How to ... 

... have conversations about learning at home. 

Learning doesn’t stop at the classroom door. We know that meaningful conversations at home are the key to building a student's confidence and curiosity. This guide is designed to help you move beyond "How was school?" with practical tips and supportive prompts rooted in our core values of Ambition, Respect, and Kindness.

Whether you’re looking for the right questions to ask or need strategies to support your child through a challenge, you’ll find the tools here to turn everyday chats into empowering breakthroughs.

Top Tips

• Photocopy your child’s timetable and display it in the house

• What? or How? questions encourage more in depth conversation.

• Use subject newsletters, parents/carers evening feedback along side tracking reports to dig a little deeper.

Learning at Home Resources

Utilise the wide ranges of resources within the Learning at Home section of your website to encourage and support learning at home. 

If your child is upset / struggling ...

Utilise the wide ranges of resources within the Learning at Home section of your website to encourage and support learning at home. 

• Ask how they would like to be supported - a hug, chat it through, help to contact their class teacher, some time to reflect, etc.

• Can they use the learning from home support accessed above?

• Do they need a starting point for their revision?

• Share any concerns with your child’s Guidance Teacher.

To Encourage Conversation

Try to support your child to find solutions for themselves.

What questions:

• What were you learning about in ___ today?

• What was the feedback from your recent progress check in __? What are your next steps?

• What are you enjoying most about __?

• What has your teacher suggested you do to improve in ___?

How questions:

• How did you get on in ____ today? 

• How do you think you can improve in ____?

• How can I support you with ___?

Highlight the positives: (praise effort and progress)

• I received your tracking report, your __ in ____ is super! 

• I was so pleased to see the effort you have put into _________!

• I’m so proud of you for improving your behaviour in _______.