Engaged parents create engaged students
A unified approach
OUR message from Villiers is clear - to encourage our students to aim high and achieve.
We’re proud of all our students; and as well as rewarding achievement, we discourage behaviour patterns which have a disruptive effect on our students’ education. In addition to the work we are doing to intervene and support students, we would like to engage parents in helping us explore issues outside of school which may underpin disruptive behaviour. We can then jointly identify ways of tackling these with a unified home-school approach.
Join the Positive Parent Support group
We intend on harnessing the energy of already active parent voices within the Villiers High School Community, and invite you to be part of a Positive Parent Support group.
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Be the parent voice in school on behalf of parents and the local community
Actively encourage other parents to take part in activities happening both in and outside of school to support their parenting skills
Help to increase parents’ knowledge and understanding of the role they play/ought to be playing to support their child’s education
The benefits of parents and school staff working together are immeasurable and we want to encourage parents to take an active role in their child’s educational life. Parents working alongside staff in school send a huge message to students.
Families schools and communities
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Parents actively engaged in school life is good for families - by building bridges to strengthen parents’ understanding of school life. This fosters the spirit of positive parental engagement.
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Parents actively engaged in school life is good for schools - by becoming stakeholders and partners in their children’s education which studies show is key to successful student attainment.
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Parents actively engaged in school life is good for the community – Parents’ support helps families to network within the communities in which they live and work to create employment, advisory and social opportunities for families and to improve the quality of life for children in preparation for adulthood.
Join the Supporting Families Supporting Communities group (SFSC) THIS term we launched Supporting Families Supporting Communities parenting programme for Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Gujerati speaking parents and in January we will host a graduation ceremony for those parents who have participated. This event will form part of a parents’ forum where you are invited to discover what Villiers can do to support you, the parents of our students in the hope you will take the opportunity to become actively involved. These include;
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Supporting Families Supporting Communities
Positive Parent Support forum Family Links Nurture Programme
Please check our website for further details
of these events and feel free to contact Positive Behaviour Mentor Jenniffer
Lewis on 0208 813 8001 Ext 358
Villiers reaching out to support our young carers
Drop in for advice AS part of the Pastoral team’s external
agency partnership work, Positive Behaviour Mentor Lynda Jago has set up a Young Carers drop in service for the students at the school. The Ealing Young Carers Project is sponsored by and based at Brentford Football Club. It provides support and services on a 1-1 basis or in small groups. This will take place for students on Wednesdays Week A between 12:00-14:00 in O14, with a specialist worker, Kathryn Sobczak. Many people believe that young carers only look after parents but this is not the case. The criteria for the service is as follows:
A young person who cares for, supports or supervises…
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A Parent A Sibling
A Grandparent A Relative
Who may be… • • • •
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Chronically ill Has a disability
Has a learning difficulty
Is experiencing mental health disorder/distress
Is affected by alcohol and/ or substance misuse Is elderly
If you are being cared for, or know someone
who is and want to find out more about this invaluable service, please contact Lynda Jago for more
information or to arrange an appointment. Autumn 2011 Edition Issue 1
Absence notification Please remember that if your child is going to be absent, to call and leave a message with the Attendance Officer (Ms Fawkes) before 10.00 am giving your child’s name, house and form, and the reason for their absence. If you have any questions/queries regarding this message, please feel free to contact me at school.
Julie Sohal - School Officer
Use correct medication NOW is the time of year when many
of us could come down with coughs, colds, flu symptoms etc. Please ensure that your child is given, and takes the correct medication to help relieve the symptoms they are suffering. eg.
Flu season is upon us
EASY Project is launched at Villiers
Confidential advice available
THE Ealing Alcohol and Substance Youth Project is an
organisation
which provides confidential advice and information to parents, guardians, carers and students wishing to understand and take decisions related to drug or alcohol use or mis-use. This service is headed by Mark Cherrington who is a specialist in this field of work and is based at Acton Town Hall, Uxbridge Road, Acton, London W3 6NE. He can be contacted on 0208 810 1528. If you would like to make an appointment or find out more information about this service then please contact Lynda Jago on 0208 813 8001 Xtn 359.
Paracetomol for a
headache, Lemsip, Day Nurse, Benalyn etc for a cough, cold or sore throat. If you are unsure what medication to take, please speak to a pharmacist at your local chemist who can prescribe the appropriate treatment. Alternatively, seek medical advice from your own GP.
If you do need to see a GP, please make
sure your appointment is made for early morning or after school. Please try not to make appointments during school time. Your child’s studies will suffer as a result.
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