Our home-school partnerships are extremely important to us and keeping parents and carers feeling connected and able to contact us is extremely important. We send out a weekly whole school newsletter, a weekly PTA and community newsletter, a year group update and are active on social media.
We understand that home life is busy and so aim to keep communication open in a variety of ways that work for everyone.
Here are the main routes through which we communicate with our families.
Individual Enquiries
In Person
Our teachers meet the children on the playground at the start and end of the day and are usually available if you want to pass something on or ask a question. If it needs longer, they might arrange to meet you, or phone you, at another time.
In addition, we have parents evenings in Terms 2 and 4, and if your child has an IEP additional meetings in Terms 1, 3 and 5.
Direct Messaging
You can message your child's teacher directly between 8am and 4pm, Monday to Friday via the Weduc 'Reach More Parents' app. The teacher will reply to you as soon as possible, and always within 5 working days. To pass on an urgent message (eg regarding end of day arrangements) please phone the office.
Phone Call
If a face to face conversation isn't possible, or a longer discussion is needed, our staff are always happy to give you a call. If you are not able to come into school and would like to talk something through, please call or email the office and the member of staff best placed to help you will call you back as soon as they are able to.
For all other enquiries, for example regarding admissions, absence requests, IT issues (eg google classroom), school dinners and all other enquiries, please email the school office on the address at the foot of this page. If you would like your email to be forwarded to a specific member of staff please indicate this in the subject box. You will receive an acknowledgement that your email has been received, and we will respond more fully as soon as possible and certainly within 5 working days.
Parent Apps
Reach More Parents by Weduc
This app-based system incorporates a newsfeed, a messaging service, instant notifications for urgent messages and the school calendar. It is our main route for school-to-home news and information.
Parentmail
Parentmail is the system we use so that parents and carers can order and pay for school meals, trips and visitors and book appointment slots for parents' evening in Terms 2 and 4.
Early Years Learning Journal
We use Learning Journals to share with parents and carers their child’s progress across the year and this also enables them to upload any pictures or learning that they would like to share with the class teacher.
Curriculum
Google Classroom
Every child from Year 1 to Year 6 has a Google Classroom account which teachers use to set and receive homework.
The quantity of homework set gradually increases in line with our Teaching and Learning policy.
Social Media
