At Howe Dell we understand the importance of working in partnership. We value support from adults at home and have many opportunities for parents / carers to come into school to find out more about what we do. Below are some of the opportunities we offer: 

Autumn	Spring	Summer
Meet the teacher sessions New to Year 6 meeting Parent consultations Harvest assembly Remembrance assembly Christingle Key Stage 1 Christmas production School improvement meetings Year group coffee mornings Early years stay and read SEND coffee mornings Author of the month assembly Little Wandle phonic workshops	Live learning Class assemblies EYFS Spring Spectacular School improvement meetings Year group coffee mornings Early years stay and read SEND coffee mornings Author of the month assembly Little Wandle phonic workshops	Early years stay and play Parent consultations Class assemblies Year 6 leavers production Year 6 leavers assembly School improvement meetings Year group coffee mornings Early years stay and read SEND coffee mornings Author of the month assembly Sports day Art festival

• Early year stay and play – an opportunity to come into our reception and nursery classrooms to meet the team and see the environment for parents / carers and children 

• Meet the teacher sessions – an outline of the year ahead, routines and key information specific to the year group 

• New to year 6 – an extended ‘meet the teacher’ covering information relating to SATs, secondary transition and the conclusion to primary school 

• Live learning – a chance to come and see the curriculum in action in the classroom. Each year we focus on a different area of the curriculum for live learning 

• Parent consultations – held bi-annually, these are an opportunity to speak with your child’s class teacher about their progress and attitudes towards learning 

• Class assemblies – an assembly hosted by your child’s class which showcases their work from the year so far 

• Harvest assembly – led by Year 4 children with Year 4 parents invited to join us 

• Remembrance assembly – led by Year 5 with Year 5 parents invited to join us 

• Christingle – led by Year 3 with Year 3 parents invited to join us 

• Key Stage 1 Christmas production – a Christmas play delivered by our Year 1 and 2 pupils  

• EYFS Spring spectacular – a production put on by our youngest pupils involving singing and acting 

• Year 6 leavers production – an opportunity to showcase our acting skills with singing, dancing and acting from our oldest pupils 

• Year 6 leavers assembly – the chance to say goodbye and wish Year 6 pupils good luck on their journey to secondary school with parents / carers invited to join us 

• School improvement meetings – termly updates for parents on our school improvement plan. A chance to find out what we have been focusing on in school and the progress we have made 

• Year group coffee mornings – the opportunity to meet with senior leaders. We often have a rough outline for the session but it is predominantly led by the questions parents / carers ask 

• SEND coffee mornings – the opportunity to meet with members of our inclusion team and SEND governor. General and focused meetings across the year 

• Early years stay and read – once a week parents / carers are invited into the classroom to read with their child in the morning 

• Author of the month assemblies -  parents / carers are invited to attend our celebration assembly where we celebrate ‘personal bests’ in writing and our Beacon pupils 

• Sports day – the opportunity to cheer on pupils in their sporting events and join your child / children for a family picnic.  

• Little Wandle workshops – a chance to come and find out how we teach phonics  

• Art festival – whole school art work on display with the chance to purchase a piece of framed artwork by your child