Helping Your Child at Home

Helping your child at school

The school day is only one part of your child’s education. There are many ways you can help at home:

• At school, we encourage children to learn to self manage , make decisions and develop responsibility for their own learning. You can encourage this by giving them responsibilities at home.
• Praise your child’s efforts and value things they bring home.
• If writing things for your child to read, use clear printing similar to the style used at school. Use capital letters only for the beginning of a name or sentence.
• Play lots of games with numbers and words.
• Read lots of stories and encourage reading and writing.
• Set a limit on TV time and encourage your child to be selective in their TV watching.
• Make sure you child has adequate sleep.
• Recognise that different children progress at different rates.
• Be positive about school – your attitude affects your child.

Most importantly, please keep in touch with your child's teacher - communication between home and school is most important.