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- How can I tap on parents’ knowledge, skills and talents to achieve the best outcomes for all the children in the centre?

- What could I show parents to let them know that their help and input are valued and beneficial for their children?

- In what ways can I encourage parents, especially fathers, to be more involved in their children’s learning and development?

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- How can I gather and use information from families to improve children’s experiences at the centre?
- In what ways can I share my knowledge with families about how children learn and develop?

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- What resources do I have that I could share with parents?

- How can I improve the communication with parents about their children?

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How can I help parents support their children’s learning and development?

- When inviting parents to events, how can I make it easier for parents to attend, in terms of timing, accessible information and child-minding facilities?

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Through engagement with parent (WeiSian)

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Through engagement with parent (WeiSian)

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Objectively plan out the questions to ask based on what information you will want to gather from the parents.
Practice active listening and empathy during the engagement with parents.
Listen to the parent first before sharing your part.

To share knowledge with families, we have to first get parents to agree, see the same picture and have a common goal to work towards.
Afterwhich, knowledge can be share through verbal exchanges, videos, articles, posters, books, links etc.
Do plan for follow-ups to check with the parents how useful those information and knowledge shared are and what other information they will require

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Videos and photos of child

Informal comm reports

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Show empathy
Congruency
Active listening to understand
Needs of family
Respect privacy and confidentiality of the gamily
Build rapport and trusting relationships
Quick chats are part of building communications
Share about the little things he or she does at school

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regular , timely updates about child

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(2)
To be consistent
Ensure all parents have been communicated with (maybe checklist?)

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Set up parent support group where parents can share what they can contribute (e.g sklills/talents/time) to support the children's learning and development.

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1) Share with parents information about their children's  daily experiences ( Yasmin)

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1) Share with parents information about their children's  daily experiences ( Yasmin)

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Conversations during morning drop off and during dismissal

Share observation on the children with parents

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Plan for parents’ participation in classroom activities for them to understand the learning experiences planned for their children.

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Organise events for parents to get involved. For example:
1. Teacher's Day - parents become teachers for the day and may choose to impart a skill of theirs such as cultural dance, craft, teaching a language etc.
2. Parents/ Occupation Day - parents share about their jobs
- Melissa

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Focus group meeting for feedback on what can be improved in the centre. Include diverse groups in these meetings.

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I can be flexible with the information I gathered from the parents. Let children experience and progress in their self help skills.

I can work collaboratively with families to align practices at home and at the centre to support children's learning, behaviour and development.

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Better understanding of children and their families such as family tradition, cultures, parents' skills etc

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Home - school partnership / take home activity (Zura)

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Home - school partnership / take home activity (Zura)

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Implement activities that can engage parents to support their child's learning and development.

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Keep clear and open channels of communication with families through weekly community meetings such as whatsapp etc

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- organised workshops for parents so that they get to know the practices and approaches in school, e.g. play workshops,
- newsletters on learning activities in school with clear learning objectives
- Home Learning kits

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- Get to know about children's interests, temperament, skills, preferences to help in planning engaging activities and experiences for the children

- share with the parents on the child's progress and development, how they can also support child's learning with strategies we use in the classroom

- open discussion with parents on any concerns and expectations they have for their children and how we can work together to formulate ideas and strategies

- be open/approachable for parents to ask questions or give feedback

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We can get parents to contribute in learning materials, school set up materials for the children. E.g. there is a parent that loves gardening and would bring earthworms for us to show the children and to put in our garden
Tiara

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In our centre, we get parents to come in pre covid period to talk about their occupation and demonstrate what they do, for example we had a parent who was a vet and he came in to talk and demonstate what he does. It helps children to better understand what a vet does

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In our centre, we get parents to come in pre covid period to talk about their occupation and demonstrate what they do, for example we had a parent who was a vet and he came in to talk and demonstate what he does. It helps children to better understand what a vet does

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Survey to understand what parents would like to be engaged in and be part of.

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Chat with parent
We are doing reading programme in school with your child. Do you read to and with your child?  Your child is keen to read as he is seen picking up books from our school library frequently too. Engaging him to read and talk about story will help in his literacy skills.

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Conduct a morning/breakfast with parents at the beginning of the year where parents come together
(1) get to know one another
(2) for school to share the events of the year
(3) invite parents to contribute their ideas to the events
(4) seek feedback (on areas that we have done well and areas of improvements)

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Active update/engagement with the parents  (isabelle) 

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Active update/engagement with the parents  (isabelle) 

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monthly Journal update
weekly photo sharing
FB posting on weekly activities
parental involvement project / activities

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conduct outings with parents

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Share strategies you have done in the classroom e.g. to facilitate children to say 'thank you' and encourage parents to use same strategy at home.

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School can acknowledge parents' contribution/involvement via the school's newsletter etc. It will encourage other parents to come forward to contribute too.