Student Wellbeing
PARENTS POPPIN’ IN
Have you popped in recently? You are warmly invited to “pop in” to your child’s classroom every morning from 8.30-8.40am. Look at what’s happening in the classroom, check out the anchor charts, ask your child to share their workbooks with you or just have a chat about what you see with your child.
One key action that parents can do to help their child to succeed at school is to have high expectations and consistently express belief in their child’s potential.
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
We believe Family Engagement at OHR is a shared and continuous responsibility between our families and the School. This partnership actively reinforces learning and supports both student growth and wellbeing.
Engaging in your child’s learning involves conversations and working alongside each other to optimise learning outcomes. We recognise that families have a powerful place in children’s development and in collaborating together, meaningful learning is enhanced.
Thank you to the parents who were able to participate in our Coffee morning feedback session about Family Engagement. We discussed the three questions below and all the ideas that came forward. This forum will be repeated at the SAC meeting on the 18th June. We will take into consideration the parent feedback when planning strategies for enhanced family engagement in student learning.
If you have any ideas you would like to add to this discussion, please email Lisa by 9,00am Wednesday June 12th.
lcanty@ohrsurreyhills.catholic.edu.au
What is working well for you to engage in your child’s learning?
Learning Walks
Classroom visits
Maths Night
STEM Night
Parent help in the classroom
Class reps WhatsApp groups
What possible strategies could the school do that would support parents to engage in their child’s learning?
A follow up Maths evening with Michael Ymer (longer period of time)
Learning celebrations (open classroom before and after school) once per term
Literacy Evening (to include more information about reading levels/ expectations) 2025?
What is learning? How does this look in Literacy?
Classroom roster for helpers
SeeSaw to be used more regularly
Notice board to utilised in the playground
Provide more knowledge around the content being taught (Term overview) and the learning goals
Teaching and Learning section in the newsletter to include content/photos of learning in the classroom
Remind parents they are welcome to visit the classroom in the mornings to look at what’s happening and their child’s work (not a time for parent teacher interview)
Communication issues with families not reading the newsletter or some emails, what are some different ways to communicate?
What ways can you support the school and engage in the learning?
Advertising and marketing? Professional photographer? Using parent expertise in the classroom
Parents to respond to email from Frank to ascertain acumen of our parent community
Notice board updates about Teaching and Learning across the school
Sharing the messages and ideas discussed today
Reminders via WhatsApp group from the parent reps
Grow, Learn and Succeed
Our school motto promotes our Student wellbeing and we are working together to continually enhance this. As a Catholic community our strategic intent over the next four years is as follows.
“ Our Holy Redeemer will strengthen expert teaching through professional learning around evidence based pedagogies. In partnership, we will give voice to our students and families so the students will grow, learn and succeed.”
We all belong to the Our Holy Redeemer community. Now, with the professional photos available, please take a moment to pop into the office area and find your child’s smiling face on our Welcome Tree.
