I couldn't agree more with Helen Bromley's article on the importance offorming positive relationships with all parents and families (20September-3 October). Her own childhood experience is not too dissimilarto those of many families today.
I worked with a Year Two class in which there was a girl, cared for byher grandmother, who never seemed to know what she was doing or havewhat she needed. When letters were sent home detailing times andcostumes for the Christmas nativity, I took a different approach withthis family. As I handed the letter to the grandmother personally, Itold her simply that the child was going to be a shepherd in a play andthat she could come and watch. I asked her if she could provide a largeT shirt of her own for the child to wear as a tunic and tell me thechild's shoe size so I could lend plimsolls.
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