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Free Fun to have in the School Holidays
School holidays can be tough. Unless you’ve got yourselves a nice villa in Italy, the holidays can be hard to think of new things to do. But we’v...
Do we need to worry about ‘summer learning loss’?
Also known as ‘the summer slide’ (which sounds like great fun until you realise it’s not play equipment), it is the theory that children lose skill...
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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...
Happier Homework Routines
The half term holidays now feel like a very distant memory and for those of you in the midst of the exam season the sensation of free-falling into ...
10 ways to keep kids entertained on long journeys
Dare I say it – perhaps I’ll whisper it – but the long, summer holidays are fast approaching! May half term is around the corner and, before we kno...
8 reasons why parents shouldn’t feel too guilty about a little screen time
Screen time… it’s a cause of much discussion in my household. My mother hates it, my husband doesn’t see a problem with it and I’m somewhere in th...
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How to use workbooks successfully at home?
Workbooks are perfect to support a child’s learning at home especially if a child needs extra support in a certain area or to support learning over...
How to keep children safe online?
I know that technology is and is going to be a major part of my children’s lives and keeping them safe and teaching my children how to be safe onli...
Best Children's Books for Different Ages
I'm a parent and my biggest headache is choosing 'age appropriate' books for either my own children or the children I teach. If you struggle with t...
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...
Questions to ask when your child is reading
Reading with your child is one of the most important ways you can support your child’s learning. Reading helps a child’s imagination, understanding...