{"id":2403,"date":"2016-11-04T10:45:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T10:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/?p=2403"},"modified":"2016-11-03T20:46:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T20:46:04","slug":"sqa-exams-what-can-a-parent-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/2016\/11\/04\/sqa-exams-what-can-a-parent-do\/","title":{"rendered":"SQA exams, what can a parent do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parental support is eight times more important in determining a child’s academic\u00a0success than other factors, according to a study by The Campaign for Learning.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(TES, 10 October 2003)<\/em><\/p>\n

Many parents feel at a loss when their children enter S1 and above and confused by the\u00a0complicated systems of SQA exams, coursework and practical assessments.<\/p>\n

If you feel like this you are not alone! The exam system has changed greatly over the years,\u00a0and is continuing to change, and sometimes it feels as if it is best just to let the ‘experts’ at\u00a0Calderhead High School get on with it. However, your involvement during these crucial years can\u00a0make an enormous difference – the difference between success and failure or between ‘C’\u00a0and ‘D’ passes and ‘A’s and ‘B’s.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/strong> to read more and check out\u00a0the Useful Links for Parents <\/a>page.<\/p>\n

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Parental support is eight times more important in determining a child’s academic\u00a0success than other factors, according to a study by The Campaign for Learning. (TES, 10 October 2003) Many parents feel at a loss when their children enter S1 and above and confused by the\u00a0complicated systems of SQA exams, coursework and practical assessments. If you … Continue reading SQA exams, what can a parent do?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32125,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[406505,1955,9476,12395],"tags":[2227,406482,611,448],"class_list":["post-2403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-from-school","category-s4","category-s5","category-s6","tag-information","tag-parents","tag-sqa","tag-study-skills"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403\/revisions\/2410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}