How to help your child with multiplication

There are three formal written methods for multiplication used in Key Stage 2 : grid method, short multiplication and long multiplication.

What does multiplication looks like in each year group?

How to help your child learn to read

Helping your child learn to read is one of the greatest gifts you can give them. However, it is not only about helping them to read the words on the page; it is also about asking questions to check their understanding of what they have read. Here are some ideas to help to develop their reading skills and encourage a love of reading.

Avoid the Summer Slide! How to help your child in the summer holidays

Children may experience the ‘Summer Slide’ over the six week break where some of the knowledge and skills they have previously learnt are forgotten by the time they go back to school in September. Here are some ideas to help prevent this from happening and prepare them for the new school year: