Statistically 6% of school children are gifted; ergo 94% are not. It is an incredible feat for teachers to modulate their teaching style and content to effectively incorporate minority groups. In a class size of 30 the law of averages has to prevail and the teaching focused on the average performer.
This is indifferent news […]

If you want your children to have some real fun after the ups and downs of SATs, much of Topologika’s range provides a great fun way of entertaining whilst still learning skills and knowledge on a computer. Their Mania range covers maths, science,  and literacy. As an example, ScienceMania covers science […]

“With a forward by Sian Lloyd, this well produced and colourful book is a good introduction to teaching sign language to young children and babies. It uses an illustrated monkey character called Olli who features in a series of stories and great photographs of children signing. Helping them build up a vocabulary of over 100 […]

With young children around the role of the parent extends from teacher, cook, bottle washer, counsellor, swimming instructor, dietician and taxi driver. When they finally go to school is it viewed with relief or dread? A few precious hours between 8am to 4 pm when parents, especially mothers, get a break, or the loss of […]

The learning process managed during the school years is designed to instigate learning and stimulate an individual’s further quest for knowledge. Exams are means of checking the performance process but unfortunately the original dual intention appears to have been lost. Knowledge has been overshadowed by performance and a tendency to “teach to test” to maximise […]

The proposal to scrap the conventional exam and SAT removes part of the instrument dashboard.
Ever thought about driving your car without the speedometer working? Perhaps you can guess your speed or extrapolate it from the rev counter ( something I recall doing in Switzerland after the speedo failed. Cruising alongside other cars I got the […]

Rather than completely handing over your child’s education to teachers at school, modern teaching resources can be now be used at home to let you play a highly productive role in supporting your child and the teacher.
Teachers face a continuing dilemma. The pressure to achieve results coupled with a constant flow of changes to […]

Once again our teachers are involved in time and cost consuming activities that detract from their primary role. Difficult to say how society can easily correct the tendency towards violence that has precipitated these measures, but they are set to become a further drain on existing budgets.  The financial burden leaves some schools’ budgets with […]

Young children shooting their hands up to answer a question is the enduring image of the primary school classroom. But now it seems that this age-old tradition could soon come to an end, with teachers being advised to pick out children to answer questions, says The Times.

The initiatives are an attempt to help the thousands […]