October 19, 2017October 19, 2017Education, English, Exam Preparation, Family, Supporting Learning Rich Vocabulary for Writing Does your child struggle with writing interesting stories, poems and reports for school? How can writing be improved to capture […]
October 13, 2017October 13, 2017Education, English, Family, Supporting Learning It’s Fun to Lift the Flaps – Reading Discovery A favourite game for very young children is “Peek-a-boo” where an adult hides their face behind an object, waits for […]
June 29, 2017Career and Education, Education, English, Mathematics, Supporting Learning, Tutorials How to Tackle an Assessment Task – Where Do I Begin? What do you do when given an assessment task? Do you panic or experience a sense of heaviness? Do you […]
June 12, 2017Career and Education, Education, Family, Supporting Learning Meaningful Conversations In life it seems relationships between people are more important to our happiness than accomplishments. How are good relationships begun […]
May 30, 2017June 5, 2017Career and Education, Education, Family, Supporting Learning “Think on These Things” “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things […]
May 15, 2017June 17, 2017Career and Education, Education, Family, Supporting Learning Steering the Ship – Family Life Balance Most parents say that they are constantly busy, especially those who have school-aged children or younger ones to care for. […]
April 17, 2017May 15, 2017Career and Education, Education, Supporting Learning, Tutorials, tutoring Managing Time Important? “How important is time management to a hairdresser?” I asked. “Very important,” was the reply, “especially in a busy salon […]
April 10, 2017April 10, 2017Career and Education, Education, Mathematics, Supporting Learning, Tutorials, tutoring It’s About Time What is time? What do we understand by the ‘passing of time’? How do we teach our children to be […]
March 30, 2017March 30, 2017Career and Education, Education, Mathematics, Supporting Learning, Tutorials, tutoring What’s the big deal about ‘place value’? Have you been told that your child needs more work on place value? What is place value and why does […]
March 21, 2017Career and Education, Education, Mathematics, Supporting Learning, Tutorials, tutoring Why Use Ten Frames for Early Maths Skills? A simple, useful, hands-on visual aid for teaching counting and place value is the Ten Frame. What is a Ten […]