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Parent Coffee Mornings

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All parents are welcome to come for a Friday morning coffee. There is always a short presentation (20 minutes). These include ways to really help support your child's learning at school, parenting advice and support and information about a wide range of things from safety to spellings and maths to mindfulness and more!

Friday mornings are always fun and very informal. There is lots of time to ask questions, share experiences and find out what is happening in school.

Mums, Dads, Grandparents, Carers, Aunties, Uncles and friends of the family are ALL welcome

Why come in for a coffee morning?

meet other parents
chat to your friends
celebrate that it is Friday
learn something new
feel involved in school life and up to date with what's going on
have some time just for you and feel great!

Please email the school office if you have a suggestion for future topics.

Date	Title of Coffee Morning	Powerpoint (click on ppt to download)	Parent Suggestions from Session
4th November 2022	A Journey through school at Harpenden Academy Mrs Davies
11th November 2022	The link between reading, academic success and wellbeing and how parents can help Mrs Watson		share year group bookmarks (with range of questions with parent volunteer readers. create a book swap station outside school to engage with the parent community (like at the train station). other ways to support children with swapping books. remind parents that we are a healthy school so rather than bring in birthday treats, please donate a book to your class. next term have a different reading activity to complete each week which is the same across the school eg. reading a picture to give all parents a range of ideas for reading with your child.
18th November 2022	Play & Lunch times Mrs Marchment & Mrs Ross	No ppt
25th November 2022	Cultural Capital and expanding children's horizons Mrs Withers		Parents to support with diverse issues in school – Mrs Withers to create Focus Group in New Year Resources and ways to support children in understanding LGBTQ+ issues in a child friendly way Children love the workshops so more of those please Classical music – seeing orchestra Theatre trips and shows like the Jack and the Beanstalk in Autumn Updating of books to support children’s understanding of diversity Anti-racism Schools Award?
2nd December 2022	Online Safety Mrs Curnow/Police TBC
16th December 2022	Free places to go around London Mrs Davies
27th January 2023	PE at Harpenden Academy		Maintain Gold School games mark. PE moderation and professional discussion to aid assessment of pupils Continue and embed use of Concept Descriptors to inform assessment to ensure sustained progress in PE. To use ipads as tool to aid the learning in PE. To ensure we are being more sustainable in PE, we send all sporting communication via Edulink. Support the wellbeing of pupils we are offering a range of opportunities to enjoy physical activity.
3rd February 2023	Travel Plan		Spring and Summer, LA run initiatives. Promote the park and stride. Need to see an increase in families using the park and stride to reach silver. Staff and pupil survey.
3rd March 2023	Apps we use in School
19th May 2023	Behaviour Support Procedures	Behaviour Support Summary
10th November 2023	Online Safety Workshop
17th November 2023	Sustainability Workshop
24th November 2023	Computing and New Technology

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