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Pupils making FAST progress

Learning together

- Stefanie Mccourt

Participan­ts in a new home/school partnershi­p project acted FAST to make it a success.

St Paul’s Primary School and Nursery Centre, Holy Cross High and a number of local families worked on the FAST – Families And Schools Together – initiative.

It saw families with children ranging from nursery age to S3 work together on a number of events.

The aim of the programme was to increase parental engagement by building positive relationsh­ips with parents/carers and to model quality family time.

This included a visit to the Glasgow Science Centre, an oldfashion­ed games afternoon, a picnic in the park as well as many other exciting family fun activities.

Parents then received a FAST pass to collect a sticker each time they attended a nursery or school event to track engagement and entry into a family prize draw.

A spokespers­on for the project said: “The programme was evaluated by all participan­ts positively in engaging with the whole family.

“This has helped to raise attainment and develop positive, trusting relationsh­ips between families and staff. We look forward to running the FAST programme again next session.”

 ??  ?? Hands-on Children enjoy a day out
Hands-on Children enjoy a day out
 ??  ?? Crafty Participan­ts enjoyed arts and crafts at one of the FAST events
Crafty Participan­ts enjoyed arts and crafts at one of the FAST events
 ??  ?? Back in time Families enjoyed playing traditiona­l games
Back in time Families enjoyed playing traditiona­l games

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