If your child attends nursery you may already receive a sort of report on a term by term basis which will explain to you what tasks your child can complete and what you may need to work on with them. This will give you an idea of their level in terms of education but may …
Category Archives: Education
Moderation visits
The education department has been in the news a lot recently as over the past twelve to twenty four months there have been a number of rather large changes that has had a large impact on teachers and students. The bench mark for where pupils are expected to be at for their learning has risen …
Helping you child’s education at home
A school or nursery is a great place for your child to start to learn important life skills and gain a good education but it doesn’t and shouldn’t stop there. From the moment a child is born they start to learn and in the early days much of this is from their parents or carers. …
Is there too much pressure on children?
Year upon year the exams that children have to do at school seem to be getting harder. I heard a comment the other day that stated that the level of maths in the UK for a child at the age of 10 is similar to that of a child in china with an age of …
Tracking your child’s progress at nursery
Often parents think that their child’s progress in their learning and education is only really tracked when they start school. This is not the case as all nurseries and child minders have to be inspected by Ofsted and part of the criteria that they have to meet is to keep accurate records of how the …
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Job vacancies
Many people complain that they cannot get a job and that there are none available but recent studies have shown that there was over 730, 000 job vacancies from August to October. Obviously these jobs are in many different industries and locations all over the UK, but it does show that there are jobs available. …
Classroom controlling techniques
When you first start in a new school then you need to very quickly take control of the class. This does not mean that you have to go in shouting and screaming at everyone on the first day, but you do need to lay down the ground rules. Introduce yourself to the class and then …
Phonetic spelling
Education is an ever changing subject with new teaching techniques coming out throughout the year. One of the biggest changes that has come out over the past few years regarding teaching techniques is the introduction of phonetic spelling. Phonetic spelling is where a word is spelt out using the sounds that the letters make rather …
Exam results
Waiting for your exam results can be a stressful time for any student, regardless of age. With A Level results released this week in England and GCSE’s the following week, many students are having to make important decisions on where they want to progress to in terms of education or employment. Some students will not …
Preparing your child for their first day at school
A child’s first day at school can be extremely daunting for the child and the parents. It may be the first time that your child has been away from you for a long period of time throughout the day or just the fact that they seem to be growing up fast and will not be …
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