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Help from home
Do you want to support your child without being a totally hyperactive parent?

See the world through their eyes, encourage their interests, and publish their masterworks on the net.


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About school
Which school should you choose? What will your child learn there - and what if it's all in Welsh?

If your child can't keep up - or simply won't go, who can you turn to?


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Help the school
Why not get involved - help out in class, join the PTA, or become a school governor.

And if you're really interested, find out how to get into teaching.


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Your experiences
It's important for parents to play a part. You don't realise how much you can get out of it.
Your questions
My child wants to study certain GCSE subjects but they aren't available at his school. Why is this?
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Parent's pearls
"Children are gleeful barbarians." - Joseph Morgenstern, 1968
The facts
During school terms, children can work for a maximum of two hours on schooldays and Sundays, and a maximum of five hours (13-14 year olds) or eight hours (15-16 year olds) on Saturdays.


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