WAYS TO HELP AT HOME Continuing your child’s reading journey in Middle School is vital. Spending time listening to your child read is hugely beneficial to their learning, as is sharing a book at bedtime or reading more complex texts to them. Reading offers a chance to start discussions and enjoy a shared experience; reading a page of a book or enjoying an audiobook together on a long journey will help to make sure reading is fun and accessible. Maths is all around us and Middle School children can really start to appreciate this. Letting your child add up the cost of your shopping basket and predict the change they should receive helps them to use their growing skills in the real world. Telling the time is a challenging but important skill: try to make your child aware of analogue and digital clocks around the home. Discuss what time it is, what time they carry out daily routines and how long these things take. Baking is a fun way to learn weight and measuring skills, and timing the cooking brings in those time skills as well. Children in Middle School receive an age-appropriate amount of homework, so helping your child to complete this and embed their school learning is really helpful. Please also see your child’s home-school diary for recommended websites to support your child’s spelling and maths skills.
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