Thursday 7th July is transition day for many year sixes that are moving up to secondary school. This is obviously a big move for both the child and the parents alike. We decided to send Chloe is a school a little further away from our house - which means that she will not be attending the local comp with many of her friends. We have been preparing Chloe for this and I thought I'd share the little steps we have taken to make this transition easier.1. We have started leaving her home alone … [Read more...]
How to prepare your child for SAT’s
What are SAT's?Next week is SAT's week. SAT's or standard assessment tasks are designed to assess wether a child matches the expected National Curriculum Levels. Love them or loathe them if your child is in Y2, the end of KS1 or Y6, the end of key stage two chances are they will be sitting thess formal assessments next week.SAT's week starts on Monday 9th of May with children being asessed in English and Maths. I didn't really think about SAT's when I planned my family (I doubt most … [Read more...]
Piaget Learning Through Play
Learning through play is simply the best way to learn at any age. I have been involved in teaching children and young people for as long as I care to remember - long before a career in teaching I was babysitting and looking after little ones at church. I can remember doing my girl guide badge on play and the toddler I did my badge on is a teacher to be herself!! One of the theorists I learned was Piaget Learning through play.Piaget has been a huge influence on why play is important and helps … [Read more...]
Do you promote charity at home?
After reading Mummy Bean's post earlier on How did you introduce charity I questioned myself. I too wanted to change the world, to rid society of inequality and generally make a difference. Was I naive? Have I done anything amazing? No to both I think.Having said that I do give to charity and I have shown my students and my own children what we can all give amazing gifts. One of those gifts is TIME. Although I missed Comic Relief this yr due to little one being in hospital I am sure that … [Read more...]