Provide ongoing discussion opportunities for parents and whānau
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Involving parents and whānau in planning and preparing for the transition to the new space’
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Identify community needs
Identify community needs
Halswell School involved the community from the outset in developing their ILE. Parent input was sought and fed into the architect’s design brief.
Communication approaches
Communication approaches
Use a range of communication options.
- Welcome parents, whānau, and teachers to regular shared breakfasts in the staffroom to discuss ideas, concerns and updates.
- Have an open-door policy, where parents and whānau are welcome to visit classes at any time and sit in on the learning.
- Plan and advertise specific open-classroom days when parents and whānau are welcome to chat to students about their thoughts and experiences of working in an ILE.
- Include regular updates and information explaining the changes in your newsletters.
- Develop a FAQ webpage, where all the questions people have asked are collated and responses to each one are added.
- Plan multiple parent evening meetings.
Parent workshops
Parent workshops
When we started our ILE journey, we had lots of questions from parents about what it was, what it would mean, and how it would work. We held a number of parent workshops and meetings to talk it all through. We also made some videos for those who weren't able to come to the meetings.
Communicate regularly
Communicate regularly
Parent, Kirsten explains, “Leah felt that Linda was including us. It wasn’t just she went to school and was in a classroom for 5 hours. She knew that Linda was talking to us.”
Useful resources
Useful resources
Videos, useful websites, and research on connecting with parents, whānau, and the community.
Grow Waitaha: Perspectives and partnerships
A series of videos, useful websites, and links to research and readings to support schools connecting with parents, whānau, and the community as they develop an ILE.
Publisher: Grow Waitaha
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- Provide ongoing discussion opportunities
- Introduce new learning approaches
- Welcome parent and community input
