11 SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING
Class Parent Reps Helping build the DC community atmosphere……
2017 H ighlights – P arent I nvolvement
A wonderful part of our DC community are the hard working Class Parent Reps (CPRs) who are cordinated by the PTA. Across our school we are fortunate to have over 30 parents who have volunteered their time as CPRs to organise a wide range of community building activities for all cohorts of primary students. Working in teams, the parents provide our students with great opportunities to build new relationships, meet new people and participate in a wide
range of different events each term. With activities such as Movie Nights, Halloween Discos, Splash Parties and Christmas & Easter events, students have opportunities to have fun, enjoy celebration food and develop friendships outside their regular school day. Organisation of events each term are only one part of the role of our CPRs. They also provide games and craft stalls at our Family Fun Day and support their child’s class teacher as a
communication link between parents and the school for the organisation of helpers for some school events. We are very fortunate and appreciative that we have this dedicated group of parents to help us build the community atmosphere at DC. Chris Barr Head of Primary
Student-Led Conferences in Primary Student-Led Conferences are a formal reporting sessions to parents, led by the students themselves. Each year students across the school have an opportunity to share their learning journey with their parents. During this event the teacher plays an important role guiding and preparing the students to be able to demonstrate their learning to their parents, whilst we ask that parents actively support and engage in positive discussion with their child in a one to one conversation.
The purpose of Student-Led Conferences in Primary at DC is to: • Empower students to be actively responsible for the ownership of their learning and to promote reflection • Enable students to articulate and demonstrate understandings, approaches to learning and attitudes • Celebrate student progress and achievements This year we invited over 1,400 parents into our school to share in
this opportunity with their child. It is always lovely to see so many smiling faces, as students share with their parents what they are most proud of and what they still need to work on. This is one chance of many across the school, whereby we look to develop a partnership with parents to support their child’s education here at DC - something we work hard to do and are very proud of.