Children's Education

Children's Education
Find all you need to support your child’s education, including the national curriculum subjects taught at school, SATs revision tips, information on school suspension (now called school exclusion), plus advice on becoming a parent governor, joining the PTA or helping with homework.
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Back to School

Back to School

Whether your child is starting school, moving up a year or transferring to a new school, back to school is always a big event in a child’s life. So we’ve got tips for everything about the first days back at school – from preparing for the day to tackling nerves.

Foundation Stage

Foundation Stage

This section covers the early years foundation stage curriculum for children age 3 to 5. Find information and resources to help teach your child early numeracy and literacy skills, thinking skills, awareness of the world, independence and to experience learning in creative and fun ways.

Home School Relations

Home School Relations

Parental involvement is anything that strengthens the relationship between home and school, such as attending parent evenings, signing the home school agreement, setting up a PTA or simply understanding more about how school works.

Homework

Homework

Homework for children is a hotly debated topic, with schools giving differing amounts of homework. Here, we offer support for parents on helping children with homework, from creating a homework area to completing the homework itself.

ICT

ICT

What is ICT? ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology. Find information on the role of ICT in education, how it can help children to understand difficult concepts and organise their work. You’ll also find information on the ICT curriculum and how parents can best use ICT.

Key Stage 1

Key Stage 1

This section covers the Key Stage 1 curriculum and learning goals for children age 5 to 7. Find information and resources to help support your child’s learning in Key Stage 1 maths, English, science and other subjects taught at school, and to develop your child’s thinking and creative skills.

Key Stage 2

Key Stage 2

This section covers the Key Stage 2 curriculum and learning goals for children age 7 to 11. Find information and resources to help support your child’s learning in Key Stage 2 maths, English, science and other subjects taught at school, and to develop your child’s thinking and creative skills.

Key Stage 3

Key Stage 3

This section covers the Key Stage 3 curriculum and learning goals for children age 11 to 14. Find information and resources to help support your child’s learning in Key Stage 3 maths, English, science and other subjects taught at school, and to develop your child’s thinking and creative skills.

Learning outside school

Learning outside school

Did you know that 85 per cent of everything your child learns takes place outside of school? We’ve got ideas and tips to help make the most of extra curricular and other impromptu learning – whether at home, in the garden, online or even outdoors and in the local community.

Learning skills

Learning skills

Good learners make use of a number of learning and study skills to help them remember more of what they have learnt. From mind mapping to speed-reading, if you are looking for tips to help you develop your learning and revision skills this section can help.

Learning styles

Learning styles

Your child’s learning potential could be greatly improved if you take the time to discover how he or she learns best. This is called a learning style and it is closely linked to the now wider acceptance that there are different types of intelligence. Uncover your child’s strengths here.

National Curriculum

National Curriculum

This section will help parents to understand more about the national curriculum subjects taught in schools that receive financial funding or support from the government, and the early years foundation curriculum for children from birth to five. It covers subjects taught in England and Wales.

Revision

Revision

In this section you will find revision guides plus tips and advice on revising for tests and Year 2 and Year 6 SATs. We can help with test preparation, ideas for revision games and advice on creating a revision timetable – and sticking to it!

SATs

SATs

Find free SATs past test papers to help your child with SATs revision. You’ll also find helpful tips to support your child in the Year 2 and Year 6 tests and to help with understanding your child’s SATs results. We’ve also included relaxation tips for children to help beat nerves!

School Governors

School Governors

Are you interested in becoming a parent governor? School governors play a vital role in helping the head teacher to manage the administrative aspects of running a school, although the role of governing bodies is currently being scrutinised to see how they can be more effective.

Suspension & Exclusion

Suspension & Exclusion

Exclusion from school is an upsetting experience for a child and disruptive to learning. We’ve got information and help for parents and children facing fixed term exclusion (suspension), permanent exclusion (expulsion), internal exclusion and exclusion of at risk and vulnerable pupils.

Your PTA

Your PTA

The PTA – or parent teacher association – can make a big difference to life at your child’s school, fundraising and strengthening the relationship between teachers and parents. It creates a healthy environment for learning and, by getting involved, parents can make a significant contribution.

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