Blog, guide, Teacher Resources, Student & Parent Resources, parents' evening, parental engagement
Whether you're a teacher, student or parent - Parents' Evening is an important event in the school calendar. It's an opportunity for parents to sit down and have meaningful...
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Student & Parent Resources, parental involvement, parental engagement, home-school communication, parents, PTA
Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) get a bad wrap in the media, with films depicting cliquey mums who run the ‘club’ of which your baking for their latest fundraising event will...
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Blog, guide, parental involvement, parental engagement, Student & Parent Resources, Homework
Family involvement in children’s education has proven to have a positive impact on a student’s school life. In Britain, studies have identified that students who are regularly...
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Blog, guide, Student & Parent Resources, Revision, apps
Years ago, mobile phones’ most attractive feature was the convenience that you could make a call or send a text on the move, and not have to find a payphone or landline. Today, our...
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Blog, guide, Student & Parent Resources, online safety
It’s easy to forget that the internet is a public space and not just a place for you and your friends to chat and share pictures and videos. Everyone is on there! This is why online...
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guide, student engagement, Students & Parents, Students, student independence, study, Revision, Student & Parent Resources
Good study habits are important for being a successful learner. They help with motivation, focus, organisation, time management and retention. Just like learning new skills...
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Students & Parents, guide, tutoring, online tutoring, tutors, home-school communication, Student & Parent Resources
When most people think of tutoring it drums up connotations of ferrying their child to and from their tutor’s house for them to spend the next hour focusing on a specific subject area to...
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guide, teachers, Students & Parents, student engagement, student independence, tutoring, online tutoring, tutors, Teacher Resources, Student & Parent Resources
Tutoring is an easy way to get extra help when you need it. Simple as that. But even so, there are a lot of myths and misconceptions surrounding tutoring about how it isn’t...
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Blog, Students & Parents, Students, parents, parental engagement, guide, Student & Parent Resources
Parents’ evening can be a stressful event for teachers and parents alike. According to a survey of 2,000 school parents in the UK, 55% felt they came away from parents’...
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