Together they hosted a range of activities designed to help fathers to get more involved in their children’s education - including a ‘Teatime Tales with Dad’ cookery-and-reading session in Kent, a 'Real Men Read' week in Pontypridd, South Wales and a ‘Dads Discovery Day’ in Hull. In London one nursery planned an exciting week of fun filled events including a session with a professional coach from Arsenal football club. Read more >
Find out what other schools and settings did and how many dads took part, and learn from other practitioners’ resources and reflections… by clicking on highlighted items below or searching the ‘Show & Tell’ section. Tell us what you did >
Stag Lane First School
Edgware, Harrow
Submitted by:
Karen Hughes, Deputy Headteacher
We organised a Father’s Day assembly, and for fathers, uncles, granddads etc to come and spend the morning with their children in school. The day started with an assembly which was attended….... Read More >
Little Rainbows Lutterworth Community Pre-school
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
Submitted by:
Mandy Smith, Deputy Manager
We found out about Fathers’ Story Week on the Internet. We advertised it at pre-school about three weeks beforehand in our newsletter, so that it gave dads enough notice to book time off work.….... Read More >
HMP Dartmoor
Princetown
Submitted by:
Donna Cudmore-ray, Play Coordinator
In our setting we made Books of Dad - small books the children made and put things like "if dad was a super hero what would he be", and drew pictures. Also things that they liked about dad and….... Read More >
Rainbow Early Years
Trowbridge
Submitted by:
Joanne Clarke, Manager
Our setting plans through child initiated ideas. The children were showing interest in the World Cup & sports. Therefore we asked a father figure in to do some football skills coaching. We also….... Read More >
Dads who took part in Fathers’ Story Week have given us their feedback too. Here’s a taster...
What did you do?
A. Attended a Fathers' Story Week event, eg school assembly
B. Attended Bring your dad to school day
C. Contributed to a classroom session eg 'reading with dad'
D. Worked with child/ren on homework/activity
E. Other
Been great to see him with his friendsA dad, Leicestershire
