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How will you be involved in your child's education?
Your child's progress in school will be monitored carefully by the tutor and the appropriate Learning Manager and you will receive a Report to Parents once a year. Pupils are encouraged to evaluate their own progress in all their school activities and take an active part in the compilation of their Report. On all reports, overall Effort will be indicated in one of five categories, Consistently Excellent Effort, At Times Working beyond Expectations, Working as Expected, Some Minor Concerns, Definite Cause for Concern. Attainment will be indicated by a grade on a scale A to G (or as a National Curriculum Level).
We hope that parents will also take full advantage of opportunities to be involved with this process. Whilst children are at the Corbet School, parents will have at least yearly formal opportunities to meet their teachers but are, of course, most welcome to make appointments to meet with them at other times as is felt necessary.
Parents can help their children successfully complete their homework by providing a suitable environment in which it can be tackled and by looking at finished assignments - a signature in the Student Planner when this is achieved would emphasise the partnership between home and school.
The Student Planner is meant to act as a two-way communication between home and school so please feel free to use it.
The Corbet Parents Association (CPA)
The CPA supports the school by organising interesting and entertaining activities for parents and friends throughout the year. It raises large sums of money to provide extra facilities for all the children. In recent years the CPA has provided the school with many valuable items. They helped support the fund-raising effort to raise the £50,000 necessary for the successful bid for Technology College Status.
In 2004 they raised £5000 in a hugely successful Auction of Promises towards sports equipment for the new Sports Hall which was opened in January 2005.
In 2005 they raised nearly £2000 which has gone towards upgrading the drama equipment which is used in our regular and highly successful Drama events.
In 2006 they provided the funding to purchase further drama equipment and also supported the Library in buying new resources. More recently, in July 2007, the CPA helped the school co-ordinate a hugely successful joint school/Baschurch Summer Fete which helped celebrate the school’s 50th Anniversary.
All parents are encouraged to support the various fund-raising activities and new committee members are welcomed every year.
School is a very busy place and we are always pleased to receive offers of help from parents with particular skills to offer!
There are also opportunities for parents to become Parent Governors. The next scheduled elections will occur in the Autumn Term 2008.
