E/ME3/2/1

Correspondence file regarding home-school link course, including information as follows:

1988

From: 1988 To: 1988

- notes of ways in which home-school links might be developed generally and in inner Luton schools, outer Luton schools and upper schools; - list of members, with school, of a course on developing home-school links in Multicultural Education (ME) schools, notes of each of the sessions and course aims and objectives; - parent’s pledge, to be signed by parent, child and teacher; - notes of one day conference at Afro-Caribbean Education Resource Centre on “Reading - the Early Years, A Recipe for Your Child’s Success”; - One Foundation Organisation (Afro-Caribbean group) report on year 1986/87 and statement of group’s objectives; - notes on developing effective links between school and parents in ME schools and on links with community groups; - notes on views of participants from different cultural backgrounds (Pakistani, Italian, Bangladeshi and Sikh); - brief notes on working home-school links from teachers at the following schools: Whitefield Junior, Luton; Challney Girls’ High, Luton; Biddenham Upper; Denbigh Road, Junior, Luton; Cherry Trees Nursery, Bedford; Beechwood Infants, Luton; Dallow Junior, Luton; Peter Pan Nursery, Bedford; (?) John Bunyan Upper, Bedford; Ashcroft High, Luton; Denbigh Road Infant, Luton; Waulud Junior, Luton; Shackleton Lower, Bedford; and Challney Boys’ High, Luton; - report of pilot scheme for Section 11 monitoring and review procedure at St.Matthew’s Infant, Luton; - details of One Foundation Organisation Supplementary School Project; - notes on awareness of Sikhism; - poster advertising Bedfordshire Religious Education Society Muslim Evening to celebrate Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Mohammad, at Shackleton Lower, Bedford; - eleven completed evaluation forms on developing home-school links course asking to what extent the course met needs, value of specific lectures, value of handouts, the most and least useful aspects, and suggestions for future improvement; with official evaluation report by County ME Co-ordinator; - notes on ways home-school links were being developed.

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EDUCATION, multicultural education, ethnic minorities, employment, HOUSEHOLD, schools, Luton state schools, LUTON, upper schools, education staff, training, parent, conference, Afro-Caribbean Education Resource Centre, curriculum reading, One Foundation Organisation, Pakistanis, Italians, Bangladeshis, Sikhs, teacher, Whitefield Junior School, Challney Girls High School, Denbigh Road Junior School, Beechwood Infant School, Dallow Junior School, Ashcroft High School, Denbigh Road Infant School, Waulud Junior School, Challney Boys High School, Biddenham Upper School, BIDDENHAM, Cherry Trees Nursery School, Peter Pan Nursery School, John Bunyan Upper School, Shackleton Lower School, BEDFORD, business correspondence, funding, St.Matthew's Infant School, Sikhism, poster, Bedfordshire Religious Education Resources Centre, events, Islam, surveys