1 .Does your handbook acknowledge and respect the part that parents play in their children's education?
2 .Are parents encouraged to share their observations and assessments of their children's learning? Are these recorded and given the same status as those completed by staff members?
3 .When you organise educational visits, do you meet with parents so that everyone can share ideas about the learning opportunities and intended learning outcomes for the trip?
4 .Are observations about children's learning kept in a range of forms which are accessible to parents? Videos and displays that include photographs of children at work are a useful supplement to the more traditional written records of children's achievements.
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