Home and School, an Educational Partnership

We are supported in myriad ways by parents, grandparents, carers and friends who join us in the Coombes. They are welcome in school at any time.

We like to draw on the talents and professional skills of our parent group who are an enormous resource to support their children's learning. In October 1999 we were chosen as the Launch School for a Nationwide initiative called the Campaign for Family Learning as we firmly believe that schools do not solely educate children. A child's first and best teachers are his or her parents or carers at home and by working in partnership with home we all benefit.

We visit local businesses and places where parents work such as farms, shops and garden centres. Our lending library is entirely run by volunteer parents who give a regular amounts of time each week to help support the children in library skills. Parents come into school to listen to readers, help plant bulbs and harvest apples. They offer their services to help make costumes for plays, bake cakes for fundraisers and, of course, attend the Schools' Association (Parent Teacher Association) events and much much more.

We are very grateful to have the support of parents and welcome their ideas.  Parent governors have been elected by the Parent group to represent their views on the governing body.

The Year 2 Chinese dragons prepare to dance for the rest of the school and an invited audience of parents and grandparents and friends. Many parents give their time to help prepare the costumes. Teams of parents work with the staff on preparing tokens of love given to the children at certain times of the year - Valentine's Day, Christmas Day, at the end of each year.