Websites

1. www.teachernet.go.uk
2. TeacherNet – Working with Parents: www.teachernet.gov.uk
3. ParentMail website: www.parentmail.co.uk
4. Building Parent - Teacher Partnerships, National Association for the Education of Young Children 1999: www.practicalparent.org.uk
5. Improving Home-School Communication in the Secondary School Ideas worth sharing for an active partnership, Judy Arrowsmith, Moray House College: www.scre.ac.uk

Readings

1. Key Issues in Secondary Education 2nd edition John Beck and Mary Earl (Chapter 11) – Schools, Parents and the Community
2. DfES (2004) IPRA booklet
3. Bridget Plowden (1967) Children and their Primary schools (The Plowden report)
4. Involving parents, raising achievements, Professor John Bastiani, DFES Ref: PICE/IPRA
5. Essential Teaching Skills, Chris Kyriacou, Stanley Thornes (Publishers) Ltd. 1988
6. Hallgarten, J. (2000) Parents Exist, OK!? Issues and visions for parent-school relationships, London: Institute for Public Policy Research
7. Scottish Executive Education Department (2002) How Can Parents Help their Childrens Learning: a guide for parents, families and schools, Glasgow: Quality Education Centre.
8. Learning to Teach ICT in the Secondary School – Steve Kennewell, John Parkinson and Howard Tanner – page 169 (parents questions about home computers)
9. Wolfendale, S. (July 2004) Getting the Balance Right: Towards Partnership in Assessing Childrens Development and Educational Achievement, Department for Education and Skills Discussion Paper for.