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Parents & Teachers
We endeavour to maintain a very close parent/teacher relationship in school. It is very natural that you
should wish to be kept informed of your child’s progress. We do this through “Parent Meetings” held
twice a year. An annual written report is sent to parents and the results of tests at the end of each Key
Stage are also communicated to parents. (Please note that at the end of Key Stage 1, this is teacher
assessment.) In addition the staff will make themselves available when you have a particular problem
to discuss relating to your child. It is helpful if you give prior notice of your visit, unless it is only a very
brief word that you need. If you have particular problems concerning your child, we are willing to
discuss these after school on most evenings.
Encouragement is essential. If you want to help your child at home, come in and ask if you are puzzled
or if you want to understand more. It is important that your child should not get muddled by two
different methods of teaching. We would be delighted to explain how we do it at school. Letters,
newsletters and curriculum letters are sent out at regular intervals informing parents of project work
and general organisation. This is all part of our policy to keep parents as fully informed as possible.
Parent Help
Many of our parents help in school during the day - sometimes helping in lessons, cooking, listening
to readers, displays, library and sports. If you would like to help in any way please let us know. We are
always in need of an extra pair of hands.
Discipline
We aim to maintain a friendly atmosphere throughout the school and promote an attitude of mutual
respect and care for others built on an understanding of everyone’s worth as an individual. We are
committed to providing high quality education. This means promoting positive attitudes and
behaviour so that pupils become responsible for their own actions and increasingly independent
members of the school community. Positive behaviour management uses rewards and sanctions to
achieve an ethos of kindness and co-operation through the acknowledgement of the school promises
and high expectations that these are upheld. Each class is in the charge of a class teacher who deals
with day to day discipline problems which arise within the classroom or on the playground. If problems
persist, or are more serious, then they are referred to Mrs Halliday or Mrs Jones, our Assistant
Headteachers. Matters of serious concern will be referred to Mrs Gerver.
Parents of those pupils whose academic achievement or behaviour is causing concern will be informed
immediately and invited to school to discuss the situation. Procedures for dealing with behaviour
problems are worked out for each individual case but might involve the withdrawing of privileges, for
example loss of playtime, or being put “on report”. Serious instances of unacceptable behaviour or
failure to improve whilst “on report” must be reported to the Governing Body and could result in the
exclusion of a pupil. It is not often that bullying takes place in school, but if this does occur, we need
to be informed immediately. We encourage our children to tell a friend or an adult if they have a
problem. We use a positive approach to discipline wherever possible and look to reward good
behaviour and positive attitudes in the form of ‘Top Table’ (good behaviour and attitude during
lunchtimes) and Outstanding Team Member (good behaviour and attitude in class). If you would like
to see the school’s Behaviour or Anti-Bullying policies, please see the school website.
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