Refining focus by bring things back to learning

Michele Dakers and Julia France (see previous blog post) emailed me today with their family survey which they will use to measure the effectiveness of their blogs. One of the things they have come to decide from talking about this survey and what they want to find out over the time that they use the blog is the type of communication which will benefit learning. They are not only hoping to add another way for parents to get information about what is happening at school but want to increase the amount of learning and reflection from school happening and being reinforced at home. They are hoping the blog will be a talking point to increase these types of learning conversations at home. The best Action Research will always be focussed on the learning of children and making the most of learning opportunies. They are calling their research "What did you do at school today?" catchy....