How Did They Grow up so Fast?

Parents are their child's first teachers and their involvement in their child's education shouldn't, and indeed, doesn't stop as their child starts school. Enrolling their child for the first time at school or transferring their child to another school, parents can often find things very strange and daunting, perhaps even more so than their children do. This book is a guide for parents about what takes place inside the school gate. Topics that are discussed include: Being a Parent, Choosing the right school, Managing expectations, Children with disabilities, Home and school communication, discipline, The cost of education, Student learning, Homework, Reading, Mathematics, Religion in schools, Friendship groups, Reports and Parent /Teacher Interviews.
This book helps to give parents an understanding of what happens in schools and how they can continue to participate in their child's learning.

I am a former primary teacher and principal, landscape designer and gardener and now a full time author living in Gippsland in the state of Victoria in Australia. Although I write mainly fictional novels, I regularly contribute to political blogs and have letters regularly published in local and Victorian newspapers. I write parodies of songs and am in the process of writing music for the large number of poems that I have written.