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WORKING TOGETHER – PARENT INVOLVEMENT
Examples of activities
Example 3 - France Example 4 - France
APPLE PICKING - first outing of the year
The children of four classes of the school went to pick
apples in the garden of the castle of Astros. They could
pick four varieties of apples. They walked in the park of
the castle and at noon we had picnic all together.
French laws impose an adult for eight children in
kindergarten, which is why we took parents in order to
take care of them (4 parents per class in addition to the
teacher and ATSEM). We have formed groups of 4/5
children with an adult. Various rules games, symbolic games, cooperative games
are offered once a week from November to June on
Tuesday morning from 8:45 am to 9:45 am in the School
Library by the school psychologist and specialist teachers,
so that parents play with their children, other parents and
children and members of the RASED (psychologist and
specialized teachers).
At the begining of session: greeting and introducing game,
presentation of the different session times and rules (do not
damage the material, do not hurt, musical signal to arrange
and regroup).
Time of the game: Each one settles in small groups around
the tables of games. * Tidy up.
Time to regroup: Reading a story, song, listening to
traditional music to mark the end of the session.
For the students :
- Strengthening the link between school and family
- Promote autonomy (day trip with picnic)
- Discover a means of public transport (by bus)
- Development of the social connection (parents-children,
parents-teachers and parents-parents)
- Support for others classroom activities (cooking
workshops and artistic activities)
For the parents :
- Parent involvement (they help to take care of the
children)
- Become aware of the reality of a school day outside
school
This activity has a significant effect on the school climate:
an improvement in the well-being of children, decreased
violence, disciplinary problems, inequalities in education,
decline of absenteeism and dropping out of school.
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