If you’re reading this blog you are more than likely a parent or an educator.  Either way your main concern is ensuring that the young people in your care reach their full potential. 

Better attendance gets better results!

There are many factors the affect performance in school and natural ability is only a tiny part of a child’s future success.  After all, a beautiful flower can’t grow if it’s in the wrong soil or doesn’t receive the right amounts of sunlight and water.

One of the most effective ways you can ensure your child performs to his or her very best level is by making sure their attendance is as close to perfect as possible.

Our tips:

1)  Never take your child out of school for a holiday.  Unless your child’s school is having a Doodling on Scrap Paper Week or your holiday provider runs intensive literacy and numeracy workshops, your child will miss out on learning that will leave a gap. 

2)  Unless your child has a high temperature or sickness and/ or diarrhea, send them to school even if they do seem a little under the weather. 

3)  If your child has been off school with illness, speak to their teacher and find out exactly what they have missed.  It is particularly important to plug any gaps in maths – imagine trying to learn the 24 hour clock if you were away the day your class covered telling the time.

Many schools had to close last year because of problems caused by extreme weather.  In these situations, learning loss is inevitable and for working parents, childcare becomes a huge issue.

Better Tuition will be running a Snow School for young people affected by school closures this year – read more about it here.

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