How Can Parents Support MAT Pupils At Home?

There are many practical steps that you can take to support and nurture your child, for example by encouraging him/her to:

• Utilise the local library and the internet as learning and research resources
• Visit museums, science centres, nature reserves and art galleries
• Watch educational and current affairs programmes such as the news, wildlife/nature programmes and documentaries, and discuss them
• Read a quality national newspaper
• Discuss and debate topics, such as politics, the environment and the media
• Discuss homework and schoolwork
• Take part in extra-curricular activities
• Take an active part in family decision-making
• Listen to different types of music
• Read for pleasure, including demanding/challenging books
• Take regular physical exercise
• Socialise and relax in between work and learn to ‘switch off’

You can also support your child by:

• Providing suitable learning resources such as books, encyclopaedias, magazines, computer software etc.
• Organising day trips and visits to places of cultural, historical and educational interest
• Building cultural experiences, trips and excursions into family holidays