I've just come across these two articles which may be of interest :
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/th..._school1.shtml http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/th..._school2.shtml
Also, you could think about setting up a blog to let parents know what the kids are doing in class, what the hw is, publish a portfolio of their work etc. My son's history teacher runs one and it's very useful. For an article on this see
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/th...blogging.shtml
and the links it contains.