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As we look forward to welcoming you to the school or virtually for parental consultations, it is also the time of year when we ask for your views on what is working well and what could be better. We pride ourselves on our transparency and willingness to reflect on reasonable feedback. Like everyone, we know we get things wrong and we are always keen to learn from our mistakes and develop systems to make things better. Thank you to everyone who shared their views in July. There were a lot of positives - the vast majority of parents who responded feel their children are safe, and learning effectively. Nevertheless, there was an increase in some disagree statements that, whilst relatively low, do make us ask questions about our practice. We acknowledge and address these below: 

-12 respondents (clustered to specific classes) did not agree that there was a good standard of behaviour at Little Green

We had a challenging time managing behaviour whilst working within bubbles. Whilst we believe our systems were working, we also knew they were limited due to covid bubbles and the availability of extra support. From May half-term we were able to launch the Ready to Learn Room for all children - a space to offer support for children struggling to regulate their behaviour away from their peers. We believe the impact of this support has been incredibly positive for those children and the whole school community. Let us know what you think in the survey!

- 25 respondents (clustered to specific classes) did not believe their children had been well taught.

As a school we work hard to ensure that all children receive an equitable high quality of teaching across their four years with us. Like all industries and professions, we have a range of staff with a range of experience and skills. Supporting this reality has been made more challenging by Covid bubbles; the teacher recruitment crisis and very sadly for Little Green, some challenging and unpredictable long staff absences. Please be assured that we work hard to minimise the impacts of these challenges whilst also recognising this impact and ensuring that future staffing decisions reflect these unavoidable experiences. We have also driven a further collaborative development to our CPD approach which is seeing significant collaboration and professional development! We hope that is your experience also - do let us know in the survey!

In short, please do let us know if you agree with these assessments or if we are missing something - (New survey next week!) - we all want the same thing: the best possible learning experience for our children and community!

Yours sincerely,

Mr Roberts and the Little Green Team

Gagan Mohindra MP Christmas Card Competition

Dear All,

I just wanted to let you know about my annual Christmas Card competition, which I hope your pupils will enter. I am looking for South West Hertfordshire residents, aged 3-11, to design my official Christmas Card which will also be sent to the Prime Minister. 

For those wishing to enter, please ensure that the design is on an A5 piece of paper, or A4 that has been folded like a card. It can be portrait or landscape, and ideally any text or fine detail should be around 5mm away from the edges.

All entries need to arrive at my office or my inbox by Friday 22nd October. You can email me a scanned copy of your design at gagan.mohindra.mp@parliament.uk or you can send me your design directly to my Westminster address which is:

Gagan Mohindra MP

House of Commons

London

SW1A 0AA

Prizes will be awarded to the winner and the runner-up. I would be very grateful if you could distribute this to those teaching the relevant age groups, and if you have any questions about the competition, please do let me know.

Kindest Regards,

Gagan Mohindra MP

PPS to the Foreign Secretary

Member of Parliament for South West Hertfordshire 

www.gaganmohindra.org.uk

House of Commons | London | SW1A 0AA 

0207 219 2261