Sep 26, 2023 | Parenting, Primary Mentoring, SATs
I’m often asked by parents of primary Year 5 and 6 pupils for advice on how to support their child as the transition to secondary school becomes ever closer. Often parents and carers cannot envisage their ‘little ones’ sitting SATs exams or managing to organise their...
Oct 22, 2020 | Parenting, Primary Mentoring, Uncategorized
Building resilience and confidence through primary mentoring. For those working in Education, Autumn marks the start of a new academic year and a fresh start. However, we are slowly realising that living with COVID 19 doesn’t mean a ‘normal’ new year and a return to...
Oct 13, 2020 | Homeschooling, Mentoring, Parenting, Primary Mentoring
Choosing which high school to send your child to is one of the biggest and toughest decisions you will make as a parent, but choosing a high school during a pandemic is even more difficult. Gone is the open evening, when the school puts on its best show to attract...
Jun 2, 2020 | Homeschooling, Mentoring, Primary Mentoring
June 1st is the date that the Prime Minister announced that children can begin returning to school in England following ten weeks of lockdown. He announced that it would be done in stages, with primary schools opening up for years six, one and reception and the hope...
May 21, 2020 | Homeschooling, Primary Mentoring
Supporting your child’s mental health during lockdown is not easy, especially when I’m probably not the only parent who has lost track of what day it is, and how many weeks the country has been in lockdown. As we all attempted to navigate a new normal, juggling work,...
Apr 2, 2020 | Homeschooling, Primary Mentoring
Our second part of our series looks at supporting your children with Homeschooling in KS2, the older half of primary school, from the ages of seven to eleven. Supporting your children with homeschooling in KS2 is a challenge, particularly when you’re trying to work...
