parent involvement

							 Parent Involvement

Park View Business & Enterprise
            School
Emma Harrell      Umar Wazir
English Teacher   Maths Teacher
• PV School has established a good
  relationship with parents over the
  years.
• MEAP main focus at our school was to
  raise level 4 to 5+ through improving
  pupils literacy.
   Strategies used to involve
           parents.
1. Launched MEAP - Invited parents to a
   presentation to show work and SATs Qs
   at NC levels 4 and 5.
   Presentation conducted in English,
   Mirpuri, Pusthu, Somali and Urdu to
   meet needs of the parents.
   Q&A session with parents at the end.
   Collected up-to-date Mobile & Home
   telephone numbers.
2    Workshop held the following week for
    parents and pupils to allow them to
    experience teaching at levels 4 and 5.
    Parents also given an insight into the
    content and responses required to
    achieve a Level 5+.
    Parents and pupils were notified of
    workshop sessions, HW and reading
    reminders.
• 3 Parents received a text message
  and an automated phone call message
  every evening to remind parents to
  read with their child for 30 minutes.
• Messages were altered twice per
  week.
• After Easter messages reduced to 2
  per week.
 Rewards for attending MEAP
          sessions.
• A Dictionary for one term’s
  attendance

• A visit to Waterstones book shop and
  a voucher for £15 for completion of
  sessions.
               Results
• Year 8 KS3 Maths SATs

• 75% of pupils from MEAP group
  achieved higher than predicted.
• 60% of pupils gained a Level 5+ in
  their SATs exams.
              Results
• Year 9 KS3 English SATs
• 70% of pupils attained a Level 5+



• Year 9 GCSE Maths Module 1
• 65% of pupils attained C+
               Currently
• Launching sessions with new cohort of
  pupils within Key Stage 4.
• Continuing working with parents as their
  support is vital for their success.
• Working with local community to raise
  awareness of literacy.
• Researching into different groups of
  ethnicity within the MEAP cohort to see if
  there are any trends.