Case Study: Charborough Primary
Green group plants bush to celebrate new website
Charborough Road School’s green group planted a bush to celebrate the launch of its new website. The group of seven and eight-year-olds regularly give up their lunch hours to keep the school grounds looking nice by planting pots, weeding and picking up litter.
This time, the Cornubia bush was donated to the school in Filton, Bristol, by e4education, which built and designed the new website. The site, www.charboroughroadprimary.co.uk, was designed to improve communication with parent and the community as well as providing a safe and entertaining section for pupils.
Headteacher Nicola Bailey said:
“Parents would discover 10 dog-eared copies of our newsletter in the bottom of their child’s bag at the end of term. This way they can access all the school news and information online. We’ve had some lovely feedback from parents who really appreciate being able to communicate.”
As well as school news and information, the site also allows parents of the 250 pupils to view photo galleries of work their child has done in class, find out about Ofsted reports and admissions procedures, view a who’s who of staff, a calendar of events, and find out how to get involved in school activities and fundraising.
Mrs Bailey said:
“We spend a long time with the e4education web designers making it child friendly and the pupils had a chance to say what they thought should be included on the site.”
Managing director of e4education John Roach said:
“By using your website to engage with parents and members of the public it brings an energy that really puts the school at the heart of the community.”