It’s the summer holidays. Our first instinct as parents is a sigh of relief – no more packed lunches, no more homework! Unfortunately learning loss over summer is a real problem and this is particularly true for younger students and … Continued
Long road trips can often be an endurance test. However, with some planning you can make the time seem to pass quickly, build some language skills and strengthen family bonds. Books If your children are independent readers (and assuming they … Continued
A core component of teaching is engaging students and keeping them motivated so that they will practise skills until mastery is achieved. Use your empty Advent Calendars to create a teaching tool for providing grapheme recognition practice. Obviously, you would … Continued
The key information within a paragraph, and arguably a whole story, is often contained within a few sentences. Similarly, not all words have equal value in terms of making sense of individual sentences. Therefore, determining the key sentences and the … Continued
The attached opinion piece was in The West Australian newspaper on 23rd November, 2024. I thought it could form the basis for an interesting comprehension activity. Each of the warnings could be written in a table (see below) with students … Continued