by annabel | Jul 5, 2020 | Advice, Bella Learning, Curriculum, Parents, Schools
National lockdown has seen children out of school for months on end. What the full impact of this will be on well-being and educational outcomes is yet to be seen – but there are many lessons that schools and parents have learnt about home learning (the hard...
by annabel | Jan 22, 2019 | Advice, Bella Learning, Curriculum, Parents, Schools, Tests
We live in a testing culture. Before they reach secondary school, state school pupils in England will have undertaken the following assessments: AGE 5/6 – Year 1 phonics screening check AGE 6/7 – Year 2 SATS in Maths, Reading and Grammar, Punctuation and...
by annabel | Jan 18, 2019 | Advice, Bella Learning, Curriculum, maths, Parents, Schools, Support
More than any other subject, maths can induce real anxiety in adults and children alike. ‘I hate maths’ is heard much more often that ‘I hate English’, and given that pupils spend at least an hour a day studying the subject from the ages of...
by annabel | Jan 9, 2019 | Advice, Bella Learning, Curriculum, Events, Parents, Schools, Workshops
Parents are naturally great teachers and we know that their involvement in education makes a huge difference. But we also know that families are stretched for time and that sitting down at a desk with a worksheet together doesn’t always go to plan… So, here are Bella...
by admin | Nov 21, 2018 | Bella Learning, Curriculum, Schools, Workshops
The other day, I was in a café when I accidentally (promise!) overheard a conversation between two mums. One of them was outraged that her child had been teaching another child to read. ‘It’s just lazy teaching,’ she was saying. ‘What about his own learning needs? How...
by admin | Nov 20, 2018 | Advice, Bella Learning, Curriculum, Parents, Schools
Last week, the DFE confirmed the rumour that has been (ominously) circling for a while – that a statutory, computerised times table test will be required to be taken by every child in state education at the end of year four. What we know so far: The test will start...
