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The Importance of Place Value in Mathematics

Friday, October 6, 2023 by Helen Valentine | Parental Advice

Place value is an important key concept when teaching and learning about the number system. BBC Bitesize offer a whole range of guides, games and activities to support your child with their understanding of this essential area of mathematics. Below are the links for KS1 and KS2:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z8sfr82


https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsjqtfr


What is 'schwa'?

Friday, October 6, 2023 by Helen Valentine | Parental Advice

Blending sounds together is how we read words. Segmenting sounds is how we learn to spell words. Pronouncing the sounds correctly is key to supporting blending and segmenting. Sometimes we pronounce the sounds with a 'schwa' for example t becomes 'tuh' and mmm becomes 'muh'. Here is a useful video to see how to pronounce the sounds, so that you can support your child with their reading and writing.

Why Choose One-to-One Tuition?

Sunday, October 1, 2023 by Helen Valentine | Educational Research

The Education Endowment Foundation completed a study in July 2021, into the effectiveness of one-to-one tuition and its impact upon learners. Their main findings concluded that one-to-one tuition can be highly effective, providing approximately five additional months' progress on average.