5 Ways to Support Your Child With Anxiety
A Parents' Guide to Surviving the Festive Season
The festive season can be a wonderful time. It's a season of joy, excitement and anticipation filled with family, food, gifts and celebration. Yet many can dread this time of..
Developing Oracy Skills at Key Stage 2 with Speech Therapy Strategies
This week Minister for school standards Robin Walker acknowledged phonics is crucial to reading development but ‘learning to decode words is just one element of becoming a fluent..
Does My Child Have Seasonal Affective Disorder?
The change of seasons can evoke strong emotions in us as humans. As leaves start to fall, some of us relish the change in temperature, the added layers and cosier nights, while..
5 ways to support your children through Corona-anxiety.
Life in lockdown When Boris Johnson announced the government’s decision to close schools, it certainly divided opinion in my house. My eldest child thought all his Christmases had..
The Forgotten Children Scandal – A Review
On the 18th July 2018, the House of Commons Education Committee put together their review of alternative provisions (APs) in the UK and the difficulties around providing education..
English as an Additional Language (EAL) or a Speech, Language and Communication Need (SLCN)?
Teaching children with English as an additional language (EAL) is not new for schools in the UK, but it still presents many challenges for lots of teachers. Children with EAL are..
