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.
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We teamed up with Build-a-Bear Workshop and Pudsey Bear and asked you to send in your stories and poems about 'The Bear of My Dreams'. All the entries were wonderful, but we had to choose eight winners, and here are their inspiring entries. more »
Children with ADHD can make family life challenging, and it can be hard for siblings. Home can feel like a never-ending war zone when one of them is a child with ADHD. more »
Psychologist professor Joan Freeman, who has worked with gifted and talented children for 35 years, explains how to spot if your child is gifted and what to do to nurture their development. more »
Health experts say that the National Curriculum should include lessons in sleeping well to make sure that pupils get the best out of school life. Here's some sleep tips to help them sleep tight and stay bright. more »
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. more »
Music is an effective multi-sensory tool to support and enhance learning. MyChild looks at how music and learning work together in perfect harmony. more »
The measures introduced by forward-thinking head teachers at poorly performing schools will remind many that common sense and a return to core values help many distressed, aggressive or fearful kids to find their way when their home life may be challenging and hard to cope with. more »
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Parents are facing limited holiday playscheme places this half term due to tighter Government legislation on play workers. more »
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Early years children with special educational needs (SEN) are falling behind in personal and social development and literacy skills, new Government statistics have shown. more »
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The Government is proposing to allow new fathers up to six months paternity leave, to enable mothers to go back to work earlier. more »