Class teachers and members of school leadership team provide support for parents/carers in supporting their children and their progress in partnership.
Alongside the bespoke support we have offered a range of courses in the academic year 2021-2022, some on-line and some face to face as restrictions lifted. Over years, feedback on courses to support parent/carers has been very positive.
Courses over time have included:
Makaton accredited courses for parent/carer.
Safe principles for moving and handling and manual handling
Accessing the internet.
Using communication aids
Eye Gaze
Musical Technology
Teaching various subjects
Development of physical skills
Developing early language and communication - led by Speech and Language Therapists.
Sensory integration principles
Teaching of reading and phonics
Developing writing skills
Positive behaviour strategies
Use of structured visual resources to support pupil in understanding and transition.
Challenges of adolescence
We ask parents/carers to let us know if there are specific courses that they would find useful.
Examples of feedback has included:
Makaton accredited course:
Comments included:
Parent comments from various other courses included:
After the success of this year’s programme of training with parents/carers, we are going to continue to offer a number of courses this year. The feedback from the sessions this year were all highly positive.
The following are provisional dates. Booking forms will be sent out closer to the time. m.
Our pupils have a range of needs. Not all of the sessions will match your child’s needs although you can come to the sessions if you are interested. If you are not sure if the session will be something that would support you with your child then please just contact Julie Goddard in school and she will know or will find out.
Booking forms will be sent out closer to the time but the list below gives you advance notice in case you want to pop the dates into your diaries. The dates will be fixed as below unless for any reason there is something we cannot control e.g. the trainer being absent etc. We will also confirm when on the booking forms if sessions are face to face (and venue) or on Teams.
Our pupils have a range of needs. Not all of the sessions will match your child’s needs although you can come to the sessions if you are interested. If you are not sure if the session will be something that would support you with your child then please just contact Julie Goddard in school and she will know or will find out.
Date | Time | Focus |
Wednesday 5th October | Morning | EYFS Coffee morning |
Wednesday 12th October | Morning | Welcome to the Primary Department |
Friday 21st October | Morning | Welcome to the Secondary Department |
Monday 31st October | Morning | Sleep management course |
Thursday 24th November | 10:00-2:00
| Phonics session/Reading Do you want to know more about Phonics? Exploring reading with our pupils. |
Monday 28th November | Morning | An introduction to the picture exchange system, including communication books |
Provisional dates to be confirmed: Friday 13th Jan, 20th Jan, 27th Jan, 3rd Feb | Morning | Makaton for beginners The course and the manuals are funded by our school for our parents and carers. Parents/carer will get an attendance certificate. All dates must be attended to complete the course. |
Tuesday 10th January | Morning | Parent Sensory Experience – how to use multi-sensory activities to engage pupils in learning |
Wednesday 11th January | Morning | Using different ways to support communication e.g. pictures and technology |
Monday 16th January | Morning | Parent Basic ICT session |
Wednesday 18th January | Morning | EYFS Coffee morning |
Monday 27th February | Morning | Primary Coffee morning |
Thursday 2nd March | Morning | Developing pupils writing including mark making |
Friday 10th March | Morning | Secondary coffee morning |
Monday 13th March | Morning | An introduction to Intensive Interaction |
Friday 17th March | Morning | Parent session “Sharing the Curriculum” Want to know more about the curriculum and what we do? Come along today and we will share how we teach Science. |
Tuesday 21st March | Morning | How to engage children in books and stories |
Monday 27th March | Morning | Exploring Number and Counting on |
Provisional date to be confirmed: Wednesday 26th April | Morning | Makaton refresher session for parents/carers who have already completed the beginner’s course. |
Friday 28th April | Morning | Parent internet safety session |
Provisional date to be confirmed: Thursday 4th May | Morning | Makaton follow up course |
Friday 5th May | Morning | Secondary coffee morning |
Thursday 30th June | Morning | EYFS/Primary coffee morning |
There will be:
Dates for these courses will be sent out when we are able to confirm
There will be other things we may add to the list during the year and we will tell you about these as they arise. The sessions above are ones that are currently planned. If there is something you think would be useful but we have not included in the programme then please just let us know and we can see if it something we can do.