Parents & Carers
Find out how we can work together to support your child’s journey.
There are many ways you can support your child:
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Try to get your child to make a regular commitment to their activity and their practice;
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Encourage and reinforce their success by offering positive feedback, acknowledging their improvement and complimenting their growing ability;
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Ensure they have the right equipment / their musical instrument is in working order;
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Encourage them to join groups when they are able, so that they can have the enjoyment of music and arts as a social activity;
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Show an active interest in their studies and keep in contact with their teacher.
Keeping In Contact
We use SpeedAdmin's Study Plan as a our main communication platform for all young musicians and artists taking part in our programmes. The features of SpeedAdmin's Study Planner are:
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It allows CMA to communicate directly with young people outside session times while meeting Croydon Council GDPR compliance and Safeguarding policies
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Communications can use a combination of artistic forms
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Young artists can upload their work, receive feedback from CMA staff and our cultural partners, and create a digital portfolio to evidence their development
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Parents and carers will be able to view all communications and their children’s portfolios
CMA staff will use Study Plan to guide young artists on their journey of discovery and development. As a service within Croydon Council we follow safeguarding and privacy protocols to keep children safe.
Seesaw Permissions
When your child uses the Study Planner chat function you will be able to see all communications between CMA and your child. All communications will also be visible to CMA's Office Team, and Designated Safeguarding Leads to ensure full transparency of communication between teacher, parent and student. We hope you will wish to see the work they have uploaded and our comments.
The consent you give will be for your child’s work to be visible to our staff only. We shall ask further consent from you and from the young artist before any work is shared with others.
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