How to help your child

Academic support:

• attending parents' evenings & review days
• discussing end of year reports
• discussing their child's progress after academic monitoring and grade collections
• helping set targets for learning
• attending presentation evening and other celebration events
• contacting school if they have a concern

Study support:

• helping with homework & coursework
• signing their child's planner each week
• encouraging their child to do personal study (other than homework)
• ensuring homework was completed before going out
• asking teacher(s) how they could best support at home
• encourage reading at home

Behaviour support:

• meeting with their form teacher to discuss behaviour
• looking in their child's planner and knowing what detentions they have and why
• signing their child's school report on a daily basis

How to make your child feel like you are involved

Responses to the question "I feel they are involved because....." include:

Look in my planner, sign planner
Ask if I have homework / make sure I do my homework
Help me make decisions in what I am doing
Ask me about things / my day
Encourage me to work to the best of my ability
Want me to do my best / to be what I want to be
Take notice of my progress and behaviour
They know what level I am at
They care for me / care for my education
They want the best for me / want me to do well
They don't want me to have a bad reputation
They have a positive attitude about school
They ask if I have got all my books for my lessons
My dad always asks me questions even after I've done my homework
Don't let me out if I haven't done my homework
Buy revision booklets
They don't like it when I get detentions