Our unique social dimension
We are fully aware that nursery is a crucial and formative time for parents and their children.
Families arriving in Oxford from other parts of the world can benefit from our social programme, meeting other parents and building new connections, often in their mother tongue. We also offer guidance and advice on services available throughout Oxford.
→ Information between parents and teachers is regularly shared to support children's care and learning.
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Teachers give support and ideas on home activities on regular basis.
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We offer ongoing and termly parent/teacher meetings so parents are fully aware of their children’s progress. We provide a very detailed child profile for each child.
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Constant two way communication in the mornings and collection time.
→ Parents have many opportunities to be involved in our curriculum, our setting and our outings.
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At least a coffee mornings and social event per term. It is an opportunity for us to get general feedback and for parents to socialise with other parents. We try to recreate a multilingual community with mutual support and exchange of information. So... everyone has a strong sense of belonging in our unique, multicultural and multilingual setting... making it a truly extended 'home from home'.
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Daily WhatsApp messages and photos as well as emails informing parents on events and activities.
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We will work in parents’ mother tongue when we can and when required.
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We can help parents choosing the future school for their children.
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We work in partnership with the schools our children are going to attend. We send them a report and liaise with their future teacher when possible to ease transition. We work, for example, closely with teachers at Europa School in Culham to ensure that children whose parents choose this school would be best prepared for this multicultural education.
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Final reports can be written in different languages when needed if a child is going abroad.
