What Every Parent Needs to Know

What Every Parent Needs to Know

How to Help Your Child Get the Most Out of Primary School

Summary

The bestselling, step-by-step guide to the primary school curriculum from Toby Young and Miranda Bondy.

What is your child learning each day in school? How can you tell if they are doing well or badly? And what can you do to help?

This practical, detailed and user-friendly manual contains absolutely everything you need to know about primary schooling and the UK curriculum, ensuring your child will succeed and flourish every step of the way. Taking us year-by-year through our children's schooling, we'll be given simple explanations of:

- 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 we 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 every step of the way.

It's the manual every confused, unsure or worried parent has been waiting for.

About the authors

Toby Young

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Miranda Thomas

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