by annabel | Nov 2, 2019 | Bella Learning
Dear Parents, I’m writing to you because I never actually get the time to talk to you face to face. I wish I did; I know that if we worked more closely together, we could help your child progress quicker, become more confident, or be happier at school. I thought...
by annabel | Oct 21, 2019 | Bella Learning
Education doesn’t have to stop in half term – in fact – it’s the perfect time to investigate, discover and consolidate learning that’s been happening in the classroom. Here are some teacher ideas for you to try with your kids over the...
by annabel | Oct 10, 2019 | Bella Learning
Most people know that it’s important to read with their children but there isn’t much guidance on the best way to go about it through the years. Bella Learning gives a teacher’s run down of how to support your child’s reading through primary...
by annabel | Sep 13, 2019 | Bella Learning
Since starting the Facebook group ‘Ask a teacher’ only a couple of days ago, we’ve already had a number of members stating that they don’t want to be ‘that’ parent with regard to expressing concerns to teachers. I’m here, as a...
by annabel | Jun 10, 2019 | 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...
