At Gusford we have many ways we help parents to support their children.

Informing: At the start of each year we have a meeting in each year group/phase with parents to explain the setup for the year. This is followed up by curriculum information and homework for the term sent out via ParentMail.

Collaborating: Throughout the year we have ‘Learning Together’ workshops where parents come and work with their children and learn together. Recent subjects have included Design Technology, Maths, Reading and ICT web safety.

Reporting: We believe that you as parents need to know how your child is progressing. We have a parent/teacher consultation in the autumn and spring terms and an end of year report and open evening in the summer term. In these consultations we update you on what is expected, what they have achieved and what they need to work on next.

Helping: We have a number of parent helpers and a fantastic PCA who organise a number of fundraisers throughout the year. Parents are welcome in school and can become regular helpers after completing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) form.

Communicating: Children need to feel that their parents and teachers have mutual respect. We endeavour to promote this relationship and hope that parents have similar aims. The school has adopted a parent/school contract. This is given to all parents of children when they start the school and again when they transfer to Key Stage 2.


'A child's mind'

I dreamed I stood in a studio

And watched two sculptors there,

The clay they used was a young child’s mind,

And they fashioned it with care.

 

One was a teacher, the tools they used

Were books and music and art.

One was a parent with a guiding hand

And a gentle loving heart.

 

And when at last, their work was done,

They were proud of what they had wrought,

For the things they had worked into the child

Could never be sold or bought.

 

And each agreed they would have failed,

If they had worked alone,

For behind the parent stood the school,

And behind the teacher, stood the home.

 

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