Questions for parents and whānau
Please select the questions that are most relevant and reword them as necessary.
Depending on the needs of your community, you could provide the option to answer the questions orally, written, online, or in different languages.
- What do you like about the way the school communicates with you?
- What changes would you like the school to make in the ways it communicates with you?
- Are you able to talk with your child about what he/she is learning at school? What makes it easy or difficult?
- Are you able to talk about what your child is learning at school with their teacher? What makes it easy or difficult?
- What might your child's teacher know about your child that you don't know? How could this knowledge help you as a parent?
- What do you know about your child that your child's teacher doesn't know? How could this knowledge help the teacher?
- How often do you and the teacher discuss your child's health, happiness, and learning at home and at school? Would you like more opportunities for this? Why, or why not?
- How do teachers support you to understand the school curriculum?
- Does your child's learning challenge him/her intellectually?
- Does your child's learning relate to their culture and prior knowledge?
- Are there any topics or themes that you think should be taught at school that you, your child, or your community could help with?
- Does your child sometimes have homework to do? If so, how do you support this?
- Are you able to talk to the teacher about things that make it easier or harder for your child to do their homework or their school work? Why, or why not?
- Does your family and community give the school help or information? If so, how does this improve learning for the students? How does it affect your relationship with the school?
- Does your child's school have parent-teacher meetings? If so, what should they be for? Are they useful? Why, or why not?
- Does your school have fundraising activities that involves your family and community? Does your family enjoy these activities? Why, or why not?
- How does your teacher report to you and your child about your child's learning? Does this way of reporting enable you to help your child learn more? Why, or why not?
Published on: 16 Aug 2011