Parent Partnership

It is our school aim to work towards the following:

• To ensure that parents are involved and kept informed of all school activities and developments in education that might affect their child.

• To ensure that parents are informed and kept up to date on the progress of their child and are able to help and support their child at home.

• To welcome parents into school as a vital part of our school community.

• To listen to parents views through informal discussions, questionnaires, coffee mornings, parental learning walks and workshops.

• To respect the need for confidentiality of information where appropriate.

To meet these aims we:

• Send out a school newsletter every fortnight.

• Maintain a website with information for parents, current activities in school and dates.

• Hold 2 parental consultation evenings throughout the year (and a third optional parent consultation if required).

• Send out a home/school agreement at the beginning of each academic year.

• Provide a home/school reading record and book to children to share with their parents.

• Celebrate children's achievements - Lead Learner of the Week, Vision and Value Winners, ClassDojo bronze, silver, gold and platinum awards as well as ‘tea at 2’ for the top Dojo scorers at the end of the school year, Readers of the Week, TTRockstars Winners and Highlights of the week.

• Hold an End of Year Presentation Evening/Afternoon in which parents are invited into school to watch their child receive their award.

• Contact parents and invite them to come to school to discuss any issues when appropriate.

• Have an 'open door' policy at school.

• Have Social Media feeds to provide parents updates on learning and events in school.

• Send Knowledge Organisers and Curriculum Overviews home each half term for children in Years One-Six and once every 3 weeks in Early Years. This enables parents to read about the topic their child will be learning about and the ‘sticky knowledge’ which the children need to remember.

• Have a school prospectus.

• Host parental workshops and meetings to inform parents of how we teach children to read, learn Phonics, Mathematics and Online Safety.

• Hold class assemblies for each class once yearly.

• Hold Stay and Play sessions for parents to share with their children in EYFS and Knowledge Days for Years One-Six.

To help parents develop their own learning we will:

• Host parent/child sessions where parents work alongside their children and parent workshops.

• Signpost parents to external providers/agencies.

Parents are involved in the life of Masefield in the following ways:

• Welcome meeting for parents of new Reception children as well as stay and play sessions.

• Knowledge Day sessions for Years One-Six.

• Meet the teacher sessions at the end of the academic year which forms part of our transition process as children move up the school.

• Elected Parent Governors.

• Our open door policy.

• Parent volunteers are always welcome in school.

• Our many school social events e.g. Bingo evenings, Summer Fair, Christmas Fair, Discos, Christmas productions, end of year productions, class assemblies, festival celebrations, sports days, charity days, music showcases etc. 

We keep parents informed of events in school in the following ways:

• Calendar of provisional events for the year in September.

• Fortnightly newsletters.

• Reminder letters, text messages, Facebook posts and tweets.

• Posters around school.

• School website.

• School Twitter feed.

• School Facebook page.