Education is an obsession for parents and children alike and parents will worry about anything to do with their children's schooling, from which school to choose and when their child should start to what they need to learn and how they'll cope in the playground.
Schools are crying out for parents to become more involved in their children's education. A Parents' Guide to Primary School contains indispensable advice on:
- Pre-school and choosing the right primary school
- Getting ready for school and the first day
- The curriculum, SATs, homework and the importance of parents' involvement in their children's learning
- Discipline and bullying
- Governors and the PTA - how to get involved
- Parents' evenings and reports
- Extracurricular activities
- Special needs
- Moving on - preparing for secondary school