Homework

Maths can easily be made enjoyable with a bit of imagination and some extra help with downloadable maths worksheets. Here are some ideas on helping your child with their maths homework and keeping it fun.
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Homework can become a battleground for dyslexic children and their parents, but this useful advice from the British Dyslexia Association will help you to develop strategies to help your child to cope with their homework.
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It is well known that reading with your child helps to strengthen their literacy skills, and it's never too early to start.
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Michael Gove has been appointed Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in the new coalition Government. What does this mean for the future of education, and can a coalition with differing ideas work?
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School and homework can take up a large portion of every school day. In addition, more hours are dedicated to extra-curricular classes taken in the afternoons and at weekends with topics as varied as languages to art, sport and music. As much as many children love learning, they need down time too. How do you strike a balance?
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How do you provide the calm and reassuring guidance that your children need when getting to the end of the week in one piece is a minor miracle? Mandy Garner of Workingmums.co.uk gives you some tips on how to get away with being a good homework mentor on a time budget.
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Achieving a state of relaxed concentration is key to making homework a stress-free experience.
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Helping your child with homework may bring you out in a cold sweat - but parent coach Sue Atkins has some indispensable tips for making homework a positive experience for all of you.
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Dyslexic children have difficulty with a number of aspects of learning, which can cause low self-confidence.
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Mind mapping is a tried and tested learning tool which helps children to organise ideas and formulate, plan, and develop concepts.
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Thu, 11/02/2010 - 10:47am
Parents are facing limited holiday playscheme places this half term due to tighter Government legislation on play workers.
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Thu, 28/01/2010 - 6:24pm
Early years children with special educational needs (SEN) are falling behind in personal and social development and literacy skills, new Government statistics have shown.
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Thu, 28/01/2010 - 3:49pm
The Government is proposing to allow new fathers up to six months paternity leave, to enable mothers to go back to work earlier.
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