“How might we as parents recognise teachers’ efforts and help them to help our children…” Life as a teacher When
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Brexit was supposed to cause economic disasters and possibly even world war 3, so it might also impact on our schools. Nevertheless schools were hardly mentioned. Is it possible that our education system is somehow insulated from the promised consequences of Brexit?..
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein. Inspecting a school on a dreary day at the end of
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Research shows a lot of kids never experienced simple outdoor activities like walking through the mud, kicking up autumn leaves or climbing the trees comparing to the older generation. Use the long holidays to provide these experiences to your children.
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One of the most important developments in early childhood is the onset of the capacity to control ourselves and ultimately, achieve self-control and discipline. This is different from the control which is imposed by outsiders like parents and teachers. As children grow into independence, the opportunities to impose discipline diminish dramatically.
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A recent survey of parental involvement in their children’s education tells us that most parents seek to help with reading and homework and that mothers are far more likely to become involved in the school than fathers. The problem for parents trying to access specific information about what their child needs to do next, is that it is not commonly communicated to parents.
Read MoreA report has recently pointed out that worldwide, more than one child in every hundred had accessed some form of pornography by the age of six.
Many parents are concerned that children are now growing up far too fast. In a recent study. .
When I started working as a teacher all the schools in the area had been comprehensives. It quickly became clear that several schools were more popular. A little research disclosed that those schools usually occupied buildings which previously had been grammar schools… their reputations as good schools had survived, even when some of them were mediocre.
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… Why should we expect that our children are fulfilled at every level, for every hour of the day, sometimes at the expense of family happiness and our own personal lives?
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development which conducts regular comparisons of pupil achievement among 65 developed countries, recently announced that between 2000 and 2011, the UK had slipped from eighth to 28th place in maths, from seventh to 25th in reading and from fourth to 16th in science. That study also found that a fifth of UK 15-year-olds are functionally illiterate.
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Our law states that the school starting age is the term after a child’s fifth birthday. . . By comparison, children in most European countries start school at 6 or 7.
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