The cry of anguish from a Mother. “My daughter hates homework and it’s a struggle every week to get her to do it. I work 4 nights a week so I am limited to how much I can help in the evening. My husband has to be forced  to help her when I am at […]

There is an army of five million adults in the UK that can’t read or write properly and of critical concern is this alarming number is growing. Children continue to finish their primary or secondary education unable to read or write.
The new TV documentary highlights the dilemma. Accepting the inevitable slant TV puts on many […]

The parent homework help dilemma; do you intervene with too much help or just make sure they do it?  What sort of help is best for the children and the school?  Why the worst option is to do nothing and how fun homework can using maths games and other  educational games can come […]

A growing concern voiced by many teachers is the level of disruption occurring in the average class. Ranging from the severe to a simple case of horseplay at the start of the lesson it has a dramatic effect in draining the teaching resources  as well as impacting on the development of children in the class […]

‘Research has shown that the effect of parents and what they do at home to support learning can account for 80% of a child’s academic success. This compares to school being directly responsible for around 20% of factors leading to academic achievement’. ( PTA magazine Summer 07)
The learning triangle is carefully balanced with three equal […]

The UK government is championing what teachers have always said –children learn more and have greater fun in learning when they are taken outside the classroom and allowed to explore the practical application of the theory. It gives relevance to the text book and entices children to seek solutions.
The learning time in a classroom is […]

School days are becoming a daily grind.  The curriculum and performance targets conspire to narrow the scope of our children’s learning in preference of techniques that lead to better results. Whilst the measure of success is all that is subsequently recognised there is a downside. Bernice McCabe, head of North London collegiate school, said recently […]

Dads are abandoning the essential task of reading to their children. Seven steps to overcome the fear of most Dads in a simple guide to encourage them to read bedtime stories to their children and turn story reading into an educational game. Recognised as a key ingredient to a child’s reading development this enjoyable task […]