Parents

Parents and carers are a vital part of the school community. We will endeavour always to treat your child fairly, encouraging them to build good relationships and respectful behaviour. In return, we expect you to ensure that your child comes to school on time, and is collected on time, and that you foster a positive attitude towards their learning. As part of this, we encourage you to atttend open evenings, support homework and come to as many school events as you can.

One of the keys to good communication is mutual respect. We will endeavour to deal with any concerns you may have in a calm and friendly manner, and we expect parents and carers to do the same. Aggressive behaviour of any kind towards any member of our staff will not be tolerated.

Home-school agreement
This covers the points above. We will ask you to sign it when your child starts school.

Parents' Noticeboard

This is in the yellow tunnel by the infant playground.

Keeping in touch

Please make every effort to keep in touch by whatever means suits you best: in person, by telephone, e-mail, fax, or by letter. Tell the school straightaway about any illness or other problems your child may have. Do not be embarrassed - everyone has problems from time to time, and we can treat children far better as individuals if we know something about what is happening at home. For your child's safety, please make sure that the school knows where to contact you in case of an emergency.

Ways to get involved

Ways to help:

	Small cardboard boxes, shoe boxes and cereal boxes would be appreciated by Nursery.		We are hoping to have some house plants in each classroom, so if you have a nice house plant at home that you can spare, we would love to make a home for it. Please drop it in at the office.
	A parent willing to drive old printers and PCs to the Council Recycling Centre (Regis Road, Kentish Town) would be wonderful. Do bring in empty ink cartridges - we recently earned £68 by returning them!		Y1 are hoping to replenish their classroom stocks and wondered if you had any good quality kits you may not use anymore. They are also asking for play models of animals, dinosaurs, shells or pinecones. Please talk to the Y1 teachers in the playground before you bring anything into school.
	Being a Reading Volunteer... Can you spare an hour or so each week to support a child with reading? The children really do benefit from extra adult input and it can be a very rewarding and enjoyable experience. Please speak to someone in the office if you are interested.		We're always collecting the supermarket vouchers. Many thanks for everyone who collected the Sainsbury's ones - we have received lots of PE equipment.
	Come to the PTA meetings and events		Write comments in homework and reading (PACT) diaries.
	Get involved in a Parents' Assembly		Help with clubs and projects
	Come to Open Evenings, see your child's work and meet the teacher		Help with class trips and outings
	Come and watch school performances and assemblies		Parking permits are incredibly valuable to us. If you live in the CAU area and you don't use all your entitlement, bring them into us and we will very gladly pay for them. This will enable visitors to park their vehicles when working at school. (Click here for online info about buying Visitors' Parking Permits).

If you would like to help in school, your child's class teacher would be the best person to approach, or the School Office.

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Settling your child

Most parents who are new to the school have a child in Nursery or Reception. You may want to stay with your child as they become familiar with school, but soon you have to let them know that they can cope without you. Don't be surprised if they cry or cling to you, but be firm and tell them that you are going and they are safe at school and you will come and collect them later. If necessary, talk it through with your child's teacher and agree a way to make the settling process go as smoothly as possible.

Supporting your child's education in ICT

Many parents ask us what software we use in school, and whether it's possible to use at home. Most of these titles are bought from a company and so parents need to investigate purchasing a copy and license for their home, but some programs are available free online.

There are also courses and centres that provide out-of-school-hours access to computers, for parents and children.

See Learning Out-of-School Hours

for online resources, check out the staff links on the Curriculum page

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Year Five Booklist

Year Six Booklist