Guest Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Hello, I have just started a new job as a leader of a pre-school within a school. Parents do not come within the setting to drop off or pick-up because it is within the school. Apart from the obvious things like talking, I have thought up of many ideas to include parents such as: A weekly sharing session on a rota system A4 binder containing all info that can be placed in school reception newsletter home learning journeys & daily diary I have also picked up on this fab forum the WoW wall. What i was wondering is if there are anyother practitioners out there that face similar challenges regarding including and sharing with parents. Any help would be appreciated Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Hi Robbiefan Do your parents complete some form of 'Entry Record'? If you do a forum search you will find one that Cait has made 'My Unique Child'........this then forms the first few pages of Learning Journey..... Do you produce Individual Plans/Next steps documents that have a section for parents comments........thus enabling them to contribute to planning........ 'Social' events for parents..... Sunnyday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 i set up the pc in the waiting area and run slide shows of the photos we've taken for the parents to watch when they collect children, especially of a particular outing/visit but also just general pics, can be a bit time consuming though as you only really want the pics of the children in on the session you are planning to run it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upsy Daisy Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Email updates might be worth considering. Either on an individual basis if you have time or en masse as an addition to a paper newsletter. Whether it would work or not obviously depends on you own circumstances and those of your parents and the setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 How about inviting parents in to choose a book with their child to take home, once a week with different children on different days so as to stagger children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I'm kind of facing the same problem...some parents feel we could communicate better with them but i feel we do alot already for example: X newsletters X all about me sheets for parents to fill in X Parents evenings X All plans are displayed X Two notice boards X Access to their childrens folders at all times etc etc I was interested to find out about what others do to??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I'm kind of facing the same problem...some parents feel we could communicate better with them but i feel we do alot already for example: X newsletters X all about me sheets for parents to fill in X Parents evenings X All plans are displayed X Two notice boards X Access to their childrens folders at all times etc etc I was interested to find out about what others do to??? Why don't you turn it around to them and send out a letter detailing the ways in which you communicate with parents and asking them for ideas of how this could be improved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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