How to Help Your Child Succeed At School
05 Sep 07

We are all teachers, able to aid and encourage our children to learn. With the government’s new Every Parent Matters campaign, parents are being encouraged more and more to get involved with their children’s education.  This book will show them how. It is a comprehensive guide, giving them the tools and knowledge they need to help their children succeed at school.
Leading education expert Dominic Wyse delivers information and advice to help parents to:

• Understand how the school system works.
• Make the right choice of school, and know what to expect at each stage.
• Get involved with their children’s learning.
• Give them the support and encouragement they need at home to boost their education at school.

Covering education from birth to 18, topics include:

• How to develop a lifelong enjoyment of education.
• How to support children at home with routines for homework, trips to enhance learning, and resources for educational play and learning.
• The every child matters agenda. 
• Early years education provision.
• The national curriculum.
• Every aspect of choosing a school from league tables and Ofsted reports to playground gossip and the questions to ask on school visits.
• The tests children have to take at each stage of their school life. 
• How to get involved in school life - becoming a governor or joining the PTA.
• What to expect on parents’ evenings.
• Preparing for secondary school.
• What to do if your child is being bullied.
• How to help your child plan and revise best for exams.
• Vocational v academic subjects.
• Discipline, detention and exclusion.
• Choices for further education and university.

Through this guide, Dominic Wyse enables every parent to have the knowledge and confidence to help their children succeed at school, enjoy learning, and leave school armed with the education they need for a successful life.

	How to Help Your Child Succeed at School
	Author	Dominic Wyse
	Pub Date	3 Sep 2007
	Price	£12.99
	Publisher	Prentice Hall Life
	ISBN10	0273714031
	ISBN13	9780273714033
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