It’s not often that you come away from a conversation with someone having gained a whole new perspective on something. But this is exactly what happened to me the other week when I met Nick White for a coffee on Zoom. Nick is Managing Director and Founder of […]
Contraction apostrophes are an area of English lessons that lots of children find difficult. It can also be a little dry to learn about! So how can you make it fun? Firstly what are contraction apostrophes? Contraction apostrophes are the ones we use when we shorten words. For […]
I’ve spoken to lots of people over the last week about their concerns of how to maintain reading progress over the summer holidays. And rightly so, practising reading is really important and children can make wonderful progress by reading every day (even just small amounts) If your child […]
It’s a bit of a minefield trying to find suitable resources for children with reading difficulties, such as dyslexia. Not because there’s not enough resources out there, but perhaps because there are too many! And they all claim to be able to help your child to read. Therefore, […]
I’ve been asked a lot recently about which resources I would recommend for GCSE students. In particular, students who have reading difficulties such as dyslexia. If you do a google search you’ll find a lot of revision guides, workbooks etc. available for all GCSE subjects, but many of […]
This week I’ve been busy trialling an absolutely brilliant resource, the Reader Pen by Scanning Pens Ltd. And I’m very excited to announce that we have teamed up to do a Giveaway where one lucky person/school can win their very own Reader Pen! You can enter on either […]
This weekend I’ve been reading a brilliant chapter book for children called Fish in a Tree. A wonderful book to help children in particular with dyslexia and/ other Special Educational Needs feel empowered. Fish in a Tree is about a girl who has moved schools many times and […]
We’ve been having a lot of fun this week playing Oaka Books’ Predators and Producers board game*. Designed to help reinforce and revise the KS2 Science Topic ‘Living Things’, this board game is a brilliant, educational take on the classic Snakes and Ladders. If you’ve not come across […]
There’s a lot of fantastic resources for helping children to learn to read and to help support them when they are reading. (Look at our tips of how to teach your child to read here) For learning to read with Phonics, (the way that most primary schools currently […]
We’ve been looking at a revision pack for the KS3 Science topic Acids, Alkalis and Indicators by Oaka Books* this week. A fantastic set of resources for children in KS3 and/ those preparing for common entrance exams. Find them on Amazon here You may remember from our previous […]
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