Learning: notes for parents

Useful book: “Help Your Child to Succeed” Bill Lucas and Alistair Smith (although aimed at parents of younger children).

Some key points:

• pracise goal-setting;

• share your own aspirations with children;

• encourage talk about feelings;

• share your own enthusiasms with children and take an interest in theirs;

• mistakes are okay;

• break down challenging tasks into chunks;

• find out about coaching;

• make a regular time for learning together;

Five Secrets

1. Be positive;

2. Use planning and goal-setting;

3. Make connections with what your child already knows;

4. Help your child learn by seeing, hearing and doing;

5. Review.

3 Ps (ways to promote learning)

• Positive

• Persitent

• Problem-solving

Other Ideas

• more info on intranet about our curriculum;

• podcasts?