Parent Workshops

At Bonnygate Primary School, we are proud to regularly invite parents to Workshops to support their child’s learning at home. For those parents who are unable to make our workshops, information from the workshops can be found and downloaded below.

All parents are welcome to attend Parent Workshops. We are continually trying to meet the needs of our pupils and parenst therefore if you have any feedback regarding the workshops please see Miss Spencer

Workshops

KS1 SATs Workshop
Thank you to the parents who attended the KS1 SATs workshop on Wednesday 8th February 2017. Please find the PowerPoint attached, which outlines the KS1 SATs procedure.

Reading
In this workshop, we discussed how we teach reading at school. We also discussed how you can help your children at home with reading. There are videos online that demonstrate age related expectations in reading for children in Year 2 and Year 6. These can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEWlfQQl_Uo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4KJZ1oSkbI&index=9&list=PL6gGtLyXoeq8k9ykPys3NvQIfIvAGCUjN

Writing and Grammar
In this workshop, we discussed the ‘Pie Corbett’ approach that we use for teaching writing at Bonnygate. More information and videos can be found at www.t4w.co.uk. We also discussed the grammar expectations for each year group along with grammar terminology.

Maths parent workshop – 17.11.16

The maths workshop in November was very successful. We went through how to support pupils with maths at home as well as how to develop their problem solving skills. Parents were able to ask questions about the calculation policy, which we then went through.

All parents found it exceptionally useful.

Miss de Bruyn

Afro-Caribbean cooking workshop – October 2016

SATS workshop – February 2015

A huge thanks to all the year 6 parents who attended Miss Spencer’s SATS workshop. We hope you found it useful having a workshop especially devoted to SATs and that it has helped you to prepare and support your children as they move through year 6 and onto Secondary School. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Spencer.

Thank you for those who returned the parent workshop questionnaires. We have taken on board your feedback regarding the days/times that you prefer and have gone with the majority when planning our workshops. The workshops we have planned in for the Autumn Term currently are:

How to work with your child at home (Rec and KS1) – Mr Nicholson on Fri 7th Oct @ 2:30pm

How to work with your children at home (KS2) – Mr Nicholson on Fri 14th Oct @ 2:30pm

Phonics (Rec and Y1) – Mrs May on Thurs 20th Oct @ 9:15am

Reading (EYFS/KS1/KS2) – Mrs Jones on Fri 11th Nov @ 2:15pm

Calculations and problem solving (EYFS/KS1/KS2) – Miss de Bruyn on Thurs 17th Nov @ 2:30pm

E-safety and anti-bullying etc – Mrs Stukins and Mrs Hodges on Fri 18th Nov @ 9:15am

Writing and grammar (EYFS/KS1/KS2) – Mrs Jones on Fri 25th Nov @ 2:00pm

Math’s Workshop Presentation – 18.11.14

Thanks to all the parents who attended the Math’s workshop. We hope you found it useful and feel more informed about how to help your child with maths at home. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Spencer.

Reading workshop presentation – 03.11.14

Thanks to all the parents who attended Miss Jones’ Reading workshop. We hope you found it useful and feel more informed about how to help your child with reading at home. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Jones.

Phonics workshop presentation – 08.10.14

Thanks to all the parents who attended the phonics workshop. We hope you found it useful and feel more informed about how to help your child with phonics at home. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Jones.

Math’s Workshop Presentation

Thanks to all the parents who attended the Math’s workshop. We hope you found it useful and feel more informed about how to help your child with maths at home. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Spencer.

Letters and sounds presentation

‘Year Two SATS’ – 12/3/14

Thanks to all the Year 2 parents who attended Miss Jones’ SATS workshop. We hope you found it useful having a workshop especially devoted to Year 2 SATs and that it has helped you to understand the tests your children will be taking. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Jones.

‘Year Six SATS’ – 4/3/13

A huge thanks to all the year 6 parents who attended Miss Spencer’s SATS workshop. We hope you found it useful having a workshop especially devoted to SATs and that it has helped you to prepare and support your children as they move through year 6 and onto Secondary School. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Spencer.

‘Nursery/Reception Maths’ – 3/3/14

A huge thanks to all the parents and carers who attended Miss Foley’s Numeracy workshop. We hope you found it useful having a workshop designed especially for EYFS parents. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Foley.

‘Reception Phonics’ – 12/2/14

Thank-you to all the parents/carers who attended Miss Foley’s Phonics workshop. We hope you found it useful having a workshop designed especially for Reception parents. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Foley.

‘Nursery Phonics’ – 7/2/14

A huge thanks to all the parents who attended Miss Foley’s Phonics workshop. We hope you found it useful having a workshop designed especially for Nursery parents. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Foley.

‘Writing is Exciting’ – 28/1/14

A huge thanks to all the parents who attended Mrs Jarvis’ Writing workshop. We hope you found it useful and feel more informed about writing at Bonnygate and how to support your children at home. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Jarvis.

‘Writing is Exciting’ powerpoint
Nelson Handwriting font
Example success criteria for writing
Example target bookmark

‘Calculations Policy’ –  27/11/13

Thank-you to all the parents and carers who attended Miss Spencer’s Numeracy workshop. We hope you found it useful and feel more confident about how to help your child with Maths at home. Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Spencer.

Calculations Policy/Helping your child at home powerpoint

‘Calculations Policy’ – 13/11/13

Thanks to all the parents and carers who came to Miss Spencer’s Numeracy workshop. We hope you found it useful and feel more confident about how to help your child with their homework. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Spencer.

Calculations Policy/Helping your child at home powerpoint

‘Keeping E-Safe’ – 19/11/13

Thank-you to all the parents who attended Mrs Jarvis’ and Miss Foley’s E-Safety workshop. We hope you found it useful and feel more informed about E-safety how to protect and educate your children at home. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Jarvis or Miss Foley

E safety powerpoint
Child search engines
Social Networking information

‘Calculations Policy’ – 8/10/13

Thank- you to all the parents who attended Miss Spencer’s Calculations Policy workshop. We hope you found it useful and feel more informed about how to help your child with numeracy at home. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Spencer.

Calculations Policy/Helping your child at home powerpoint

‘Helping your child with their reading’ – 1/10/13

Thanks to all the parents who attended Mrs Jarvis’ Reading workshop. We hope you found it useful and feel more informed about how to help your child with reading at home. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Jarvis.

Reading powerpoint
An activity guide to support Early Reading and Phonics

Letters and Sounds – 14/10/13

Thanks to all the parents who attended the phonics workshop. We hope you found it useful and feel more informed about how to help your child with phonics at home. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact any member of teaching staff.

Phonics presentation for parents
Information on Phonics handout