Articles Tagged: back to school features

Back to School costs hitting parents hard

By Liz Stansfield, Aug 19, 2011

Getty One in three of us are worried about the cost of sending our children back to school when the new year starts in ...

7 sensible ways to help your child learn

By Sarah Ebner, Aug 9, 2011

Starting school is a big step for a four-year-old, and (of course!) his or her parents. One of the most common issues which parents worry about is what a child needs to know before he gets to the school gate.

Will our lollipop people be greeting children in September?

By Johanna Payton, Aug 8, 2011

They’ve been a much-loved feature outside schools since the 1930s. Now the threat of losing our lollipop people is uniting parents across the country.

Why I dread buying children's shoes

By Tamsin Kelly, Aug 8, 2011

Recently a friend tweeted with that particular mixture of triumph and exhaustion brought on by shoe buying for children: 'Got school shoes and trainers. Need a gin'.

Should I let my 10-year-old walk to school alone?

By Liat Hughes Joshi, Aug 8, 2011

My son has just turned ten and is in year five. He keeps asking if he can start walking to school on his own. One or two of his friends do this but they live closer to the school than we do. He is fairly sensible but the idea makes me feel nervous. Am I being over-cautious?

What teachers want to say to parents

By Liat Hughes Joshi, Aug 8, 2011

In the interests of enhancing parent-teacher relationships, we asked teachers what they wish they could tell us to make the job of teaching and looking after our children easier. Here's what they said...

School bag snoops: How to not get obsessed by your child's reading level

By Liat Hughes Joshi, Aug 8, 2011

It's one of the most loaded questions you can be asked at the school gate. It's not a demand to know your religious or political views. Nor is it about how much you earn or how old you are. Nope it's the seemingly innocuous: 'What reading level is he/she on?'

Back to school: Am I the only one who misses my children?

By Ursula Hirschkorn, Aug 8, 2011

It's that time of year again. Children up and down the land are being buttoned into stiff new school uniforms, slipping on shiny shoes, ready to be scuffed in the playground and parents are punching the air as they finally manage to offload their offspring back to school after six long weeks of summer holidays.