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Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students are loving our new activity packs which they take home as part of our efforts to respond to parents’ request for help in supporting their child’s education.

Pre-Kindergarten teacher, Ms. Long, reported that parents often ask how they can help their children at home. She said, “I realized that many of our students’ families were unsure of how to go about this.” Ms. Long began researching and came across UK Teach First Innovation Award winner, Eve Keogh’s Boromi Boxes and used the idea to create our activity packs. The activity packs include resources such as toy farm animals, building blocks or game boards and instructions for parents based on particular learning goals set by teachers. The activity packs were so popular in Ms. Long’s class that her kindergarten colleague, Ms. Band organized a weekly rota allowing all the children in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten to borrow the packs. She checks each pack when it is returned and makes sure it is ready for the next child.

Ms. Long was pleased to see the parents embrace the opportunity to work with their children. She said, “The feedback we have received from parents has been incredibly positive. Children are so proud to teach their siblings how to use the packs. One student was so excited about the Animals Around the World pack that the next day she taught the whole class what she had learned about narwhals.” The activity packs have proved to be a great way for teachers and parents to join together helping children at school and at home.

Thanks to Ms. Long, Ms. Band and the Kindergarten team for finding yet another way to support the children in early years.