The Satchel Blog

School may be closed and exams cancelled, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to put our students’ learning on hold too. In fact, the next few ...

Whether you're a teacher, student or parent - Parents' Evening is an important event in the school calendar. It's an ...

Parent Teacher Associations‭ (‬PTAs‭) ‬are a common practice in most schools‭, ‬but more often than not‭, ‬they aren’t celebrated or their ...

Parent Teacher Associations‭ (‬PTAs‭) ‬get a bad wrap in the media, with films depicting cliquey mums who run the‭ ‬‘club’‭ ‬of which your ...

Family involvement in children’s education has proven to have a positive impact on a student’s school life‭. ‬In ...

Building relationships with your students’‭ ‬parents lays the foundation for a successful home-school ...

When thinking of parental engagement in a child’s school life‭, ‬thoughts of Parents’‭ ‬Evening and phone calls ...

Parents’‭ ‬evening can be a stressful event for teachers and parents alike‭. ‬According to a survey of 2,000‭ ‬school parents in the UK‭, ‬55%‭ ...

The benefits of parents being involved and present in a child’s school life has been researched countless times and the same results keep ...

Caroline Gallagher looks at the pressures of parenting and the role of ...

Parents lead busy lives and can be hard to reach in the best of times, let alone when it comes to homework. We've ...

How parents handle helping their children with homework, can reinforce how much of a positive value and that education is important. It ...

A couple of days ago, I was on the train heading home when I overheard a mother talking to her ...