Handling homework

Kids are more successful in school when parents take an active interest in homework — it shows kids that what they do is important. Helping with homework can have many benefits for kids. And who knows? Parents...

School junk food scrapped or healthy food canned?

One year on from the removal of a National Administration Guideline clause stating that schools can only make healthy options available on their premises, the Science Media Centre looks at what is really going...

What national standards mean for parents

Schools with children in years 1 to 8 will use new national standards in reading, writing and mathematics from 2010. Prime Minister John Key said the new national standards would lift achievement levels for New...

Single sex schools give boys advantage

Kiwi boys can buck the trend and educationally outperform girls when they attend single sex schools, according to new research. Research from the long-running Christchurch Health and Development Study at the University...

Maths for littlies – making it count

You can help your child learn about numbers and maths from an early age. As a parent or caregiver, you can engage, challenge and extend children’s mathematical knowledge and skills by starting with their...

Reading with kids

Education and parenting experts agree that reading to and with young children helps them better understand their world and develop important language and learning skills. Most importantly, when parents and...

Schools await National Standards feedback

Consultation over how primary and intermediate schools will report a child’s progress against new National Standards closes 3 July, and schools will soon learn the outcome. The consultation was to gather feedback...

Kids who don’t want to go to school

Here’s a question from a reader:“How do I get my nine-year-old daughter to school? She seems to have tummy aches or headaches constantly, and misses several days of school each week. Any suggestion that...

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