Tired of full lunchboxes coming home untouched? We’ve teamed up with food legend Annabel Karmel to share five fun, fuss-free ways to fill your child’s lunchbox with goodness they’ll actually eat.
Helping your child learn to read – A parent’s guide to phonics
Is your child struggling with reading? Wondering how to help your child learn to read? Read this top advice from a primary teacher.
Helping your child become a fluent reader
To not only master reading but also master the curriculum, children need to become fluent readers. With fluent reading comes clearer understanding because mental faculties are spent trying to comprehend the meaning behind the text rather than what the words say. In their reading toolkit, children need two essential tools: The ability to recognise sight [...]
A teacher’s top tips for reading with kids
Many parents know the battles of reading time. Not bedtime reading - this can be a joy (until the story ends and the lights go out) - but when your child reads their guided-reading book to you. Cue: reluctance, stubbornness, phonics knowledge flying out the window and your child pleading for you to take over. [...]
