Case studies - How others use technology to partner with parents

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1. Case study: St John the Baptist CE Primary School

   

   St John the Baptist Primary School serves 210 pupils in a disadvantaged area in Stockton-on-Tees. A high proportion of the children have learning difficulties and/or disabilities. The school has achieved the ICT Mark and is now looking to develop its online contact with parents.

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2. Case Study: Parent - Karen

   

   Regular contact with school helped this single mother to overcome her sense of isolation. 

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3. Case Study: Parent - Michelle

   

   A single mother found that being more involved in her son’s education had a profound effect on his behaviour and achievements.

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4. Case study: Grays Infants School

   

   Grays School is a large infant and nursery school serving 239 children in an area of social deprivation in Newhaven. Grays views its partnership with parents as crucial and is currently using technology to support family learning and parental engagement.

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5. Case Study: Parent - Martin

   

   A parent on active service in Iraq has seen the difference that full involvement in school has had on both himself and his children. 

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6. Case Study: Parent - Jeff

   

   Jeff and his wife are deaf but regular contact with the school ensures that they are always kept up-to-date on their children’s progress. 

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7. Case Study: Parent - Amina

   

   A parent with limited English was kept involved in her children’s school life by letters, news and emails, which were translated into her native language. 

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8. Case Study: Costello Technology College

   

   Costello Technology College in Basingstoke has seen its online activity go from strength to strength since it introduced a new learning platform in June 2008.

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9. Case Study: Parent - Dave

   

   A free laptop and internet has really opened up this family's opportunities despite difficult circumstances. 

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10. Case Study: Engaging families with learning platforms

    

    Parents get the opportunity to watch their child’s school nativity play whilst serving in the Armed Forces, to demonstrate how technology can play an essential role in keeping families connected and engaged in their child’s learning.

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11. Case Study: Parent - Neelam

    

    A couple, who have a keen interest in technology, have a clear picture of their daughter’s achievements through regular text messages from the school.

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12. Case Study: Ravens Wood School

    

    Ravens Wood School in Bromley is a Technology College with 1,450 and 120 staff.  The school continually seeks to pioneer Information Technology as a teaching and learning strategy. The school’s new learning platform is flexible and meets the needs of both staff and students.

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13. Case Study: Swan Valley Community School

    

    Over the last two years, Kent-based Swan Valley Community School has invested in ICT to support its learners and the curriculum.  Strategies to promote e-learning include using Nintendo DS brain trainers and Wii’s as well as the school’s Frog learning platform, which regularly has more than 75% of staff and students using it in a school day.

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14. Case Study: Elizabethan High School

    

    The Elizabethan High School in North Nottinghamshire caters for around 1,300 students aged 11-18 and has 100 staff. Both students and staff are enjoying multiple benefits of their learning platform.

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15. Case Study: Haybridge High School and Sixth Form

    

    Haybridge is a high-performing comprehensive school in Worcestershire with 1,250 students and 200 members of staff.  The school pioneered a VLE several years ago and recently switched to a new Frog learning platform.

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