•  On Jul, 17, 2022
•  Tarwala1

Mark Student’s Work It is important to Mark Student’s Work. The sooner the better after the lesson! Many children do not get their school work marked by a teacher. Example >A class of Grade 5 students was given an Enquiry task. >>Some tasks were done in class and other tasks given as Home Learning. >>A […]

•  On Jun, 29, 2018
•  Mary Keating

The child may make a sigh at the end of the reading task with a “Thank goodness that’s over” type of expression. That’s the moment to praise. That’s the moment of achievement.

•  On Feb, 27, 2018
•  Mary Keating

Anyone can teach division to Middle Primary School children. Methods have changed a bit over the years but they are not necessarily better. We can’t tell if they are better until we see results over time.

•  On Nov, 07, 2017
•  Mary Keating

Excessive homework is often at the insistence of parents. But his is about taking control. It is about applying good homework tasks that are based on sound research findings. 

•  On Sep, 17, 2017
•  Mary Keating

100  Sight Words  Often called high frequency words The First 100 Sight Words for Prep and Grade 1 is the quick route to reading. It does not change the importance of phonics in early literacy. The purpose of Sight Word Lists for early primary (elementary) school is for quick recognition. These words are frequently occurring […]

•  On Jul, 01, 2017
•  Mary Keating

Help With Creative Writing Help With Creative Writing gives step by step guidance. As parents you can help our older child with writing tasks.  It could be a creative writing task, a factual account, instructions on how to make something or a recount of an experience of their own. Creative writing tasks often challenge children, so […]

•  On Jun, 13, 2017
•  Mary Keating

Handwriting – An Intellectual Activity Why Handwriting is important.  More areas of our brain are used to hand-print than to type on a keyboard. And more areas of the brain are used to write in script than to hand-print. There have always been children with poor handwriting but the quality of teaching over the last […]