Miss freckles
19-09-2014, 10:26 AM
This is something that I'm finding very frustrating, and also something a couple of cm's have had bought up in their inspection reports in my area.
At the moment I do daily diaries that no parent writes in despite me always telling them they can and telling them in every newsletter every term even if it's something very small.
I write termly newsletters telling them all about what we will be planning on doing that term, what we may be basing learning around, what they can do at home to extend the learning.
They have assessments every term where there is a section for them to add comments which they do ( this is the only evidence I have of them being involved) and I also add a section to that on things they can do at home to help.
I do parent questionnaires
I have a fb page which I update with photos of what activities/ outings we've been doing at least twice a week sometimes more as well as giving reminders, info etc.
I text and send pics during the day.
I just wrote another letter for them talking about working in partnership and how it can benefit the childrens learning etc etc, I also sent home wow slips and explained I would send them out every term and you can write anything on them, they all came back with nothing on them!
I spend so much of my time doing all of this for what seems no reason. All my parents are happy and just want their children to be happy and safe and prefer to just chat verbally everyday.
If parents are aren't giving me any written evidence how can I show it to Ofsted? I was thinking of making a working in partnership folder and writing down all the things I do, all copies of letters, wow slips etc I have sent out but would this be sufficient?
Ideas anyone :huh:
At the moment I do daily diaries that no parent writes in despite me always telling them they can and telling them in every newsletter every term even if it's something very small.
I write termly newsletters telling them all about what we will be planning on doing that term, what we may be basing learning around, what they can do at home to extend the learning.
They have assessments every term where there is a section for them to add comments which they do ( this is the only evidence I have of them being involved) and I also add a section to that on things they can do at home to help.
I do parent questionnaires
I have a fb page which I update with photos of what activities/ outings we've been doing at least twice a week sometimes more as well as giving reminders, info etc.
I text and send pics during the day.
I just wrote another letter for them talking about working in partnership and how it can benefit the childrens learning etc etc, I also sent home wow slips and explained I would send them out every term and you can write anything on them, they all came back with nothing on them!
I spend so much of my time doing all of this for what seems no reason. All my parents are happy and just want their children to be happy and safe and prefer to just chat verbally everyday.
If parents are aren't giving me any written evidence how can I show it to Ofsted? I was thinking of making a working in partnership folder and writing down all the things I do, all copies of letters, wow slips etc I have sent out but would this be sufficient?
Ideas anyone :huh: