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Remote learning: Fun ideas to help parents maintain their children’s core English and maths skills

February 18, 2021February 17, 2021Oxford Primary Leave a comment
Primary remote teaching and learning

We’re hearing from lots of you how challenging it can be to find the right balance to help parents support their children with learning at home during school closures, without overwhelming them. Here are just a few suggestions for simple (and fun!) ways parents can help maintain their children’s core English and maths skills, using […]

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Remote learning: 8 top tips to help parents support their children with phonics

February 5, 2021February 4, 2021Oxford Primary Leave a comment
Primary remote teaching and learning

For those children who are in the early stages of learning to read, one of your top priorities is going to be ensuring they keep up momentum while they’re learning at home. But for many parents, especially if they learnt to read differently when they were at school themselves, phonics is completely new – and […]

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Remote learning: 8 top tips to help parents support their children with comprehension

February 5, 2021February 4, 2021Oxford Primary Leave a comment
Primary remote teaching and learning

Here are some handy comprehension resources and simple ideas to share with parents to help them support their children’s reading comprehension during school closures.

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How can you help parents and carers support their nursery-aged children with reading?

April 2, 2019February 25, 2020Oxford Early Years
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Reading to children from an early age is the best way of encouraging them to love books and reading. By reading stories aloud, we take them into a world that goes well beyond our typical everyday spoken language, and form a link for them between reading, comfort and love. We need to do everything we can […]

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Starting secondary school: Learning and homework

May 30, 2017May 31, 2017Oxford Education

With the summer term well underway, you might be making plans to welcome September’s new Year 7 cohort to school on induction day. With this in mind, we asked former Leader of English (and parent) Jill Carter what advice she’d give to parents whose children are about to start secondary school for the first time. […]

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Starting secondary school: Pastoral care

May 30, 2017July 26, 2019Oxford Education

With the summer term well underway, you might be making plans to welcome September’s new Year 7 cohort to school on induction day. With this in mind, we asked former Leader of English (and parent) Jill Carter what advice she’d give to parents whose children are about to start secondary school for the first time. […]

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Making parents into partners

November 28, 2016November 28, 2016Oxford Primary

Happy parents make happy children, and happy children arrive at school as persistent, engaged and reflective learners. So for a teacher to teach well, engaging with parents and carers is as important as engaging with each child. We all know that engaging with parents and carers is often a challenge for schools – what is […]

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How was it for you? Reflecting on the primary assessment season 2016

June 22, 2016June 24, 2016Oxford Primary

It’s almost over. Almost exactly four years after Michael Gove formally announced the abolition of National Curriculum level descriptions, the first use of the new statutory assessment arrangements is nearing completion. Children in Years 2 and 6 have done their statutory tests, external moderation visits to selected schools are in full swing and teacher assessment […]

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researchED: exploring the research around maths anxiety

June 3, 2016April 11, 2017Oxford Psychology Team 1 Comment
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I’m delighted to be joining a great line-up of speakers for researchED Maths and Science in Oxford. In my session I’ll be reviewing evidence around maths anxiety and exploring the possibilities for a more embedded approach to early maths education. Is it anything new? Is maths anxiety a new phenomenon or has it always been […]

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Starting school: Tips for engaging parents

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015Oxford Primary

However experienced, Early Years staff are always looking for new ways to engage parents as they know how vital that relationship is. I’ve included a few tips here – some I’ve tried and some I wish that I had! The new Oxford Owl Guide to ‘Your Child’s First Year at School’ can help with induction and developing that engagement. It is available online but a printed […]

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