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Parents' Collaboratives

Priorities and Points Raised

Area	Issues Raised	Possible Solutions identified by Parents
After school clubs	Not enough Too expensive Nothing for 5 – 8 years olds Little for 8 – 11 year olds
Behaviour management For more on Behaviour	Need support on how to manage children’s behaviour Need more home/ school consistency Poor behaviour in school	Positive parenting Behaviour / Anger management workshops Reward system – ‘going for gold’ Support the child who is doing the right thing Looking at the way children's relationships form
Bullying	Some schools don’t believe there is bullying in the school Lack of support for the child who is doing ‘the right thing’ Awareness of policies and procedures and are they ‘working’?	Buddying systems address bullying concerns Bullying box Finding out what the issues are Support children who are being bullied Awareness of policies and procedures and are they ‘working’?
Children not engaged	Bored after SATs Too much working towards SATs Too many supply teachers Need support for children who are struggling Homework issues Gifted and talented children need to be supported	Creative Curriculum has changed children’s perceptions Regular supply teachers who know schools well
Communication For more on Communication	Parents don’t know : * What Sage is doing * What schools are doing * About other agencies	More information about Sage activities More information about schools More information about the local community
Curriculum	Parents do not know enough about the curriculum to be able to help their children	Booster classes for parents Literacy and Numeracy Playing with Words Family Workshops
Family – school contact	Too formal Getting to parents who work Fear of unknown Failure to ASK for help Literacy issues	More informal, social contact Open house times – with support/advice for parents Drop-in for parents – possibly for particular year groups Parent and toddler groups within schools Go out to parents Use parents' skills Cultural cooking day Parents advocacy / parent champions
Family support / Pupils in crisis	No support for children in crisis Support not available Too long a waiting list for support Often comes too late, 3/4 years later	Support the family early on Support children/family through crisis period Agencies to work together Young mums could be referred by health visitor to take part in group set up locally in Downham
Parenting For more on the Role of a Parent	Role of parent not always clear	Confidence building ‘drama’
Pride	No sense of pride in the role of parents, or in the local community as a whole
School journeys	Too expensive
SEN	Not enough communication about statements, support, processes Schools labelling child Lost in the system Schools not taking parents' concerns seriously
Speech and Language		Training for parents Training for school staff
Transition	More work needed before year 6 starts More work needed before all transition stages	Support children and parents to prepare and deal with all transition periods