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Month: April 2021

How good are home-school relationships?

Posted onApril 30, 2021April 30, 2021AuthorKaren Wespieser

We had two big research topics on Parent Ping this week: the relationship between home life and school life (it’s complicated) and the ingredients of a good life (also complicated!). Plus, we report back on our first ever Parent Ping Read More …

Tags#BigAsk, #communication, #environment, #family, #future, #school, #Self Esteem

Building Positive Self-Esteem in Children

Posted onApril 29, 2021April 29, 2021AuthorKaren Wespieser

This week, Parent Ping have been working in collaboration with Tooled Up Education not only to ask questions… but to answer them! On Tuesday evening 150 parents joined us for a webinar about building positive self-esteem in children. During the Read More …

Tags#Self Esteem, #Tips, #Webinar

Smart or practical? What’s the best type of school uniform?

Posted onApril 23, 2021April 23, 2021AuthorKaren Wespieser

In this week’s blog we look into the detail of school uniform, take the long view on outings, and investigate who likes single sex schools. 1. Uniforms Let’s start by saying you like uniforms! Given the choice between two schools Read More …

Tags#food, #outings, #teachers, #uniform

Should phones be banned in schools?

Posted onApril 16, 2021April 16, 2021AuthorKaren Wespieser

This week’s blog focuses on behaviour in schools, so tuck your shirt in and sit up straight! But first, lockdown… Lockdown continued easing this week. Non-essential shops opened, along with hairdressers, gyms and zoos. Were you excited? If that’s overkill, Read More …

Tags#behaviour, #dads, #lockdown, #mums, #outings, #phones, #school

Vaccine dilemmas

Posted onApril 8, 2021April 9, 2021AuthorKaren Wespieser

This week, we have a blog of two halves… The first half is rather serious, looking at covid vaccinations and how covid is affecting school attendance. The second half is rather fun, looking at parent superpowers and Easter activities. This Read More …

Tags#bubbles, #covid, #dads, #easter, #mums, #superheros

Are secondary school lunches the worst?

Posted onApril 2, 2021April 1, 2021AuthorKaren Wespieser

Please Sir, can I have some more? Not a question you’ll be asking about lunch in secondary schools, but we hope this week’s blog will leave you wanting more! Our two main topics – home/school communications & school lunches – Read More …

Tags#communication, #lunch, #NTP, #school, #school dinners

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