Summer holidays? Relax and Recharge or keep learning?
Views as to whether a child should partake in learning over the Summer holiday vary widely from one family to the next. There are those...
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David Winfield
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Vocabulary - Adaptations Part 2: Figures of Speech.
In the third of our resources on SPaG (Spelling and Grammar), we complete our tour of the Vocabulary strand of the curriculum by looking...
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David Winfield
- Feb 1
- 1 min
SPaG - Word Adaptations
SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) is a phrase you will often hear from teachers when talking about your child's work in English....
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David Winfield
- Jan 20
- 1 min
SPaG - what exactly does it mean?
SPaG is a phrase you will often hear from teachers when talking about English for your child. Whilst you may know what it stands for...
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RocketLearn
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
Creative Writing Tips
Creative writing can be a tricky topic for children. Too often they will write about the same themes (usually ones close to their...
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RocketLearn
- Nov 8, 2021
- 3 min
Cool Christmas Gifts for Children
With Halloween done and dusted you might find yourself Turing to Christmas ideas or indeed you might be one of those mega organised...
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RocketLearn
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Half term city ideas
With half-term swiftly approaching we take a look at five cities in the UK that might be worth a visit for your family and all boasting...
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RocketLearn
- Sep 30, 2021
- 1 min
Love or Hate???
Do you get driven mad by the overuse of love or hate? I find myself constantly saying "hate is a very strong word!". One of our tutors...
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RocketLearn
- Sep 23, 2021
- 3 min
Homework- what's it all about???
Homework remains a topic that causes much debate. A quick internet search will find you those extolling the virtues of it together with...
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RocketLearn
- Sep 20, 2021
- 4 min
Entrance Exams: How to prepare
Preparing for 11+ and Grammar school entrance exams can cause huge amounts of stress for parents and children. Here we look at some of...
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RocketLearn
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
September School Start - making the most of it!
September – the most important month of the year? The start of the new academic year is always an exciting time – never more so than this...
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RocketLearn
- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
Summer Learning for Primary aged children? Friend or Foe?
David Winfield our co-founder takes a look at holiday learning and the different views and considerations for parents looking to see how...
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RocketLearn
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
World Wellbeing Week
You may have seen already, but this week is World Wellbeing Week! So, what is wellbeing? Wellbeing can be described as a state of being...
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RocketLearn
- Jun 14, 2021
- 1 min
Summer Reading Sorted
Download our reading list above including the best and latest books for children aged 7-13 as chosen by leading English expert, Kate...
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RocketLearn
- May 24, 2021
- 3 min
Board Games to stop you being bored - five quick inclusive games for all the family
At RocketLearn we are all about combining the best of technology and the best of people. Yes, we encourage online learning, equally we...
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RocketLearn
- May 17, 2021
- 1 min
Resources to support online learning!
There is so much online that can help your child with their learning, however the key is knowing what is good and what's not! Who has the...
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RocketLearn
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
Online V Face-to-Face Tutoring
One potential positive that arose from lockdown was the move to more online tutoring. It was fantastic to hear the stories of the number...
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RocketLearn
- May 4, 2021
- 1 min
Does spelling drive you mad?
It can be hard to know which words your child should be able to spell at which age, our word lists for Years 3-6 will help! There are a...
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RocketLearn
- Apr 22, 2021
- 1 min
Promoting well-being for your child - meditation & mindfulness
There is so much in the press at the moment about well-being, never before has mental health been so important. The effects of the...
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RocketLearn
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
Covid-19: Salvaging the positives for education
Covid-19 has brought considerable disruption to the education of young people, academically and from a social and wellbeing perspective....
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