The move to engaging the parent/whanau community with their own children's learning through digital media has been a process which has evolved over the last three years. We still have some way to go before it becomes ubiquitous but as a school we are well on the road. This story documents that process.
Frimley School - Engaging Parents and Whānau in our Community
Goal:
For parents and whānau to actively participate in their child’s learning through engaging with the school website and blogs.
Background and Context:
Our school of over 500 has had class websites for several years but have found them too difficult to maintain as the tool we used was not as user friendly as some others. We had been getting comments from children and parent on various parts of the site but wanted to make the pages more meaningful and encourage greater participation from whānau and the wider school community.
Rationale:
What did we do?
First year:
Second year:
Third year:
What have we learnt?
Teacher Voice:
Voicethread - You have a class blog with lots of interesting posts about what your class is learning. How do you feel the interaction with parents is going?
Some teacher responses:
Where to from here?