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School Administrator — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:59:19 +0000

Mens Swimming Event

School Administrator — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:02:36 +0000

Men’s swimming event held in January 2012

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Family Learning

School Administrator — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:19:02 +0000

Family Learning provides a range of activities and programmes where adults and children are involved in learning. All courses are designed to raise the skills of adults and increase their confidence. Many adults work towards “Skills for life” qualifications which support their progression into further learning and employment.

The 12 hour courses of literacy and numeracy that we have held as St Edmund’s are designed to develop basic literacy and numeracy as well as support their children’s learning at school.

The Family Learning courses that have run at St Edmund’s have been an enormous success for families – parents have gained confidence, and self esteem has risen for parents and children that have completed the joint courses which have run for literacy and numeracy.

These courses run for 15 weeks where parents have gained level 1 or level 2 in English and Numeracy!

Here is some feedback from parents who have attended the courses:-

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Celebration Event

School Administrator — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:17:56 +0000

Parents’ Celebration Event

Rational and Brief Description

As Parental Involvement Worker at St Edmund’s I felt the need to celebrate all our parents achievements this year as we had an amazing group that were so proud of their own personal achievements.

This resulted in a Parents’ Celebration Event held at the end of the summer term.

Impact and Outcomes

All parents that attended parent courses with 90% attendance or over were invited to attend the event.

A high percentage of the invited parents attended the event as we were able to offer crèche places.

Ann-Marie and I presented the certificates and talked about our parents’ achievements, and how their journey can develop.

The group was in high spirits as we watched a slide show of them and their children growing together through the year.

Reflection

As this event was such a success we have decided to make this a termly event.

ECM Outcomes

Positive Contribution
Enjoy and Achieve

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Family and Community Services Update

School Administrator — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:44:43 +0000

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The Aims of the Family & Community Service Team

School Administrator — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:39:25 +0000

The primary aim of the Family and Community Services team at St Edmund’s Nursery School and Children’s Centre is to provide a range of services to support families raising their children in a safe, secure and stimulating environment.

The Centre offers a range of activities some of which are targeted at particular groups e.g First Time Mums, others are designed to attract any parent who feels they may benefit from attending e.g Stay and Play. Services are planned and timetabled so that all the needs of a family can be met at any one time.

It is recognised that families may face periods when they need additional support in order to maintain a stable, secure and happy home for their children. These families may be identified by a colleague or our services may be requested by an external agency such as a Health Visitor or neighbouring Children’s Centre. Equally should a parent/carer feel that they need a little extra support they only need to speak to one of the team who will be happy to help.

The Family and Community Services team are responsible for planning, and in some cases delivering, the timetable of courses and events that we offer. If you have ideas about how we could improve our services to children and families please speak to us as we are always looking to improve what we do.

To see our timetable of courses and events for this term please click here.

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School security

School Administrator — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:16:13 +0000

We are fortunate at St Edmund’s to have had no real problems with security this year.

The safety of the children is of the utmost importance and we have procedures in place to ensure the children are safe at all times.

We would ask parents to help us by making sure the door is closed when they leave and by closing the gate.

Some parents park their cars on the yellow zig zag lines which is very dangerous. The police can issue fines to people who park on zig zig lines outside schools.

We want the children to feel happy, safe and secure while they are with us.

Community

School Administrator — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 07:22:15 +0000

Contact with the community is included in our planning and aims. There is a program of visits and visitors, so that children have an increased awareness of their place in the community.

St. Edmund’s Nursery School takes port in an ‘Early Start’ project (funded by the Government’s Single Regeneration Budget), in which Outreach Workers work with bilingual families in the Manningham/Girlington area, through home visits and pre-nursery groups.

PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY

The staff at St. Edmund’s Nursery School build on the progress that children have already made at home in the first few years of life, recognising the role of parents and carers, as the first and continuing educators of their children.

There are many opportunities for parents to learn about the curriculum in the nursery and to share the achievements and the progress of their children with staff. This communication is seen as an important aspect of our work.