It is vitally important to your child’s learning, development and happiness that we work in partnership together. We want you to feel welcome in school and at our school we have an open-door approach. We are keen to hear how we can help. We would rather know sooner rather than later if you have a problem that needs to be solved. Please come in and talk it through so we can help as quickly as possible.

In order to communicate effectively with you, we have a huge amount of information, recent letters, guidance and helpful contacts here on our school website www.birchington-primary.com. This is being continuously updated so please take a look on a regular basis! We send out links to our newsletters and have a Facebook page to share celebrations and successes. 

 

Class teachers are normally available to talk to parents/carers after school. They will do their best to see you straight away but will usually run a club once a week and we have our staff meetings on a Wednesday at 3.30pm. However, they will do their absolute best to see you straight away after school on any other day. You can also speak to teachers over the telephone or send them a quick email and they'll be in touch.

In the Early Years, your child's learning and successes are recorded on our online Tapestry App. 

We hold formal Parents Evenings twice a year and send home a written school report in Term 6 which includes your child's progress and assessment results.

Every term we invite parents and carers into our classrooms to see what the children have been getting up to. These are really popular so look out for dates which are set at the beginning of the school year. 

If your child has additional needs, their class teacher will create a Personalised Plan for them. This sets out exactly what extra provision they will receive. This will be sent home and then discussed and reviewed with you at Parents Evening. Personalised Plans are reviewed three times a year. If you have any worries or questions, please see your child's class teacher in the first instance and then Mrs Downs (our Inclusion Leader).

 Ask your child what they’ve been working on at school – you can guarantee they’ve been busy! 

The curriculum section on the school website provides clear overviews of all the topics the children will be learning about in each year group and our termly year group newsletters give you an overview of each subject for that term. 

Mrs Wilson and Mr Forwood try to be out at the front of the school every morning and in the playground at the end of the school day. Mrs Downs, Sarah and Ellie are stationed on the main Noah's Ark gate in the mornings. Please come and say hello or come in and tell us, email or telephone. It is always helpful to know what we are doing well, as well as where we need to improve. We send out several parent and carer questionnaires every year, so please complete them to help us make Birchington as brilliant as it can possibly be. We always take any feedback seriously. 

We really welcome parents/carers into school to help in the classroom and listen to children read. All helpers are issued a Safeguarding and Induction Pack and are DBS checked.