Involved Parents

Importance of parental/guardian involvement

ISE highly values the home-school partnership. Home-school partnerships help teachers develop strong relationships with their students and motivate parents to cooperate with teachers to improve academic performance. It also creates opportunities for parents to learn basic teaching concepts while learning with their children, and get to know others in the community while contributing to the school by volunteering. Children of parents that are actually involved in their child’s education achieve better results at school. Good co-operation requires good communication and a joint involvement in the child’s education and development by all parties involved. By stimulating parental involvement we create a better foundation for the children’s development. It is also the school’s responsibility to stimulate activities that encourage parents to come to the school and be involved.Parents can be involved in the school in a number of ways and we regularly invite parents to celebrate and display what our students have learned in a project or for celebrations and school trips.

Communication about the Education Programme

Good contact between parents/guardians and teachers is of great importance for all students. This contact is maintained in various ways:

Information Sessions

At the beginning of the school year parents are invited to a general information session, which is organised by the class teachers. This session enables you to meet your child’s teacher and to get insight into the ins and outs of the workings of your child’s new group. It also provides you with an opportunity to ask questions. This session is not meant for discussing individual student matters. We organize other parent-teacher meetings for this purpose. You will receive written invitations to attend these meetings.

New Parents Meetings

At the start of the school year new parents are invited to a meeting to meet the class teacher and share information about their child. The aim of the meeting is for the class teacher to get to know the child and their parents and for parents to share their expectations.

Parent Meetings

For the parents of new students in group 1, an intake meeting takes place after registration. For the parents of all students, introductory meetings are held during the first few weeks of the school year. You will have the opportunity to share insights about your child and inform the teacher about matters you deem important. The purpose of this meeting is for the teacher to get to know the child and the parents better, and to manage mutual expectations. Following the first and second school reports, a 10-minute parent-teacher conference will take place. Should you feel the need to speak with the class teacher or a specialist teacher about your child outside of these 10-minute conferences, you are, of course, always welcome to do so. You can always drop by after school hours, but to ensure the teacher is available, it is best to make an appointment in advance.

The parent newsletter is published monthly. This contains a wide range of announcements and information from the school’s leadership team and from the different departments. You will also be kept up to date about activities in your child’s class via email and ClassDojo.

Parent Activities

For the smooth running of all activities at school, the help of parents/guardians is important. Parents/guardians help weekly/incidentally with school trips, in the library, creative mornings/afternoons, project weeks, school, sports days, celebrations and the International Fair. If you want to help us, you can contact the teachers and/or parents/guardians in the Parents’ Committee.