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Three Golden Rules of Active Listening

29 May 2019

How much time did you spend talking today, and how much time did you spend listening?

In a busy world there are many things that get in the way of listening, the main one being our attitude. Perhaps you can relate to this:
You're busy with some last-minute paperwork when a student comes up to you and says, "That maths was really ...."Before she can finish you jump in with "Oh! You poor thing, multiplication is so tricky!" You look up at the student as she rolls her eyes and says, "I was going to say fun!"

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How do students learn thousands of new words each year?

18 April 2019

Did you know that hundreds of new words such as selfie, hangry, binge-watch, cray, and SMH (shake my head!) are added to the Oxford English dictionary every year?

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How to Write Simple Sentences

2 April 2019

If the past tense of buy is bought, should the past tense of fly be flought? What about goed instead of went, or teached instead of taught? English grammar is complicated, and the many exceptions to the rule can be very confusing. Even a simple sentence is not always as simple as it seems!

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Horse or Hoarse?

20 February 2019

There are hundreds of homophones in the English language, and they are some of the most commonly misspelled words!

To complicate matters, spell check doesn't recognise homophone errors if the spelling is correct, but you have written the wrong word!

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Teacher Aides Make a Difference

30 August 2018

Ask any parent or teacher what they think of the teacher aides at their school, and you'll hear words such as awesome, wonderful, worth their weight in gold, angels, superheroes, legends and more....

We couldn't agree more, and want to share with you why we think teacher aides make a difference.

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