Parental Enrichment

Parents

Key Parental Events


These events are a major feature at The Laurels and provide a programme to assist parents in the education of their children and in the dynamics of parenting.


Key Parental Events take place each term and attendance is vital for parents enrolling their children at The Laurels. Through the school years a sequence of topics are presented, covering important issues and milestones in the development of children.


General Structure


Autumn Term


The focus is on Academic issues.The Information Evening is the main event and parents are required to attend a full-school meeting with the Headmistress before splitting up into class groups for more age-related issues.


Spring Term


The focus is on a virtue, relating it to the age of the children so parents are grouped according to class.


Summer Term


The topics covered in Trinity Term are cyclic and of a parenting nature, and bring parents of similar aged-children together.


Topics Include:


  • Adolescent Health Matters: Exercise, Nutrition and Eating Disorders
  • Alcohol: The Magic Elixir
  • Education in Human Love: A Parental Responsibility
  • Fathers and Daughters: The Hallmarks of Highly Effective Fathers
  • Humour and Relationships with Teens
  • Managing Anger
  • Motivation in the Middle School
  • Parent-Daughter Communication
  • Preparation for GCSE/A level: Options, Choices, Decisions
  • Staying a Step Ahead: An Essential Evaluation of the Media, The Internet, Mobiles etc
  • The Post-School Years: Balancing Parental Guidance and Personal Autonomy
  • The Value of Waiting: Helping Teens with a Fever to Live Fast
  • Understanding Girls: Challenge and Change
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