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Welcoming the New Year
Around the world, almost all countries, cultures and religions celebrate the start of a new year, whether that's on the stroke of midnight on 31st December, signalling the transition from one year to the next, or [...]
In the Bleak Mid-Winter
Cultures and religions from around the world and across time, have long held feasts and celebrated holidays around the shortest day of the year, which falls on 21st December in the UK. And with the school [...]
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The Skill of Making Memories
Have you ever gone to pick up your car key, wallet, purse or any other item used on a regular basis, only to find that it is not where you were sure you had [...]
Technical Vocabulary in Maths
How understanding addends, minuends and multiplicands will pay dividends in mathematical discussions with your child. For those who left school any time before 2010 there is a sometimes bewildering array of mathematical language to learn if [...]
Welcoming the New Year
Around the world, almost all countries, cultures and religions celebrate the start of a new year, whether that's on the stroke of midnight on 31st December, signalling the transition from one year to the next, or [...]
In the Bleak Mid-Winter
Cultures and religions from around the world and across time, have long held feasts and celebrated holidays around the shortest day of the year, which falls on 21st December in the UK. And with the school [...]
Curriculum Impact
In this, our final blog in our Quality of Education series, we are looking at curriculum impact. Integral to the idea of curriculum impact is this question: “Have students learned what the school set out to [...]
Implementation of the Curriculum
In last month's blog we talked about the three words at the heart of Ofsted’s judgement of the school curriculum: Intent, Implementation and Impact. Today we are going to turn our attention to what implementation looks [...]
Curriculum Intent
Three words: Intent, Implementation and Impact have become the cornerstone of Ofsted’s judgement on the quality of education provided by schools. But what does Ofsted mean when it talks about Intent, Implementation and Impact? In this [...]
Supporting Children’s Learning 3: A Place to Work
Growing up, my family lived behind and above our family newsagents. One room and a kitchen downstairs didn’t allow much room for a place for homework. In any case, my parents could be found [...]
Supporting Children’s Learning 2: Setting a Time for Homework
How many of us relish the thought of leaving work at the end of a busy day so that we can get home and start our second job of homeowner, cook, cleaner, partner and [...]
Supporting Children’s Learning 1: Praise, Self-Esteem and Confidence
My eleven month old great-niece recently learned how to independently drink from a tippee cup. The first time she was successful she was given lots of praise and applause. For the next ten minutes, [...]
Getting Your Child Started with G2L
A question we are often asked by parents enrolling their child onto the Good2Learn platform is, “Where do I get them to start?" With over a hundred lessons to choose from, this is a [...]
Reading with Prosody
I once sent my sister a text saying, “Good for you” in response to her text telling me that she was taking some holiday time and going away for the week. My reply was [...]
Similes and Metaphors
Within Key stage 2 English, your child will be introduced to Figurative Language. This will add a new dimension to their writing and give them the tools they need to do more than just [...]
Back to School Anxiety
After dusting off the school bags and getting back to sensible sleeping patterns, we’re back to school routine! Many children felt positive about their return and were excited to see friends again, but some [...]
Summer Brain Drain
As schools around the world break up for Summer and the holidays stretch out before us, we all deserve our downtime after this crazy school year. Bike rides, park visits and play-dates with friends are an [...]
English Grammar
It’s been a long time since I sat in a classroom but I really can’t remember being taught English grammar. This is because government policy at the time was not to teach it, and so parents [...]