Ideas+to+Communicate+with+Parents

Possible Ideas
 * 1) Beginning of the year: Induction to the PYP for parents for first half then to meet with teachers in the second half
 * 2) Throughout the year: Coffee or Tea Session: Having individual sessions for parents to experience components of the IB (Inquiry, Skills, Concepts, Attitudes, Skills)
 * 3) Unit newsletters aligned with weekly email to keep parents up to date with whats going on
 * 4) Newsletters
 * 5) Having a session on Assessment in alignment with communication of the child's report (understanding the phases and how the child has progressed)
 * 6) Having sessions to understand what parents know already and what else they need clarification or added learning in.

Tips
 * 1) Meeting parents as a team - teachers, PYP Coordinator and Head of School
 * 2) Keeping it simple
 * 3) Finding from the parents prespective of what they want to know
 * 4) Use realistic terms and real examples
 * 5) Use of 'Opening Classroom Doors' to back you up
 * 6) Wonder Wall - before, during or after the workshop or sharing sessions
 * 7) Supporting video: 'Shift Happens' - [], 'Changing Education Paradigms' Sir Ken Robinson [] - Inquiry clip