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How after school activities help students
After school activities are more than simply a way for kids to pass the time – they also provide demonstrable benefits for young people, ranging from the physical and emotional to improving social and academic skills. Here are just a few of the ways that after school activities can help students within their school and personal lives.
Connecting Children to their natural world: The forest school way
Do you run out of ideas for activities for the weekends and school holidays? Are you fed up with the kids being glued to a screen? Make getting outside more fun for everyone – The Forest School Way.
Your home school essentials. What no home-classroom should be without!
This year has seen our children spend extended time at home and us parents’ battle with everything from Pythagoras theorem and long division, to book reports, graphs, charts and science experiments. Home-schooling is no mean feat and many of us have a renewed respect for teachers and those in the educational sector!
How parents feel about children returning to school
A survey of 2,000 mums and dads of school-age children found they think it will take at least three weeks on average before their child is fully settled back into the school routine. What do you think?
HOME SCHOOLING DURING COVID-19: WEEK 18
So that’s a wrap! We made it to the end of term. A very different term with so many different challenges. It has pushed my patience to the limits, challenged me in ways I didn’t think were possible, but most of all I’m really proud how all four children have handled this very strange period in time. We’ve created a lifetime of memories in a few months.
HOME SCHOOLING DURING COVID-19: WEEK 17
Outside of school catch up and check in sessions here are a few of the things we’ve been up to this week.
HOME SCHOOLING DURING COVID-19: WEEK 13
This week has been a really wet week. It’s been a massive contrast to the glorious weather we’ve mainly had over the lockdown weeks so I think it was a bit of a shock to the system. We don’t let the rain stop us getting outside, but it does reduce the amount of time we spend outside.
Home-schooling: Outdoor learning opportunities
Home-schooling, crisis schooling, whatever you are referring to it as, we are now into our 11th week. Are you getting into a groove with it? Has it made you want to home-school full time? Or are you tearing your hair out?