What Every Parent Needs to Know: How to Help Your Child Get the Most Out of Primary School

What is your child learning in primary school?How can you tell if they're doing well or badly?And what can you do at home to help? What Every Parent Needs to Know is an essential guide to the first stage of your child's education, based on the new primary school curriculum launched in September 2014. The year-by-year breakdown will tell you: what your child will be taught in every subject and whywhat they're expected to know at the end of each yearthe tests they'll take in Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 6the games and exercises you can do at home to complement what they'll be learning at school Toby Young and Miranda Thomas (who between them have nine children) cut through the confusing jargon, speaking to parents as parents themselves. From phonics checks to SPAG tests, they demystify the journey through primary school and tell you how to help your child every step of the way. This is the manual that every primary school parent has been waiting for.