To teach spellings to a 5 year old can be stressful. To be honest, to teach anything to a 5 year old is stressful, let alone spellings. So, what do we do? More to the point, how do we do it? Let’s face it, what self-respecting 5 year old is going to sit there obediently …
Do boys and girls learn differently? The short answer to this question is yes! Of course, they do. However, the follow-on question from this is: how and why do boys and girls learn differently? To answer these questions, we need to look at this in a little more detail. So, let’s look at how do …
Year 2 is a very important year in a child’s life and what Year 2 learn in English will set the foundation for Key Stage 2. As Year 2 is the final year in Key Stage 1, this is the year where everything a child has learnt from Nursery up to this year is tested. …
Year 1 is an exciting year to enter, after leaving Reception, which by the end of Year 1 there are many skills to learn. Infants in Year 1 are now officially part of ‘Big School’. It is the first year of formal education. They will follow the National Curriculum and the guidelines set out by …
By the end of Year 2, children should know how to read fluently and be able to extract the meaning from what they read, ready for KS2. This will include non-fiction as well as fiction text. They should also be able to write well and neatly on the line with correctly formed letters. In terms …
Year 3 is the end of one key stage and the start of another. Your child now enters Lower Key Stage 2 and will stay in this key stage for the next two years. They will also be classed as a junior in the school and no longer an infant. With the intensity of Year …
This is the final year of Lower Key Stage 2. By the end of Year 4, children will need to be ready for the SATs programme which starts in Year 5. So they will need to gain the skills listed below. When children move to Year 5, they will enter Upper Key Stage 2 and …
By the end of Year 5, your little one will appear more mature and grown up. But this year is the calm before the storm. The excitement of Year 6 now looms on the horizon. Children this year look forward to being the oldest in the school next year, as they head for the finish …
Preparation for SATs Year 6 is finally here. Emotions run high as your child makes it to the top of the school. This is a year of mixed feelings and by the end of year 6, your young learner will be more confident, independent and resilient. As they watch the children in Nursery and …
Year 1 is a very exciting year in a child’s life. What they learn in English will set the foundations for the many years ahead. They are now part of big school, following the same timetable, although they do get an extra playtime in the afternoon. This is a marked difference from foundation when they …