Tag: reading
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7 Questions You Must Ask Your Child’s Teacher At Parent Consultation
The first half term of this academic year is crawling to a close. Many schools will be holding Parent Consultations which you’ll be invited to in order to discuss your child’s progress. Some of us approach these meetings with a certain amount of trepidation and looming dread. But I want you to be armed with…
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Greet your child with a smile – not your mobile
A primary school in Middlesbrough has hit the headlines this week. The Head Teacher urged parents to ditch their mobiles at pick-up time so that they engage with their children rather have their attention focussed elsewhere. And I say bravo, halleluyah and fantastico 🙂 We live in a world of high-tech and fast moving electronic…
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16 Things You Can Gently Insist Should be Happening In School
I am constantly reading in forums that mums are having to battle with primary schools over basic provisions for our special children. As you may know I am a teacher as well as a mum with a son with ADHD. So I can see what’s going on from both sides. Whilst there are many excellent teachers…