WHEN YOUR CHILD first heads off to school, it can be hard to let go. You remember your own teachers – the inspiring, the boring and the downright useless. What’s this one going to be like? And most importantly, how can you get the best out of her

Mussolini’s job before he became the dictator of Italy?(a) Primary School teacher (b) Train driver (c) Tea-makerMaths13. What is the cube root of 8?(a) 2(b) 4(c) 80014.What is 2/5 expressed as a percentage?(a) 40%(b) 25%(c) 110%15. What size are each

Up until now you have been solely responsible for teaching your child everything they know. However, you are now at a point where you are giving someone else the authority to take on this important role. How you can let go and allow the teacher

during term time a legal right. Currently, the entitlement is only at a head teacher’s discretion with a fine of £100 for parents who break the school’s rulings. The campaign is supported by a poll revealing that 92 per cent of parents agree with the idea

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nannies and the staff include primary and nursery school teachers as well as maternity nurses. Set up two years ago by former investment banker Nicola Grant, Holiday Nanny won the Essence Of The Entrepreneur Award 2008 from BT Business in January

Here are some top tips on on how you can help your child:If you think your child is gifted or talented, discuss his abilities and needs with his teacher or headteacher. All schools should have or share a Leading Teacher for Gifted and Talented

One of the greatest temptations with a smaller-than-average child – for parents, teachers and other children alike – is to shield them from anything to seems too dangerous. After all, they are still “so small”. Yet their smallness belies

or another adult available nearby to offer assistance. Stick to the routine even if her teacher hasn’t set any homework by filling the time with reading or puzzles, thus ensuring your little creature of habit comes to expect study time on a daily basis

an actor but it didn’t work out, so now he’s a teacher in a Coventry primary school. He also has a bah-humbug attitude to Christmas – too many memories of being dumped under the mistletoe by his girlfriend before she jetted off to California.Every year, Mr