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Parents Forum

Our Parents Forums this term have been an opportunity to enhance links between home and school, giving parents and carers a better understanding of their child’s education. We seek the views of parents in order to develop stronger partnerships.

This term, we have held two Parents Forums where we have discussed the Middle Years Programme and Data, Assessment & Reports at LAB.

Miss Garcia led an excellent Parents’ Forum on the MYP - Middle Years Programme. Given Covid restrictions, the Forum took place online and was well attended by a range of parents and guardians across all year groups. Miss Garcia shared information about the key aspects of the programme and the rationale for delivering it at LAB, as it directly relates to our ethos and vision for our students.

We were joined by Ms Fairs, STEAM Lead, Ms Clarke, Head of Visual Arts, and Mr Smith, Director of Learning for Science. They all explained how the MYP is implemented in their curriculum area and the benefits it brings to the students' learning and development.

Parents commented very positively on the impact the IBMYP framework has on their own child’s personal and academic development. Parents mentioned that they had noticed the difference between their own experience at school and how the LAB curriculum is shaping their child in a holistic manner, in regards to their world knowledge, their approaches to learning and their general preparedness for life.

Mr Ritchie led the second forum this term on Data and Assessment, in particular the format of assessments within the MYP. Assessment plays a crucial role in supporting, as well as measuring, learning. The MYP approach to assessment also recognizes the crucial role of providing students with effective feedback.

On Monday 9th May 2022, our Parents Forum will focus on Online Safety. We have recently become a National Online Safety certified school. Daniel Bull, Head of Digital Engagement at Leigh Academies Trust and also a LAB parent will be leading the Forum on safeguarding children online.

LAB Parent Apps

‘My Child at School’ – MCAS is a portal that enables parents to view their child’s academic performance in real-time via a web browser. By using MCAS, parents/carers are able to look at a wealth of information including:

Attendance
School timetable
Assessments
Exam times.
Behaviour

The portal also provides general useful information about school such as the academic calendar and announcements.

MCAS is linked directly into our School Management System which means that all the information is continuously updated in real time and available to parents/carers 24 hours a day.

Login details are sent home when your child started with us. Please contact the school office if you require your login details.

Leigh Academy Blackheath is a cashless school. Our e-payment system, ParentPay is used to make payments such as dinners, trips, clubs etc.

Already have a ParentPay account?

If you already have a ParentPay account, either with another ParentPay school, you can simply login to that account and add your other children via the ‘Add a child’ tab on your home page. You will need the below activation username and password to do this.

New to ParentPay account?

You have a secure online account, activated using a unique activation username and password; you will be prompted to change these and to keep them safe and secure as your Username and Password for future logins.

If you have two or more children at a ParentPay school, you only need to activate one account to create your ‘main account’ and then add your other children via the ‘Add a child’ tab on your home page. Please visit www.parentpay.com and activate your account via the Account login area on the home page of the site.

For lost or forgotten password, please click forgot my password.

For new login detail please contact the main Admin office on info@leighacademyblackheath.org.uk.