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 25, 2021 | Bella Learning
Hi, I’m Annabel and I’m a primary teacher, tutor and parent. Marketing isn’t really my thing (I prefer learning) but I’m seeing too many families struggling with home-learning not to tell you the story of Bella Learning Games. Long before the...
by annabel | Jan 8, 2021 | Bella Learning
Tuition Groups for Lockdown 2021 Thanks for your interest in Zoom Tuition. I’m Annabel – the admin of Ask A Teacher and I run Bella Learning. I’ve been a teacher for 14 years and since having my children I have been tutoring, working with parents and writing for...
by annabel | Dec 2, 2020 | Bella Learning
Welcome to the ninth challenge for primary school children. These challenges are open-ended, purposeful tasks, differentiated for different abilities, that your child can enjoy every day. Today’s challenge is about creating a fun hunt for your friends. Children are...
by annabel | Aug 24, 2020 | Bella Learning
Let’s face it, September is creeping closer and closer and it doesn’t seem to matter if you are a pupil, parent, teacher or government minister, no-one is clear about what this new term will bring. What is vital however, is that our children feel supported...
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...