As you might imagine, we have and are continuing to receive many e‑mails. We had expected that many more of you would contribute to the comments as we had hoped that there would be greater parental discussion. We will try to answer your e-mails but our time is restricted so please be patient.
We agree with the headteacher’s sentiments in the newsletter of 27 November. Duke Street is indeed a school of which to be proud. Our children and their successes should be recognised, publicised and encouraged. We feel sorry that the Chorley Guardian has not yet published the article, as we all love to see our children’s name in print.
Several parents have suggested that the school’s website needs to be updated and that it should contain some of the children’s work. (Some have said that it would be nice to see pictures of the children but, in our opinion, sadly it is not a good idea for many reasons.)
It is a pity that there is so little on the school’s website. Many children’s relatives and friends live miles away or even abroad and it is important to consider that they might enjoy seeing aspects of life at Duke Street.
 | The school brochure says “Our website is slowly evolving and we have had some positive feedback about it.” The reality is that nothing has evolved and that the ‘Pupil’s work’ page has been ‘under construction’ for many years. |
| Extract from The sky’s the limit: creating a school website : | |
| “Creating a website for your school offers the world a window on its community and work, in what could be argued to be the most appropriate form for a dynamic educational institution. While a website doesn’t replace your school’s prospectus, it can support it by offering readers heightened depth and scope. But there are certain pitfalls to avoid; a weak website could in fact diminish your public standing ...” | |
2 comments:
In the last newsletter, they tell us to listen to the radio or look at the BBC website for school closure information. I think that it'd be a lot easier if the school used its website for this. Our house is manic in the mornings and we want something that is really simple. What could be easier than looking at one page that could tell us. Like it says here, if the school put stuff on their website then a lot more of us might use it.
As I said in my last comment, you're wasting your time with any hope that something sensible will happen. Nothing has happened to make me use the school website and you can tell if the weather's bad by looking outside. And you can always ring the school.
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