by annabel | Feb 10, 2021 | Advice, Bella Learning, Parents, Reading, Support, Tests, Workshops
Since 2005, every child in state education has been taught to decode words through the teaching of phonics, starting in Reception and culminating in a (rather obscure) statutory ‘screening check’ at the end of Year One. In short, children in England are...
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 | Dec 15, 2018 | Advice, Bella Learning, Parents, Schools, Tests
Last month saw the annual publication of the (state) primary school league tables. Schools are well-aware of what this means for them, but what does it mean for parents? Bella Learning talks you through the maths (and the reading and the writing…) What do they...
