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Taking the Stress Out of the Eleven Plus

If you live in an 11+ area then you will know that it can be an incredibly stressful time preparing and supporting your child through the entrance ...
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What is ‘school readiness?’

We hear that term a lot – is your child school-ready? As a parent of a child starting school in September, I’m suddenly looking at him in a new way...
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Great games to help improve children’s spelling

Hundreds of years ago there were no rules about how things were spelt – you just spelt words how you wanted! Nowadays spellings are very much set i...
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How to help improve your child's handwriting

Writing continues to be an incredibly important skill and in schools it is still the main way children show their teachers they have understood the...
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