Facebook user update

Tuesday - We are now up to 36 friends on facebook :) That's still less than 10% of the parents though so please spread the message. I will ask for the school to send out another notice about the facebook page on Friday to see if we can get some more followers.

Facebook user update

Now up to 11 followers (Sunday AM)

Didn't expect any pupils to be following the school but it appears 1 of 11 is a pupil!

Newsletter response

Up to 8 parents on facebook so far! Paper newsletter went out yesterday (Friday).. Will update here on Monday

Our facebook test

During the last 2 parents evening I went to I asked 90 parents to add the school as a friend on facebook.

I made one mistake and said to search for wilsden primary school, infact they needed to search for wilsden primary..

Anyway, 3 parents found us so that's 1 in 30.

On Friday a newsletter is going out with the direct address http://facebook.com/wilsdenprimary for parents to add the school a friend.

It will also be interesting to see if any teachers add the school as a friend.

It will be especially interesting to see which I get a overall higher % of, parents or teachers..

Yet another VLE conundrum - Sites for parents

@simfin asked on twitter today - does anyone have a list of useful links/resources for y1 parents I can pass on to a teacher populating her new VLE? TY

One of the things I simply don't know is what do year 1 parents need to know? Surely the teacher can only truly know what is useful for her environment and her parents? I know sites like http://myschoolclosures.com are relevant to the entire school so I would recommend that but I'm stuck to think of other sites to recommend that I can guarantee will be relevant..

Any feedback on this or recommended sites would be great! Cheers

UPDATE:

Simfin summarized what he wanted as: "things you need to know to help your child succeed in y1."

So the conundrum is What do the parents want to know to help them succeed? Will parents give assisted learning if they have access to the curriculum? Is it a good thing if parents do and some parents don't? Is the teacher putting links online just to tick a box and has the teacher informed the parents about the links?

One thing I must remember while working through this project is that a VLE is like a free market. Choice is key and everything has a traded value, the problem is that with 5 or 6 key parties involved, making a deal that suits all could be complex but like any good deal, everyone should feel better off.

Trying to tick boxes is not what I am trying to accomplish by this project..

One last thing whilst I'm on a rant.. One of the ultimate goals is a paperless school, "Not a VLE" is part of this project but the implementation of Web2+ tech will be predominant throughout.