K2M11 – Why it is important to reassure adults of the confidentially of shared information and the limits of this.

K2M12 – Organisational policy regarding information exchange.

All parents have the right to see all the information on their child or children but the school may have to break that confidentiality when safeguarding the child or children who may be vulnerable to forms of abuse.

The school holds yearly induction meetings and curriculum evenings, but understand that they always get a good ‘turn out’ but do not achieve 100% attendance. So it is very important to them to take this into account, by producing regular news letters informing parents of events to come and reflecting on those which have happened.

Again the school understands that not all parents like to receive information in this way and that sometimes letters are not read, therefore they give parents good notice, give information in two or more ways. Information is repeated and highlighted and is always clear and legible.

Communication over the phone if the child becomes ill, injured, or suspected case of bullying or usually distressed is dealt with in a professional, reassuring but straight to the facts manner.

Face to face communication is always offered either after the school day finishes or with a pre-arranged appointment. The school understands that when dealing with parents they need to be efficient, friendly, and have all the facts.

The school understands that they constantly have to work at the parent / school relationship, by appearing friendly, consistent, professional, good at listening and understanding the children’s and parent’s needs.

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K2C2 – Why it is important to give all children the opportunity to be heard and how you do this in a group.

K2C4 – Why it is important to give children sufficient time to express themselves in their own words.

What activities could you provide for a group of children to enable them to speak out loud?

• Group time show and tell.
• Group lead activities.
• Group reading story time. Encourage younger children to spots letters they recognise or to perform jolly phonics actions (such as first letter of their name) or to retell the story.
• Individual reading, speaking about what or who they enjoyed in the book, predicting ending of the story.
• Home corner, encourage children to role play, share and socialise with peers.
• Singing and rhyming, recognition of song or rhyme repeated patterns and actions.
• Outside play.
• Use puppets to retell story or in a game.
• Cooking, ask them to name the ingredients, talk about the processes and ask them to predict the outcome.
• Craft, encourage children to talk about their drawing or model, how they made it, what is going on in the picture, what different materials did they use.

Why is it important to give children sufficient time to express themselves in their own words?

• Showing our understanding and respect.
• Giving children confidence and self esteem.
• Encouraging independence.
• Children can express their feelings and views.
• Encourages socialising skills.
• Gives children choice.
• Showing we understand their needs.

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