PARENTS

To maintain our high standards, we depend on parents. Three Little Ships cannot solely adopt the responsibility for the education of the children, but the school should be, in dialogue with the parents, a partner in this process. This can succeed only if the proper parental involvement is in effect in the school, from intake to the last day of school.

There are several ways parents can gather information about Three Little Ships and their child's education:

• School Guide
  At the start of the school year, Three Little Ships provides parents with a School Guide. This booklet provides answers to many questions and is a handy referencebook throughout the school year.
• Conferences
  Parents may always make an appointment with the teacher to discuss issues pertaining to the development of their child. In addition, teachers may be consulted briefly before or after school, but not during lesson times.
• Parents Evenings
  Twice a year Three Little Ships organises a meeting to inform parents about the educational programme.

If there is something that bothers them, parents should not hesitate to discuss this with the school staff. Most of the times a solution can be easily reached.
We have an official complaints policy to guarantee a clear and fair way of dealing with complaints. We shall put things right as quickly as possible. The complaint procedure is available at school.

We also want to hear from parents when there are no complaints. If they would like to play a more active role, the staff will happily inform the parents what opportunities are available to help in the pre-school community.

Parents always have the right to advise on all school issues. There is a parent committee and we will inform the parents about all new policies and discuss possible changes.