Shared Practice: Engaging families (March 2024 recording)
A series of recorded interviews and accompanying presentation slides from a live session, to support schools with their family engagement activities
This is a collection of three interviews from a live shared practice event held in March 2024 showcasing great practice examples of family engagement, with advice, top tips and pointers.
The recordings feature interviews with Lamington Primary School's Anita Baskerville, Brechin High School's Heather Stewart and Scottish Book Trust's Ella McLellan.
This content directly relates to key area (this will open in a new window)2.5.1 Raising the profile of reading with families.
We recommend watching these recordings and downloading the presentation below if you are exploring family engagement opportunities and ideas to try in your school.
Please visit our (this will open in a new window)CLPL calendar for other upcoming and recorded sessions.
Shared Practice: Engaging families
Introduction
Clara Owen and Liam McCallum from Scottish Book Trust share the introductory presentation, with reference to the evidence base and some of the strategic approaches to engaging families in a school's reading culture.
Interview: Anita Baskerville
From Lamington Primary School in South Lanarkshire, teacher Anita Baskerville talks to us about her school's journey from Core to Gold accreditation and how they have approached family engagement.
Interview: Heather Stewart
From Brechin High School in Angus, librarian Heather Stewart shares with us some of the approaches her school has adopted to inform and include families in their reading adventures.
Interview: Ella McLellan
Scottish Book Trust's Regional Outreach Cooridnator, Ella McLellan shares with us some of the fantastic practice she was seen while supporting schools across the southwest of Scotland.
Related resources
There are other resources that you may also find of interest to support this key area:
- (this will open in a new window)Webinar short: 2.5.1 Raising the profile of reading with families
- (this will open in a new window)Activity: My Life as a Reader and other templates for use with parents/carers
- (this will open in a new window)Reading Schools Community: Primary family engagement edition
- (this will open in a new window)Reading Schools Community: Secondary family engagement edition
- (this will open in a new window)Case study: Raising the profile of reading with families at Maddiston Primary School
- (this will open in a new window)Attitude survey templates for parents/carers
- (this will open in a new window)Webinar short: 2.7.1 Partnerships within local community, for family and community engagement in Gold Reading Schools