Parents as Partners

Parental involvement at Peter Pan. 

Parents are children’s first and most enduring educators and have a huge influence on their development.

Supporting parents to play an active role in their children's learning can make a valuable and lasting difference to children’s lives and outcomes. 

At Peter Pan we encourage parents, carers and grandparents to come in and help during a session, this maybe a one off or a regular commitment. We encourage all parents to sign up if they wish to help during a session. 

Parental involvement in children’s education from an early age has a significant effect on educational achievement, and continues to do so into adolescence and adulthood. The quality and content of fathers’ involvement matter more for children’s outcomes than the quantity of time fathers spend with their children. Family learning can also provide a range of benefits for parents and children including improvements in reading, writing and numeracy as well as greater parental confidence in helping their child at home.The attitudes and aspirations of parents and of children themselves predict later educational achievement. International evidence suggests that parents with high aspirations are also more involved in their children’s education.