To answer a few of the questions frequently posed by parents, including about homework, how to help a child struggling with skills and the uncertainties that arise when moving to a new school ...

Residents sent 21 letters of objection to the plans for a bungalow in the cul de sac Plans to turn a bungalow into a children’s home for one young person have been refused by planners.

Teachers will no longer give required homework to children in the first to third grades. While homework is now optional for students in grades four to eight and doesn’t count towards a grade.