Community Group

Our community group is open to any parent with a child in Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9). Our meetings are an opportunity to get to know other parents and to discuss life at school.

There will be colleagues present to answer any questions parents may have, and we aim to have staff members who can translate for parents where Arabic, Urdu and Somali are their main language.

Topics

The topics scheduled below are subject to change and parents can suggest at each meeting topics to prioritise in future meetings.

No.

Date

Session

1

12/01/2023

What does the school day include?

2

26/01/2023

How can we keep children safe at school?

3

09/02/2023

Understanding young people’s emotions and how we can support them

4

02/03/2023

Our Police School Partnership

5

23/03/2023 

Our Approach to Tackling Bullying at Ark St Albans Academy

*New date due to industrial action on 16/03/2023

6

20/04/2023

How we can support children to stay healthy

7

04/05/2023

Understanding Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

8

18/05/2023

How to maintain excellent school attendance

9

08/06/2023

How can we work with other services to support children and families?

10

22/06/2023

Understanding our school behaviour system

11

29/06/2023

End of Year Celebration

 

What To Expect

Please aim to arrive for 9.15am and sign-in at reception. At around 9.30am we will introduce the topic of the week and then open up the discussion – aiming to answer as many questions as possible. The main topic will end around 10am, but a further 30 minutes is then available for discussions with staff and getting know one another.

If you have any questions or would like to find out more, please email erin.maguinness@arkstalbans.org.