SCHOOL LIFE
Whether your little one is starting school for the first time, or you are helping your teenager cope with homework stress or poor exam results, this section is for you.
Going to secondary school is part of a time of great change in your child’s life as puberty is on the horizon, together with all the worry and excitement of becoming a teenager. Now they have to face going from being the oldest at primary school to being the youngest in a huge school.
Your teenager may already be at secondary school and going through some tough times. When your child is in trouble at school or truanting, you may feel desperate, with no idea what to do. As a parent you have a legal responsibility to make sure your child attends school regularly. You will also need to support them with their homework and help them to achieve good exam results. This doesn’t mean it is always easy, even though it could make a real difference to your child’s future.
Going to secondary school is part of a time of great change in your child’s life as puberty is on the horizon, together with all the worry and excitement of becoming a teenager. Now they have to face going from being the oldest at primary school to being the youngest in a huge school.
Your teenager may already be at secondary school and going through some tough times. When your child is in trouble at school or truanting, you may feel desperate, with no idea what to do. As a parent you have a legal responsibility to make sure your child attends school regularly. You will also need to support them with their homework and help them to achieve good exam results. This doesn’t mean it is always easy, even though it could make a real difference to your child’s future.
SCHOOL AND PARENTS
Young people live and learn in two worlds – home and school.The way the two connect and communicate can make an enormous difference to how children learn to manage in both places. If teachers, parents and young people all trust, listen and talk to each other, the final goal of helping children learn and develop to their best ability is most likely to be achieved.Parentline Plus receives many calls concerning schools and schooling, with bullying as the largest category.
Other issues raised include:
1.school non-attendance
2.truanting and exclusions
3.challenging behaviour such as aggression, physical and verbal abuse
4.schoolwork and homework.
Children can’t learn if they are stressed, worried or unhappy, about something happening in or out of school, or if the culture of the school leaves them feeling their family background, ethnicity or race isolates or stigmatises them.
While many schools recognise the need to deal with the whole child and take into account their family circumstances, some seem to continue to believe that their only role is teaching. This means that when children or families are struggling, they may feel the school offers little understanding or back up.You may be concerned about and wish to support your child’s learning, but may feel at a loss to know how. Both parents and teachers need to communicate and see their roles as complementary and inclusive
1.school non-attendance
2.truanting and exclusions
3.challenging behaviour such as aggression, physical and verbal abuse
4.schoolwork and homework.
Children can’t learn if they are stressed, worried or unhappy, about something happening in or out of school, or if the culture of the school leaves them feeling their family background, ethnicity or race isolates or stigmatises them.
While many schools recognise the need to deal with the whole child and take into account their family circumstances, some seem to continue to believe that their only role is teaching. This means that when children or families are struggling, they may feel the school offers little understanding or back up.You may be concerned about and wish to support your child’s learning, but may feel at a loss to know how. Both parents and teachers need to communicate and see their roles as complementary and inclusive
