Parent Communication & School Letters
Parent Communication & School Letters for Pre-K
Letters, newsletters, parents' evening templates, achievement notes, behavior notes, complaint responses — the daily writing of school-to-home communication, written warmly and clearly.
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Assessment Calendar — Whole-Year Template
A whole-school assessment calendar template — when each year group does what, how it links to reporting, and how to keep assessment proportionate. The reference document an assessment coordinator builds in September and refers back to all year.
Assessment Coordinator Handover Document
When an assessment coordinator leaves a school, the next person inherits chaos by default. This handover template captures everything — calendar, statutory dates, software access, moderation cycles, key decisions. Mirrors the music coordinator handover doc.
First Day Welcome Letter — Template
A warm, useful welcome letter for the first day — sets the tone, gives practical info, invites questions. Used in late August / early September.
Formative vs Summative — Staff Handout
A 4-page staff handout explaining the difference between formative assessment (during learning) and summative assessment (at the end), with specific classroom techniques for each. For staff INSETs and new-teacher induction. Designed to settle the 'we test too much' / 'we don't test enough' debate.
Light-Touch Tracking System — Setup Guide
How to set up a school assessment tracking system that's USEFUL and doesn't drown teachers in admin. Covers what to track, what to leave alone, paper vs digital, frequency, and the assessment data SLT actually need vs what they ask for.