Posts Tagged ‘back to school’

Smoothly Back To School! The essential back to school Guide for parents!

Aug 23 2012

Here are our top tips on how to help kids have a smooth back to school transition.

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Spelling fun with Jake Monkey Tail

Aug 02 2012

Nobody is better than our popular guest blogger Priya Desai, an independent speech and language therapist who works with young children in schools, to advice parents on how to help kids to be good at spelling. Her Monkey Jake is funny and kids just feel a bit like him. Priya through Jake inspires and encourages children to have fun with their spelling tests.

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Spelling Fun!

May 14 2012

There are so many ways that you can make spelling fun and enjoyable; unusual and also different! Spelling can be creative – here are some ideas, to help you create a fun little world of letters and words for your child.

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Revising with Colour

Apr 21 2012

This article about the importance of working with colours is written by Guest Blogger, Caroline Ridges from STABILO. We all know how tough it is to be a teenager. You’re not a child but not quite an adult and you have to deal with a lot of changes in a short space of time, not to mention the extra pressure from school when the exam period hits.

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Help is available for career-break teachers who want to return to the classroom

Oct 13 2011

A new survey, commissioned by the TDA, estimates that at least 16,000 teachers who left the classroom in the past five years have tried to return, without success. Over one third are under the age of 40 and of those who are secondary teachers, one-third are qualified to teach core shortage subjects – maths, sciences and modern languages.

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