What Every Parent Needs to Know: How to Help Your Child Get the Most Out of Primary School

by Toby Young, Miranda Thomas

** Now fully revised and updated ** What is your child learning each day in primary school? How can you tell if they are doing well or badly? And what can you do to help? This practical, detailed, newly updated and user-friendly guide contains absolutely everything the busy parent needs to know about primary schooling under the new national curriculum, helping your child to flourish every step of the way. Taking you year by year through your child's schooling, What Every Parent Needs to Know offers simple explanations - What they'll be taught and why (from phonics checks to SPAG tests) - What they need to know at the start of each year - What they should be able to achieve at its end - The games and exercises you can do at home to help out Not only will this guide help you understand your children's journey through primary school, but it will also help you prepare, encourage and nurture them.

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2014

About the author

Toby Daniel Moorsom Young (born 1963) is a British journalist and the author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, the tale of his failed five-year attempt to make it in the U.S. as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair magazine, as well as The Sound of No Hands Clapping, a follow-up about his failure to make it as a Hollywood screenwriter. His obnoxious wit has earned him almost as many enemies as admirers and the title of "England's heterosexual Truman Capote". As the son of a baron, he is entitled to use the title the Honourable, but declines to style himself as such.

Reviews

[Derrian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’ve been reading this year by year as my children move through the school. A good reference point to support their learning.

[Lynnette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Borrowed this book from the local library but I shall definitely be purchasing a copy to keep! Great read for anyone wanting to know more about your child's primary school years. Help's you understand what you child will be learning through primary school and includes helpful tips you can do at home to help them along. Mainly focuses on the core subjects of English, mathematics and science but does touch on the other subjects. Great to have on your bookshelf as a go to book as and when needed.