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09:00 to 09:45
09:00 – 09:45
Registration and refreshments
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09:45 to 10:00
09:45 – 10:00
Chair's Introduction and Welcome
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10:00 to 10:30
10:00 – 10:30
Positive Engagement Case Study
How we build early, strong and long-term relationships with parents:
- Practical ways to successfully involve parents in your school community, build trust and create a positive relationships
- Discover new ways to capitalise on your parents’ skills and how they can enrich the whole-school community
- Practical strategies to manage overly involved parents and enable them to find the right balance to motivate and support their child
Simon Feasey, Headteacher, Bader Primary School
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10:30 to 11:10
10:30 – 11:10
Aspirations
Raising aspirations and turning around negative mindsets:
- Understand the root cause of parental negativity and how to manage it effectively
- Know how to engage parents in the opportunities available to their children to increase their expectations and aspirations
Dr Janet Goodall, Lecturer in Education, University of Bath
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11:10 to 11:20
11:10 – 11:20
Questions
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11:20 to 11:50
11:20 – 11:50
Morning Refreshments
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11:50 to 12:40
11:50 – 12:40
Learning at Home - Secondary
Successful methods to support learning & literacy at home: Know how to engage parents from the beginning and equip them with the resources and strategies to support their child to make good progress and prepare for exams
Janet Davies, Senior Trainer, PEN
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11:50 – 12:40
Learning at Home - Primary
Innovative resources, new strategies and example workshops to support home learning: Ensure parents are equipped with the knowledge and literacy skills to enable their child to meet the higher expectations of the new curriculum
Emma Beresford, Director, PEN
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12:40 to 13:40
12:40 – 13:40
Lunch
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13:40 to 14:10
13:40 – 14:10
Parental Perspective
How to engage ‘hard to reach’ parents:
Hear experience of a parent who didn’t have a good experience of school, what turned around their perception and how they were supported throughout their child’s education
Racheal Baker, Family Link Coordinator, RSA Academy
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14:10 to 14:25
14:10 – 14:25
Communication
Effective communication with parents:
Hear from schools using three different methods to communicate with parents and how they can save you time and increase engagement
David Burgess, Schoolcomms
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14:25 to 14:30
14:25 – 14:30
Questions
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14:30 to 15:20
14:30 – 15:20
Positive Language
Gain strategies to manage and respond to negativity from parents: Ensure the language you use with parents is positive and know how to appropriately defuse challenging situations
Alex Dean, Deputy Headteacher, Bingley Grammar School
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14:30 – 15:20
EAL Families
Learn how to support EAL and asylum seeker families where English isn’t spoken at home to enable them support their child’s learning and the transition to a new country
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15:20 to 15:40
15:20 – 15:40
Afternoon refreshments
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15:40 to 16:30
15:40 – 16:30
Social Media
Utilise social media to effectively reach, communicate and engage with different types of parents whilst ensuring clear boundaries and appropriately responding to negative comments
Richard Burrows, Assistant Principal, Healing School
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15:40 – 16:30
Workshops
New ways for getting parents in the building: Gain proven and innovative methods for engaging parents in school activities and workshops and ensuring they attend
Simon Feasey, Headteacher, Bader Primary School
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16:30
16:30
Conference Close
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