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The whole of the Ambleside website, especially our weblinks, Numeracy and Literacy pages, should be seen as a resource for children carrying on their studies at home although the following sites offer useful information or resources specifically for parents.

• DFEE - Parents - official Government webpages - Useful.
• Parents Information Network - Info. on using computers at home.
• BBC Education - Parents pages - Introduces parents to the potential of the enormous resource that is the BBC Website.
• BBC - Revisewise - Superb resource for KS2 SATs practice!
• Numbertime - support your childs Numeracy classwork.

The role of parents is crucial in the scheme of things and there is a nationwide reading awareness campaign on television, highlighting ways in which parents can support their child's work in school. Here are some of the basic ideas for supporting Literacy:

• The school offers a six week long programme of Paired Reading - this is invariably highly successful with readers of all abilities. Ask your child's teacher.
• Provide some time each evening to listen to your child read.
• If the child is older, or more independent, give them a quiet space to enjoy their reading.
• Provide and read a variety of texts - newspapers, magazines, teletext etc. This provides the breadth of reading experience necessary to support the work done in school as part of Literacy Hour.
• Talk about diagrams and manuals or how recipies are organised.
• Perhaps make a visit to the library and search for books on a school topic.
• Speak to the class teacher, they will gladly tell you which areas of language are being studied and how you can support the classwork.
• If possible, try to set an example by finding the time to enjoy a book yourself . Children often learn by what they see, rather than by what they are told!
• Finally, if you can spare the time, come into school to hear readers or help with topic research. Both teachers and children appreciate the assistance and you may really enjoy it!

 What does the Internet offer parents?

• National Year of Reading - aims to promote literacy.
• National Grid for Learning - information for parents.
• Little Animals Activity Centre - a BBC Education site aimed at younger children. (requires Flash plug-in)
• The amazing sentence machine - made at Ambleside Primary School - An example of how language and reading can be made fun.
• The yuckiest site on the net - All about spots? - Why do feet smell? This site is guaranteed to get any child reading and it is educational too!
• Check out the activities on our own Literacy pages