Last year's report from the National Literacy Trust found only 1 in 5 (20.5%) of 8 to 18-year-olds chose to read in their free time—the lowest level since 2005. With daily reading levels decreasing by 7.5%, we look at how to improve your child's reading levels.
Reading enjoyment levels have decreas...
Read more ›If your child's homework stresses you, you're not alone. A survey of 2,000 parents found that 34% of parents of primary school children and 44% of parents of secondary school children felt they could not help with their child's homework. At the same time, according to National Numeracy, 23% of paren...
Read more ›Helping children and teens transition smoothly from summer break into a school routine isn't always easy. With a new school year comes anxiety, a need to be organised and the capacity for some clear goal-setting. Here's how to help them be ready.
Organisation and preparationHelping students be ...
Read more ›Summer learning loss, also known as "summer slide," refers to the tendency for students to lose some of the academic gains they made during the previous school year over the summer break. Studies have shown that students can lose approximately one to two months of learning over the summer break, par...
Read more ›World Book Day, is Thursday, March 7th, but the day is about more than dressing up and free book tokens. The mission of this awareness day is to promote reading for pleasure, which has been at its lowest ebb for twenty years. Here's how to encourage your child to read more.
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