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Primary school places
The Coronavirus is affecting the world in unforeseen and profound ways. While school buildings across the country are closed to the majority of pupils, the staff working in education have not stopped. Thursday 16th April will still see the announcement of the primary school places for September 2020. While this may not be at the […]
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Top Tips to Help your child settling into Primary School
The Summer and its infamous six week holiday came and went in a whirlwind, and we are now in the early stages of an autumnal September. With the end of Summer and the beginning of September, comes a monumental stage in many parents and children’s lives like – the first day of school. It can […]
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How to Help Your Child Make New Friends
Starting a new school and making new friends can be an anxious time for children. Although some children are naturally sociable, many children suffer from shyness, which can hinder their ability to develop friendships. Fortunately, this is something that parents can help children to overcome, using a few simple techniques. Developing Social Skills Read on […]
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Help your child be ‘Reception Ready’ this summer
Summer is a very good time to start considering how to prepare your child for their very first day at school. This can be an exciting if daunting period, but a child’s first experience of school is important and it is in everyone’s interest to ensure that the transition is as positive as possible. As […]
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Albie’s First Day at School
Since 2008 when Lillie was born my life has revolved around being at home with my children and yesterday, it all changed. At four and a half year’s old, Albie had his first day at school and it really couldn’t have come soon enough for my littlest man. Too excited to wait Unlike his big […]
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Help your children to continue learning at home with Education Quizzes
School is a learning curve for parents too Having children at school has been quite a steep learning curve. It starts with the simple things like counting from 1-20 and days of the week, but even things as simple as learning their A, B, C’s is very different to when we learnt at school. These […]
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The best teaching methods for your children
Allegedly the best years of your life, school can often equate to the most stressful years of a parent’s existence, particularly when it comes to those first precious years spent establishing a sense of self and an academic routine. The chances are you’ve thought about your child’s education more than once since they were born, […]
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Beanie Boy’s First Year at school is complete
I don’t think I will ever get used to how quickly the school years fly by. One minute I’m packing Beanie Boy off to his first day at Primary School, the next I’m sitting in the school hall waiting for his Graduation to begin. One by one, Beanie Boy and his classmates filtered into the […]
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A window into BB’s school day
When Beanie Boy started Reception in September 2015 I was introduced to a new method of recording his progress at school and I just love it! Tapestry is an online learning journal which the teachers and teaching assistants complete throughout the school day and I receive notifications via my email. I absolutely LOVE it!! As […]