Blog Posts tagged Academic

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How to deal with homework problems

by Anita Naik

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...

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Back-to-School Preparation Tips

by Anita Naik

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.

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Should students study over the summer?

by Anita Naik

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...

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How to get your child to read for pleasure

by Anita Naik

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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World Book Day: How to encourage your child to read more books

by Anita Naik

With World Book Day fast approaching, it's worth knowing that children today read less frequently than any previous generation and enjoy reading less than young people did in the past. According to research from the National Literacy Trist, only a quarter of under-18s spend time reading daily. Along...

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