By Louis Scott
British schools are renowned worldwide for the quality of the education they offer. However, the way the system works is often confusing for families. In this article, we’ll walk you through the UK school system at every age – covering the key exams, entry points, and comparisons with the US grading system. The UK system […]
Then let us begin… Zanna Clarke, EYFS expert and Marketing and Communications Manager at Little Dukes, examines the learning needed before reading can start Learning to read starts well before formal phonics instruction. In the early years, children need rich experiences that help them tune into language, rhythm, and meaning. Pre-reading activities are powerful because […]
Melanie Saunders, Chief Education Advisor, High Performance Learning, discusses the link between language and understanding We have known about ‘The Word Gap’, for 20 years. Risley and Hart’, in their ominously titled study, The Early Catastrophe,found that children from disadvantaged backgrounds hear, on average, 30m fewer spoken words by the age of three than their […]