This edition of ParentNet looks at a successful strategy for Connecting Home & School Learning in Secondary School - ‘Patrician Partners in Literacy’ program. This program was founded on the belief that parents are the first teachers of their children and that "the home is both the beginning and foundation of all learning" and also the observation that many parents feel disengaged from the learning process after their children move to secondary education. It sought to bring parents into the school and engage them in the teaching and learning of literacy - with many exciting (and unintended) outcomes!

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