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What is SPaG? Your *FREE* complete vocabulary overview.
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...
David Winfield
Oct 26, 20221 min read
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Reading Lists - something for everyone
Our Summer Reading List has proved so popular we are popping it in here so families can grab it whenever they are looking for a new read....
David Winfield
Sep 6, 20221 min read
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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...
David Winfield
Jun 29, 20222 min read
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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...
David Winfield
Feb 10, 20221 min read
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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....
David Winfield
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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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...
David Winfield
Jan 20, 20221 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
Nov 30, 20212 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
Nov 8, 20213 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
Oct 1, 20213 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
Sep 30, 20211 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
Sep 23, 20213 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
Sep 20, 20214 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
Sep 13, 20213 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
Jun 29, 20213 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
Jun 22, 20212 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
Jun 14, 20211 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
May 24, 20213 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
May 17, 20211 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
May 13, 20213 min read
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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...
RocketLearn
May 4, 20211 min read
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