Parents' Guide to Primary School - Softcover

Elizabeth Grahamslaw

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753522772 ISBN 13: 9780753522776

Publisher: Virgin Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Grahamslaw has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, including the Daily Telegraph. She writes regular reviews for The Good Schools Guide and is also a mother of two who can't resist getting involved in her children's education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Virgin Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0753522772
• ISBN 13: 9780753522776
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192