Welcome

Parental involvement in children's learning is a priority at Duncombe. We aim to foster and promote home-school links and to give you opportunities and encouragement to become involved in your child’s learning. This is done through a school based child centred service forging links between schools and families to enable young people to make the most of their educational opportunities. The work takes place both in the school and the local community, focussing on early intervention and parental involvement.

Sarah Harris is our School-Home-Support worker. Her work involves:

Supporting parents and children to attend school regularly and achieve to the best of their abilities.
Getting to know parents and children at the school.
Liasing between staff, parents and outside agencies.
Making home visits.
Helping parents who have problems or need support.
Encouraging parental involvement in the school.
Helping promote activities and adult learning for parents and carers.

Sarah is available Monday, Tuesday and Friday between 8:30am and 4.00pm.

Attendance

We strive for 100% attendance from all of our pupils at Duncombe, however we understand that when a child is unwell it is often necessary for him or her to stay at home. Parents have a duty to ensure their child is not absent from school when it can be avoided. To help you decide whether or not your child should attend school please download and read this leaflet produced by NHS Islington School Health Service and Cambridge Education @ Islington Welfare Service

Download Major Illness and School Attendance: A Guide for Parents >

Activities

Here is our programme of activities for this term – which are all FREE and there is a crèche available for children over 2 years old. If you need any further information please contact the office, or Sarah, Mustapha, Reba, or Ali, the family support advisors. If you have ideas for Coffee Mornings please let us know.

Room	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
main building	Art Class 9-12pm (top floor)	Keep Fit 9-10am (middle floor)		I.C.T. 9-12pm (top floor)	Coffee mornings when advertised
cottage (left) back playground	Jobs/Benefit advisor (Jo Wilson)	Writing tutorials (Bridget Learmouth)	Writing group	Writing tutorials (Bridget Learmouth)	Maths for Turkish parents 9-10:30
cottage (right) back playground		ESOL Level 1 9:30-11:30	Teens and Tots	ESOL Level 1 9:30-11:30
Lunch
cottage (left) back playground		Writing tutorials (Bridget Learmouth)	Writing group	Writing tutorials (Bridget Learmouth)

Family Information Service

The Family directory can be accessed at www.islington.gov.uk/familydirectory.

You can contact the FIS helpline on 020 7527 5959. This helpline is open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Outside these times you can leave a message and they will get back to you. You can also email fis@islington.gov.uk