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5 Top Ways to Help a Friend Facing Infertility
There might be more than 5 top ways to help a friend facing infertility but supporting a friend going through infertility can be a challenge. Many times, you want to be supportive but you are not sure how your support will be taken. Will your support be viewed as intrusive, insensitive, or unloving? It can…
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10 Affordable Kids Toy Storage Ideas
Affordable kids Toy Storage Ideas Finding the best kids toy storage that fits your space perfectly is always tricky and to be honest to find a solution that works perfectly with your colour scheme can mean you might need to forget your design aspiration and buy anything that will serve the purpose of hiding the toys…
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What does consistency looks like?
“Consistency lays the foundation and creates expectations. Promoting consistency within any school is tantamount to laying the cornerstone of an effective school, for the consistency which you create, develop, nurture and enhance will eventually permeate your school.” Sura Hara (2008) Consistency is a common word used by school leaders continuously. It is a word that underpins…
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The Gruffalo – Classic Activity
Our core text was The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. The children enjoyed all the activities we created around this classic book. Sticking and Gluing We cut out the template for The Gruffalo masks. The children created one each. Mark Making We focused on vocabulary building, the children described the character and made marks. We extended…
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Inspired Learning
Our Learning was inspired by a child who came into Nursery dressed as a Knight.We discussed Knights and their role in the castle.We decided to build our castle The process I got a play castle, the children started to copy the design Play Castle They were so engaged The build The completed design They really…
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Rubies: 5 – 11 years
Learning how to spell Nothing turns me off a beautiful piece of writing than poorly spelt words. I have this ‘eye for details’ perhaps as a former architect who believes the details are important. Why children need to learn to spell correctly? This section is based on material from Spelling it Right at http: //www.spelling.hemscott.net.…
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Precious : 0 – 12 months
Babies and BooksBabies as young as three months find pleasure in language. They enjoy being sung to and read to, and they like it when you tell them stories and rhymes. All this is a good basis for their later enjoyment of books. What you can do to help your baby.1. Choose picture books that…
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New Year : Doing more with your children
Happy New Year Everyone!I challenge all parents to do more activities this year with their children. Be prepared to be more ‘hands on’, ‘out there’ and ‘tuned in’. Get ready to break the barriers in your children education. List of educational activities you can do more with your children this Year: Read a book for at…
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Connecticut on my mind.
As a teacher, I am still in shock over what happened on Friday 14th December, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut. I have no words to express the pain I feel for the twenty precious children and the six adults. I join the rest of the world to pray that their parents, families and friends…
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Christmas is at the door: Giving the best gifts
It is the build up to the Christmas holidays and as parents/ carers we are planning to give our children the best gifts. Our preference of gifts differs on our budget, availability and durability. However, above our preference for gifts, the best gift we can give our children regardless of the occasion is the gift…
