How to Support Your Teen Through Their GCSEs This Summer
The GCSE exam season is a big milestone for teenagers in Wales. It’s a time of hard work, stress, and anticipation—but also an opportunity for…
How to Choose Well-Fitting School Shoes, Plus a Start-Rite Giveaway
In collaboration with Start-Rite Shoes. Buying school shoes can feel like one of the biggest back-to-school jobs. Children wear them for around eight hours a…
The Value of Boredom in Sparking Imagination
In a world of endless entertainment, boredom has developed a bad reputation. Yet those empty, restless moments may be among the most creative a child…
Teaching Children to Look After Their Belongings at School
Lost jumpers, missing water bottles and the mysterious disappearance of a single shoe are familiar to every parent. While it is easy to treat these…
How to Help a Perfectionist Child Relax
A child who always wants to get things right can seem like a dream. Yet behind the neat handwriting and tidy desk, there is often…
Helping Your Child Understand and Manage Worry
Worry is a normal part of growing up. The aim is not to remove it altogether, but to help a child notice it, name it…
Meningitis Outbreak: What Parents and Students Need to Know About …
Like many parents, I’ve been following the news about the recent meningitis outbreak with a heavy heart. Reports of young people becoming seriously ill, and…
How Conversations at Home Shape Learning at School
Learning doesn’t begin and end at the school gate. Long before children open a textbook or sit at a desk, they are learning through the…
