1. Welcome to Linslade School!
Parents’ Forum 27 November 2017

2. Tonight’s agenda. Welcome and Introductions
The concept of Parents’ Forums
Protocols
Updates on agenda items from 14 June 2017
Issues for discussion
Next steps
Date of the next forum

3. What is a Parents’ Forum?
A group of parents and carers who meet once a term to discuss school-related issues.
A Parents’ Forum provides a valuable way to listen to the ideas and concerns of families and seek their views, helping to make sure the needs of children and their families are met.
Meetings led by school staff and governors, usually by the Headteacher and the Chair of Governors.
A genuine opportunity for open discussion according to a pre-published agenda.

4. Why hold a Parents’ Forum?
Regular, open communication and consultation with parents and carers are important elements in informing school improvement.
This is another mechanism through which parents and carers can feed into the life and development of our school.

5. Sharing information.
Parents and carers are encouraged to share information from Parents’ Forums with parents and carers of other children.
We now have all of our recent Parents’ Forum Meetings documented on our website.

6. Protocols for The Parents’ Forum.
Agenda items should be tabled before the forum
The agenda for each meeting will be published in the school’s newsletter.
Parents & carers will be asked to register their interest in attending the next forum via
Please note that all issues, whether you raise them yourself or on behalf of other parents/carers, should be general issues, not related to a specific child, teacher or incident.
If you have specific concerns about your child your first point of contact should always be their form teacher/ head of year or the subject leader/head of department.

7. Issues for discussion.
Updates on discussion topics at the last forum (June 2017):
Resilience
Feedback from previous meetings and
planning for 2017 – 18.
2. Tonight’s agenda items
CLT
The school’s values’ status

8. Agenda item 2: Proposal to join the Chiltern Learning Trust

9. Agenda item 1: Updates and planning for 2017 - 18
Curriculum
Times of the day
Assemblies and PSHE
Consultation Evenings and the timings of reports
Show My Homework
Online booking system for Consultation Evenings
Introduction of a progress measure

10. Agenda item 3: Resilience
Flexible thinking
Optimism
Coping with challenge
Self esteem
Empathy/awareness and control of emotions
Learning to learn from mistakes

11. Agenda item 3: Resilience
Staff training
First two days of term – this is the next step on from growth mindset.
Through PSHE
Through timetabled lessons
Through extra curricular activities
To what extent should families be involved?

14. Well done Mrs Mead!

15. Agenda item 3: Resilience
How can families help their children to develop resilience?

16. Agenda item 4: The school’s Values’ Education Status
Appreciation
Individuality
Neighbourliness
Aspiration
Peacefulness
Co-operation
Perseverance
Joyfulness
Respect
Friendliness
Honesty
Responsibility
Fairness
Trust

17. Audit Conclusion   We are pleased to award Linslade School the IVET Quality Mark for Values based Education for the third time. The assessors were welcomed into the school and could immediately feel the spirit of Values throughout. The Headteacher is a driving force for Values and compares the school’s Values to ‘the writing through a stick of rock! They are deeply embedded and running through everything. They are not just the cherry on top!’  
Suggestions for Next Steps:
Reflection – build personal reflection time into the school timetable to support well-being and mental health of children. Consider how to develop reflection for learning used in school into quiet reflection time. Reflection/mindfulness is seen as an important element to generate well-being and positive thinking with children. It can be introduced in class time with ‘just a minute’ of quiet reflection and then develop further into assemblies.
Governors – Governors to communicate the importance of Values to the parents through the school’s newsletter and website, including celebrating the things they see on their visits that demonstrate the school’s passion for Values.
Refreshing the understanding and knowledge of staff – Review the Values training and induction that is in place for all staff and Governors. Induction/Refresher training on Values could benefit the whole staff, especially in light of new aspects of VbE, especially the Inner Curriculum and Resilience (Neil and Jane Hawkes).
Other points to look into:
Investigate the Resilience Survey – 
Consider looking into membership of VbE for other resources and training. Details can be found on the website

18. Tonight’s agenda - recap.
Welcome and Introductions
The concept of Parents’ Forums
Protocols
Updates on agenda items from June 2017
Issues for discussion
Next steps
Date of the next forum:
Dates and times of the next Parents’
Forum: Tuesday 20 February 2018