What do Cafés at Drake look like?

Cafés usually take place in the school hall a year-group at a time, approximately once each term throughout the school year. Dates and times for these are shared with parents in advance via the Parent Hub app; they are typically held in the mornings and tend to last around 1-1.5 hours.

Once you are seated in the hall, the teachers or pupils introduce the learning focus for the session – this could include sharing a book, a video or a presentation. They will then introduce the activities for the session and model these if needed, before you have time to complete the activities with your child. We try to choose activities which are easily replicable in a home environment and give you ideas for how to learn with your child outside of school. In the past, we have run successful Cafés on painting David Hockney style landscapes, making Christmas decorations, online safety and exploring Science experiments.

There are always drinks and biscuits provided to enjoy during the session and there is time to chat to other parents and school staff whilst you enjoy learning with your child.

During the Café, you will be asked to sign in – this is simply so that we can monitor attendance across the school and strive to improve! Likewise, post-it notes will be provided for you to leave feedback about the session: we love hearing what you enjoyed and tips for how to make our Cafés even better!