7 ways to celebrate Peter Pan Week

Peter Pan Week is a special fundraising event run by Great Ormond Street Hospital, and it’s also a perfect time to introduce your child to this beloved children’s book. Read our seven super suggestions for taking an imaginary trip to Neverland and meeting Peter, Wendy, the Lost Boys and Captain Hook!

Brilliant costumes to buy for World Book Day

No time to put a World Book Day costume together? Buy one of these fantastic, budget-fitting outfits that your child will want to wear again after World Book Day for fancy dress parties, Halloween or just playing at home.

6 fun activities for World Book Day

Celebrate World Book Day with these fun ideas for children of all ages – get a free book, join a reading group, raise money for charity and more!

What parents need to know about the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

You know the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check is coming up, but what is it? How is it scored? And, perhaps most importantly, how can parents help their children prepare for it? Find out what you need to know in our quick Q&A…

Reading to learn: how to get the most from reading with your children

Reading with your children at home not only lets them practise new words and sounds, but it can also help to improve their reading comprehension skills. Education writer and primary teacher Phoebe Doyle gives her top tips on helping to enrich reading time to prepare them for KS1 English SATs.

Teachers’ top 10 classroom discipline tricks

Does every homework session end in tears and tantrums? Or are you losing sleep over getting your child to learn his spellings? Lucy Dimbylow asked the people who manage 30 children at a time (gulp!) – teachers and teaching assistants – to share their tried and tested tricks.

Help! My child doesn’t want to go on the school swimming lessons – do they have to?

Students in primary school are required to learn to swim, which is a difficult part of the curriculum for water-shy children to float through. Be prepared by finding out what the learning targets are, what responsibilities your school has, and how to help your child feel confident about taking the plunge.

Mental Maths challenges

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For primary school students, mental maths is more than being able to work out sums in their head without writing anything down. It's an important skill that incorporates all of the maths concepts they learn, and that they'll be tested on in key stage 2 SATs. Help your child gain confidence and accuracy in mental maths with tests targeted at their year group, plus a comprehensive guide for parents on what mental maths is all about.

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What is mental maths?

The ability to work sums in your head is an important skill that primary students must develop throughout the key stages. We explain what mental maths means in National Curriculum terms, and how you can help your child become a quick calculations whiz!

Year 1 mental maths test

This test doesn't need to be timed, but will help your child become familiar with mental maths exams and the skills they'll need to answer the questions quickly and accurately.

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7 ways to celebrate Peter Pan Week

Brilliant costumes to buy for World Book Day

6 fun activities for World Book Day

What parents need to know about the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

Reading to learn: how to get the most from reading with your children

Teachers’ top 10 classroom discipline tricks

Help! My child doesn’t want to go on the school swimming lessons – do they have to?

Mental Maths challenges

What is mental maths?

Year 1 mental maths test

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