by Hayley | Nov 29, 2021 | Front page posts, Overseas parents, Parents, Teach, Writing
Are you concerned about your child’s poor handwriting? Are you afraid that your child will the the last in his or her class to receive their pen licence? If so, you’re not alone. Many school-age children have poor, and sometimes indecipherable, handwriting. It’s a...
by Hayley | May 19, 2016 | Exams, Front page posts, Non-verbal reasoning, Organisation, Overseas parents, Parents, Uncategorized, Verbal Reasoning
Playground chatter about tutoring can be overwhelming. Don’t let it get to you – and step away from those dreadful Bond books. The whole 11+ curriculum for the Kent Test is teachable within one year and anyone who has got going with verbal or non-verbal...
by Hayley | Mar 8, 2016 | Behaviour, Front page posts, Overseas parents, Parents, Schools & teachers, Uncategorized
Is a school or learning problem keeping you awake at night? As a worried parent, do you need a bit of professional guidance? First, remember that you and your child are not alone. Your particular school or learning problem will touch on the experiences of so many...
by Hayley | Oct 23, 2015 | Organisation, Overseas parents, Parents, Uncategorized
Don’t beat yourself up about your parenting this half term. If routines are slipping and the odd issue is developing at school, think of half terms and holidays as a useful bit of punctuation. Time to take stock of how the academic year is panning out, and to...
by Hayley | Oct 7, 2015 | Overseas parents, Parents, Teach, Uncategorized, Writing
Worried by your child’s appalling spelling? Be reassured by these 5 quick fixes. The situation isn’t as bad as you think… Fix 1 – there are only a handful of basics to learn Pick out just 5 or 10 words that everyone has to know to be...
by Hayley | Mar 9, 2015 | Front page posts, Overseas parents, Parents, Uncategorized
If I had taken the circumstances around when I was told about the possibility of moving abroad as a bad omen, then I never would have taken the plunge! As I lay upside down in a car that I had just crashed into a ditch on an icy road in rural Kent, my husband was in a...