Activities and Resources
Activities and sample parent prompts
Activity 1 sets out to identify and build on how parents already support their children's learning at home and to make clear links between children's learning in school and at home.
Activity 2 sets out to develop home learning worksheets called 'parent prompts' - linked to various areas of the curriculum for parents to use at home with their children and to provide information to parents on what is being taught in school and suggest activities to support this at home.
The parent prompt outlines the topic areas being covered in school, the skills that are being developed, what the child is doing at school and how the parent can support this with activities at home.
Files
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PDF file: Activity 1 - reviewing and developing a home learning policy (36 KB) -
Word file: Activity 1 - reviewing the developing a home learning policy (35 KB) -
PDF file: Activity 2 - developing parent prompts (48 KB)
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Word file: Activity 2 - developing parent prompts (35 KB)
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PDF file: Sample parent prompt (34 KB)
Resources
The 'Making the Diffference' leaflets cover a number of areas of interest to help parents support their children's learning at home. The leaflets are free of charge and can be provided in community languages as well as alternative formats, for example Braille and audio tape. They have been distributed to all schools to pass on to parents and are available on the Parentzone website.
The 'Involving Parents: Examples of Good Practice' CD-ROM contains case studies from schools across Scotland highlighting many different ways that parents and schools have worked well together. The CD-ROM has been distributed to all schools. You can get copies of the 'Making the Difference' leaflets or the CD by emailing parentzone@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or by phoning 0131 244 0956.
The Parentzone website (www.parentzonescotland.gov.uk) provides a lot of information for parents on education generally and offers practical advice on how parents can support their children's learning.
There are a number of other websites that provide information on how parents can support their children's learning at home, for example: www.bbc.co.uk and www.parentscentre.gov.uk