Parent Information Point
Here we have collected a range of information that we think will be useful to you as a parent/carer of a child at our school. Much of this information comes from national organisations and is free to download; we hope that you find it useful.
Click Clever Click Safe
This is what the UK Council for Child Internet Safety have done so far to keep children safe online.
Click here to open the pdf.
Staying Safe
This report presents the findings from a study that looked to measure and track parents' and children's awareness, attitudes and reported behaviour across the various safety issues covered within the Staying Safe Action Plan.
Click here to open the pdf.
The Parent Centre
The Parent Centre aims to help parents and carers understand their child’s education and what they can do to help. There are specific links from the site for parents and carer’s of 11-14 year and 14-16 year olds. There are webchats ranginf from active sports to bullying and ‘ask an expert’ sources of information and advice.
Parent Line Plus
Parentline Plus is a national charity that works for, and with, parents. In the UK there are over 24 million people who parent – it’s not just mums and dads who do it. Families come in all shapes and sizes. Grandparents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, other relatives, friends and foster carers are all involved in raising happy, healthy children. Parentline Plus works to offer help and support through an innovative range of free, flexible, responsive services - shaped by parents for parents.
Safer Children in a Digital World
Click here or on the thumbail to open the pdf.
Know IT All
A highly interactive video-based resource available online for young people, families and schools to understand how to stay safer online. A wide range of resources and activities to work through.
Kids in the Middle - An Agony Aunts Guide for parting parents and their children
Click here to open the document
The Real Picture - Parents & Pre-teens
This leaflet, aimed at parents and carers of teenagers, gives advice on many aspects of teenage behaviour, and the real issues parents face today. Includes tips and a useful contacts list. Please click here to open the document.
Knife Crime - Guide for Parents
The Home Office ‘It Doesn’t Have to Happen’ anti-knife crime campaign, launched in May 2008, was created by young people for young people aged 10-16. The campaign hub, based on youth social networking site Bebo, provides a safe environment for young people to come together to find positive solutions to knife crime. Young people are encouraged to take part and add their own anti-knife picture pledges to make a positive stand against carrying a knife.
Click here to visit Directgov for more information about knife crime.
An Introduction to Key Stage 3 for Year 7 parents and carers
This leaflet, designed for parents and carers, contains information about the National Strategies Key Stage 3, how you can be involved in your child’s learning at secondary school and how the National Strategy is supporting schools.
Click here to open the leaflet.
Parenting contracts: A guide for parents
The parenting contract is a voluntary agreement entered into by a child’s parent or carer and the child’s school/LEA in an attempt to improve wayward behaviour. This guide will help to answer parents' questions about the contracts.
Click here to visit the Behaviour and Attendance website.
The Impact of Parental Involvement on Children's Education
This leaflet draws on evidence from research to highlight the importance of the involvement of parents in their children’s education and how it benefits students, parents, teachers and schools.
Click here to visit the Parents Centre website.
Parenting Plans - Putting your children first: A guide for seperating parents
This booklet aims to help parents and other relatives reach agreement about child contact arrangements after parental separation.
Click here to open the booklet.
Your child's learning - Getting Involved
Even if parents already play a part in their child’s education, they might find this booklet useful and it applies to children of any age. The publication gives practical tips for getting involved and advice on getting the most out of parents’ evenings.
Click here to visit the Parents Centre website.
For further support please do contact the staff at RCS.Comm who would be happy to help you: 01709 512858
