We believe an effective parental partnership means that together we can support your child to reach their full potential.
Research shows that schools cannot educate children without a strong partnership with parents. When schools and families work together, children have a far better chance of not only being successful in school but being successful in life as well. At Hornbill School we like to think there are three R’s to our effective partnership: Respect, Responsibility and Relationships.
- Mutual Respect: In building respect both the parent and the school value each other as a trusted team working to support children’s learning. The needs of the child always come first and the child’s needs should form the basis of all interactions.
- Responsibility: The school and the parent support each other, taking responsibility for a child’s successes and working together to solve areas of development.
- Relationships: Quality partnerships comes through strong relationships. The keys to building relationships are the same as building relationships at home or in the classroom. We all need to feel like we belong, we need to trust and we need to believe that we are valued. Relationships nurture the collaboration that is so necessary for partnerships to survive and to help children succeed in school.
Our exit questionnaires and parent questionnaires show that we have a very strong bond with parents and we hope that this bond continues to grow and develop throughout your child’s time at Hornbill School.