Try to ensure that your child has somewhere quiet to do homework, with no distractions from TV or from brothers and sisters.

Insist on your child completing his/her homeworks as early in the evening as possible, rather than leaving them until late when he/she will probably be too tired to concentrate. - Ensure that he/she has all the necessary equipment for completing homeworks: a pencil, a rubber, a ruler, a dictionary and a sharpener. - Encourage your child to pay attention to presentation.

Every homework should begin with a date and title neatly underlined. Younger (or weaker) children will need your guidance with this. Try to assist your child if he/she is in difficulty.

By monitoring your child's homework you will be able to encourage them, and you will keep in touch with their progress. - Please sign their homework each night, and sign their homework diary every week.

Please remember to praise your child for even the smallest success - every step counts.