Adam Singleton writes for a digital marketing agency. This article has been commissioned by a client of said agency. This article is not designed to promote, but should be considered professional content.As a primary school teacher, you probably know that children learn well through interactivity. The more you get your pupils involved in what you’re [...]
Academics in the UK have warned about the decrease in number of students learning a second language in schools. Despite the warnings, the rate of enrollment for foreign languages in GCSEs continues to drop.
Experts said this decline in foreign language learning has something to do with the British attitude to languages. It seems that Britons [...]
Should we be teaching our newest generation of learners how to use technology more? Anyone with young children will know that using technology is natural for our youngest generation. Indeed they have been brought up in a world with multi channel TV’s, computers, mobile phones, hand held gaming devices and online games. Yet how are [...]
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Taking part in a mathematics competition allows students to sharpen their problem solving skills and serves to generate interest for mathematics amongst them. Annually,there are various mathematics olympiads which primary school students can participate in and some of the more prominient ones are listed in this article.
The Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools 2009 [...]
If you are looking for an independent primary school for your child, you may need to consider certain factors. Parents’ search for schools usually starts by making a list of the schools available in the vicinity. So first of all, make a long list of schools present in your city. Next, parents would need to [...]
Should we be teaching our newest generation of learners how to use technology more? Anyone with young children will know that using technology is natural for our youngest generation. Indeed they have been brought up in a world with multi channel TV’s, computers, mobile phones, hand held gaming devices and online games. Yet how are [...]
School reforms are always a hot topic when it comes to government proposals and even PTA meetings. Obviously the majority of parents have their children’s education as one of their top priorities as they want the best for their children in and after school. As a result government proposals are often being made to change [...]
Home school materials are those items that each child will need when receiving an education while attending classes at home. Many children have their own parents to home school them, but in some cases, the grandparent may be the teacher or even another adult in the family. Materials needed for home schooling are varied and [...]
As teachers, students and schools become so jam-packed with activities intended to produce socially contributing, life long learners that many aspects of the school experience become pushed aside. Parents and school boards continually pressure teachers to give students knowledge and skills which will benefit them after primary school.
A prime example of this is art [...]
With the recent additions to the curriculum of ensuring each a day there is an hour being spent teaching literacy and numeracy, there has been pressure to dismiss some of the more creative learning. However, a Creative Primary Curriculum is a way of ensuring that children benefit from creative subjects without jeopardising the national curriculum. [...]
