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Family Engagement

Partnership with Parents/Families

At Primrose Hill Primary School, we believe that parents, carers and families are the most important influences in a child's life. Their support can play a vital role at all stages of education. Engaging with parents/families gives them the chance to understand the role that they play in their child's learning and development and fosters parental/family involvement. At Primrose Hill Primary School we are committed to working in close partnership with parents/families to ensure they are happy with their child's education and progress and that their child achieves their full potential and more. We believe it is important that parents/families are involved in their child's education and we actively encourage parental/family engagement within school, wherever and whenever possible.
We communicate with parents/families through our Class Dojo system which allows us to provide parents/families with regular updates on their child’s daily school life, informing parents/families of upcoming events and activities at school. We also have our regular text alert system to inform parents/families of any changes or information they may need to know about immediately. We have termly newsletters to discuss and share ideas on what your child will be learning throughout their school year.
As part of our parental/family engagement we aim to continue to develop and improve communication with parents, families and our community, to support families and children to extend their learning in as safe and as beneficial a way as we can.

During Covid Restrictions we continued our Family Engagement through virtual teaching and lessons, virtual family workshops and courses, virtual Makaton workshops, virtual class competitions, virtual class dojo home learning challenges, virtual ‘parent’s evenings’, daily class dojo updates and class dojo celebration day activities as well as verbal and written communication……. to name a few!

We actively encourage the involvement and engagement of parents and families with school and local community activities where possible, such as
our termly ‘Reach Out Program’ to our Local Care Home and our very popular family visits to our local library.

We promote inclusion and lots of communication through activities such as our Family and School Makaton Monday which is held every week. Families learn a new Makaton Sign and are encouraged to send in videos practising at home.

We invite families to take part in celebration days in school, to get involved in school trips and to voice their ideas through meetings, feedback, surveys and questionnaires.

We are always pleased to talk to you about your child and their well-being and progress. Through our regular family engagement class dojo activities, parents/families are given the opportunity to leave feedback on how their child is doing in school which provides a fundamental way of supporting and engaging in their child’s learning both at home and in their school setting.

Each half term every class holds at least one family workshop/family drop in session. Family workshops are held in school and give families a chance to share quality time with their child in a fun, creative and relaxed environment. Family drop in sessions give families the opportunity to celebrate their child’s achievements by looking at their child's books, find out about their child’s next steps/targets and give feedback to their child on how they are doing. Our workshops and drop in sessions are well-attended and always have excellent feedback.

We open our classroom doors early for families to support their child with extra literacy and maths activities before the school day starts. Your child’s class teacher will inform you of when the sessions will be held, as days may differ within each class.

We also host our Family End of Year Virtual Concert which proves extremely popular with our families and children.

We have our very popular Celebration Assemblies where the children’s achievements are celebrated and again parents are invited to share and celebrate their child’s success.

Dates for these events are given at least a week in advance and where possible dates are given at the beginning of the school year.

We welcome parent/families views, ideas and opinions and we value all family feedback.

Primrose Hill Primary School
Phoebe Street, Salford M5 3PJ
Tel: 0161 921 2400
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