Parents as partners SLF online version

Parents as partnersWorking together to deliver Curriculum for Excellence

Joanna Murphy - Glasgow repMargaret Leitch – Falkirk rep

Margaret Leitch – Fundraising Coordinator at Victoria Primary School Falkirk Parent Member of Falkirk Parent Focus Group Falkirk Council Representative for NPFS Early Years Working Group and Curriculum for Excellence Mum to MacKenzie – Primary 2, Murray – Age 2 and a Mystery!

Joanna Murphy - Parent Council Chair at St Bride’s Primary Glasgow Parent Member at Holyrood Secondary Vice Chair Glasgow Parent Council Forum Glasgow City Council Representative for NPFS Parent member -CfE - Management Board Mum to Emily in S6, Alice – S3 and Katherine in Primary 5

And both working parents

Your presenters today

1988 – School Boards introduced

2006 – Parental Involvement Act Scotland

2007 - Parent Forums and Parent Councils established

2009 – National Parent Forum of Scotland

established

The history

‘Parents, carers and families are by far the most important influences in a child’s life. Parents who take a supportive role in their child’s learning make a difference in improving achievement and behaviour ‘

‘When parents and schools work together children do better’

Guidance on the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006

Parents as partners in learning

Learning at home - schools and others recognising the importance of the home environment and providing support for learning

Home/school partnership - Schools, parents, carers and the community working together to educate children

Parental representation - Listening and taking account of parent and carer views

What do we mean by parental involvement?

‘Parental involvement has a significant positive affect on children’s achievement…’

Desforges, C. , & Aboucher (2000)

‘… the most important ‘parenting factor’ is the parents’ relationship with the school….’

Research by Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Why should parents get involved?

The more engaged parents are in the education of their children the more likely their children are to succeed in the education system.

School improvement and school effectiveness research consistently shows that parental involvement is one of the key factors in securing higher student achievement

“Review of best practice in parental engagement: Practitioners summary” Goodall, J. , and Vorhaus, J. , with the help of Carpentieri, JD. , Brooks, G. , Akerman, R. , and Harris, A September 2011 https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/RSG/AllPublications/Page1/DFE-RR156

Why should parents get involved?

telling stories or reading books to children when they are very young is strongly related to how well they read and how much they enjoy reading, later on.

talking about social and political issues, or about books, films and television programmes with adolescent children is related to better reading performance at school.

children whose parents have more positive attitudes towards reading are better at reading, themselves, and enjoy reading more.

OECD (2012), Let's Read Them a Story! The Parent Factor in Education, PISA, OECD Publishing.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264176232-en

PISA – Let’s Read Them a Story!The Parent Factor in Education

More receptive to language More skilled at planning More skilled at setting goals Followed through in their studies and individual

projects

They have learned how to learn

OECD (2012),Let’s Read Them a Story! The Parent factor in Education, PISA< OECD Publishing

PISA – Let’s Read Them a story!The Parent factor in education

Take a little time to consider the key challenges to parental involvement in your own setting.

Challenges to parental involvement

What parents say

Parents ‘ Views on Improving Parental Involvement in Children’s Education Scottish Government publications /2005

Engaging with parents gives them the opportunity to understand the vital role that they play in their child’s learning and development at all stages of education.

So where do parents come in

National Parent Forum of Scotland

Providing Information for parents

www.parentforumscotland.org

Parents are vital partners in Curriculum for Excellence. We are all : preparing our children and young people for jobs that don’t existto using technologies that haven’t been inventedto solving problems of which we are not yet aware

Shift Happens: www.flemimg.myzen.co.uk/shifthappens-Uk.wmv

Parents as partners

Curriculum for Excellence

Shared reading Golden time Science week Supporting outdoor learning Sharing learning – QR codes

Parents supporting Curriculum for Excellence

Parents supporting Curriculum for Excellence

Parents supporting Curriculum for Excellence

Parents supporting Curriculum for Excellence

“Food for Thought” was dreamt up by Primary 6 & 7’s when they were learning about Global Citizenship.

It has developed a sense of community and is raising money for their sister school in Ghana and other local groups.

Pupils have gained and used many skills during this opportunity such as literacy during marketing and PR, numeracy during ordering stock, pricing and keeping their accounts and IT skills for Graphic Design, invite design, newsletters, Twitter and blogging.

Critical Success Factors - enthusiasm, commitment, going above and beyond, keep it manageable and have a good business plan – it’s essential.

‘A hundred years from now it will not matter what kind of car you drove, what kind of house you lived in, how much you had in your bank account, or what your clothes looked like. But the world may be a little better because you were important in the life of a child.’

Margaret Fishback Powers

Parents as partners

glasgow@npfs.org.uk falkirk@npfs.org.uk www.parentforumscotland.org http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/

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