Maidenhead & Windsor

Maidenhead Royal Borough dads will be going to the top of the class and scoring ten out of ten for effort and attendance this week as they head back to the classroom to become pupils for a day.

The Maidenhead dads will be joining their sons and daughters at schools across the borough on Friday June 15 to mark this year’s Dads into School Day – just two days before Fathers’ Day.

For the eighth year running the Maidenhead borough is supporting the annual event, which aims to encourage dads to learn more about how their children’s schools are run on a daily basis – and to join their children for a range of curriculum activities including IT and sport.

Schools already signed up to teach dads a lesson or two on Friday include: Cookham Dean CE, Holyport CE, Wessex, Oldfield and White Waltham CE primary schools in Maidenhead and Eton Wick CE First School in Eton.

Variations on a theme from other borough schools include:

· Braywood Cof E First School is incorporating Dads into School into a week-long Victorian celebration to mark the school’s 150th anniversary
· Clewer Green CE First School is holding a literacy and food awareness week this week
· Courthouse Junior School in Maidenhead is also devoting a whole week to literacy activities – and has already pioneered a successful Mums into School Day earlier this year
· Datchet St Mary’s CE Primary will be inviting males in the family – including grandads and uncles – into school on Wednesday June 20
· Kings Court First School and Trinity St Stephen CE Aided First schools are holding their Dads into School day on Friday June 22
· Hilltop First School will hold its special day for dads and other male family members on July 12
· Alwayn Infants School celebrated Dads into School day in April with more than 100 dads and grandads taking part.

Cllr Eileen Quick, lead member for children’s services, said: “Dads into School day is becoming more and more popular, with many schools choosing to broaden out the whole event to incorporate much more of the curriculum.

“It is encouraging to hear of so many fathers and other male members of the family taking time out from their working lives every year to share this experience with their children – and hopefully their enthusiasm for the whole learning experience will inspire their children too.”

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead