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Mouse Club Research Report
A range of leaflets to help parents with their young child's learning and development.

Mouse Club Research Report

Read this report to find out more about the underpinning research behind Mouse Club.

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Mouse Club supports the development of positive partnerships for learning between families and EYFS settings.  The project gives parents and carers the opportunity to meet school staff as partners in their child’s development, sharing their knowledge of their child, their strengths and aptitudes.

Children receive a toy mouse as a transitional object before starting their educational journey. Mouse is a catalyst enabling school staff, parents and children to model, mentor and coach behaviours which maximise experiences and opportunities for learning in a gentle, inclusive and positive way.

The project gives parents and carers the opportunity to meet school staff as partners in their child’s development, sharing their knowledge of their child, their strengths and aptitudes.

Using the project framework and resources, staff support the families’ understanding of how their children learn and what they can do to provide a positive home learning environment. At stay and play sessions families are shown approaches to learning that they can support through fun activities both at home and in school.

Mouse Club is designed to be a flexible project that schools can deliver and adapt to suit the needs of their school community. The resources can be used with a ‘target’ group or universally.

Mouse Club consists of a project pack, downloadable resources, and a starter pack of 8 toy mice, 8 Mouse Club bags and 8 ‘My Very Own Mouse’ books.
The project pack includes activity cards, reward charts, leaflets for parents, and supporting materials like an “All About Me” booklet.
Additional mice, bags and books are available to buy individually.

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Categories: Early years, Transition Tags: Early Years, EYFS, Home Learning resources, Key Stage 1, Literacy, Mouse Club, Parental Engagement, Transition
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This transition and learning project gives parents and carers the opportunity to work with school staff. As partners in their child’s development, they get to share their knowledge of their child, their strengths and their aptitudes. Using the project framework and resources, staff support the families’ understanding of ‘school readiness’. They provide opportunities for the families to meet and engage in fun activities to ensure their children are ready for learning. This approach ensures a smoother transition into school. Once children have begun school, the school can continue to use Mouse Club resources to support parents to provide a stimulating home learning environment. This can continue throughout Nursery, Reception and Year 1 depending on the ability and need of the child.

What schools have told us about Mouse Club:

“With my older children I didn’t really come to things at school. Being involved with Mouse Club and getting to know the teachers changed everything. Now I have a good relationship with the school, I feel part of a community and I understand much more how to help my children. They are doing so much better now.” Parent, St Margarets Primary School
“The children loved getting Mouse ready for school and it has had a big impact on the nursery e.g. the previous year, thirty children weren’t toilet trained – this year it was three.” PSA, Stanley Grove Primary Academy “Mouse Club has had a positive impact in our school, and it has shifted the focus of the parents’ role, they are beginning to see themselves as partners in learning. The parents feel they are working together with school to support their child’s learning journey.” Teacher, Eaves Primary School “We are still incorporating Mouse Club into our home learning [during the COVID-19 lockdown]. It has been a brilliant resource during these times as it is something that I know they all have at home. Our families love a mouse challenge.” Kate Greer,  Nursery Teacher, St Oswalds School, Liverpool. Mouse Club was part of a Parent Engagement Fund study to measure impact on parental behaviour and interaction with their children including the home learning environment. Read the Sutton Trust Report here.
Mouse Club resources are continually reviewed and renewed. This is very much influenced by our continued work with schools. If you would like to work with us to further develop this and other parental engagement resources, receive free trial materials to support this pack and contribute to parental engagement through our partnership networks, please consider becoming a PEN member. 

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