Homework isn’t intended to frighten parents though. It’s designed to embed learning, to encourage routine, and to support children to learn and remember more - away from the classroom.

The very first step your child will have to face in completing their homework - and there really is no getting around it, I'm afraid - is actually sitting down and getting started. Sounds easy ...

Speaking of nursery rhymes, one that got us thinking about music in new ways was featured in a mix by a toddler techno expert ...