Articles posted by "Exemplar Education"
Challenges for parents whose first language isn’t English – implications for learning and schooling for their children
There are many families living in the UK whose first language isn’t English and schools in England are becoming more culturally and linguistically diverse. While many students quickly attain proficiency in English, there’s can sometimes be a language barrier when communicating [...]Read more
Learning with Autism
What is autism? TheNational Autistic Societydefines autism as; “A lifelong developmental disability that affects how people perceive the world and interact with others. Autistic people see, hear and feel the world differently to other people. If you are autistic, you are autistic [...]Read more
Pocket money rewards
FUN FACT! The term ‘pocket money’ was actually ‘coined’ before the advent of pockets in shirts and trousers. Money was kept in various bags, before a tailor sewed a pocket on a garment and it became so useful that further innovations made a pocket suitable to safely keep money! [...]Read more
Introducing Our New GCSE Maths Revision Powerpack!
If your children are taking GCSE exams this summer, then you’ll know the pressure is mounting on them to gain good grades – with maths revision often being a particularly challenging subject for many children and parents alike! You want to help and support as much as possible [...]Read more
New Year’s Resolutions
As we near the end of 2019, now is a great time to think about New Year’s Resolutions and encourage your children to consider what they might like to resolve to do in 2020! New Year’s Day is the traditional time to celebrate a new beginning and kids ages 7-12 are at [...]Read more
Keeping learning going at Christmas!
We’re heading towards the Christmas season, which means lots of fun and festivities – and a lot to look forward to for the kids, including the school holidays! However, it can also be tricky to keep the learning momentum going when there’s so much else going on so [...]Read more
Benefits and Challenges of Home-Schooling
Have you ever considered home-schooling your children? If this is something you’re thinking about, this blog will look at the challenges and benefits of home-schooling. It will also show how Exemplar Education can be the perfect partner in helping keep you confident that you’re [...]Read more
Self-paced learning
Exemplar Education is all about self-paced learning – allowing the parents and children on our programme to set their own study plan! What is self-paced learning? Self-paced learning is defined as ‘a specific learning method, in which the learner is able to control [...]Read more
Maths and Decluttering
This blog explores how you can encourage mathematical development whilst your child carries out household chores. We all know sometimes it can be much easier and faster to just do it ourselves. But it’s important for children to understand basic life skills, learn to be [...]Read more
Visiting Senegal with World Vision UK
As you may have seen from our social media this week – Darren and Satinder from our team have been visiting Senegal and seeing first-hand the amazing work our charity partners World Vision do to help change the lives of the children who live there! Check out our Facebook Page to [...]Read more
Online safety
With the rise of smartphones, tablets and other devices plus online gaming and interactive TV, helping children be safe online is an issue that most parents now have to consider, as well as the dilemma of how much screen time they should be allowed This can be tricky if you [...]Read more
Halloween maths
Halloween is a time for spooky fun with your children – trick or treats, pumpkin carving and the opportunity to dress up as their favourite creepy character. It can also be a scarily good opportunity to incorporate some maths into their play and they won’t even realise. We’ve [...]Read more