 113 | |
Bibliography | 115 | |
Index | 118 |
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