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Home - School Agreement

WHAT IS THE HOME - SCHOOL AGREEMENT?

This agreement is to help us all to have a better understanding of what we are all endeavouring to achieve for your child.

Farnham Common Infant School has broad aims for the whole school and as we get to know your child we will develop specific aims for your child. Importance is placed on children developing appropriate attitudes and behaviour patterns to help them relate to their peers, adults in school and those in the wider community.

Children in the school have the right to a broad and balanced curriculum in line with the Foundation Curriculum and Key Stage 1 of the National Curriculum.

Your child will be assessed when they start school giving us a baseline from which to work. As they progress through the school they will do other standardised tests in Reading and Mathematics to give us information about the progress they are making. At the end of Year 2, when they are seven, all children take part in Standardised Assessments and Tasks (SATs). Back to top

BEFORE YOU SIGN

Before you sign this agreement you should read:
~ The aims of the school
~ The Code of Conduct
~ Home study statement
You should already have these documents but copies are available on the notice board.

Please speak to the head teacher or class teachers if you have comments to make or are unsure about any of these matters.

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THE SCHOOL WILL :

~ Encourage children to do their best at all times.
~ Encourage children to take care of their surroundings and others around them.
~ Encourage children to understand the school rules so that they behave safely and appropriately.
~ Inform parents of the children?s progress at regular intervals.
~ Inform parents about what the teachers aim to teach the child each term. Back to top

THE FAMILY WILL :

~ Make sure child arrives at school by 9 o?clock.
~ Make sure child attends regularly and provide a note of explanation if the child is absent.
~ Support child with reading and other home study.
~ Attend consultation evening, and use the Thursday morning assembly time or make other arrangements with the teacher, at least once a term, to discuss child?s progress.
~ When possible, support the child by attending school events such as class assemblies.
~ Inform the school of any change of address, telephone number or circumstances. Back to top

TOGETHER WE WILL :

~ Tackle any special needs.
~ Encourage the child to keep the school?s rules.
~ Support the child?s learning to help them achieve the best they can. Back to top

TO BE SIGNED BY :

Child's name

Parent's signature

Head teacher's signature

October 2001
Reviewed 2002
Reviewed 2003
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