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YOUNG FILM ACADEMY -ST. JOHN’S WOOD http://www.youngfilmacademy.co.uk/courses/course-guide Age 8 – 18
SPORT AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Sport is a very important part of a child’s development and most schools advise that children play at least one sport. While on the one hand it encourages healthy competition, on the other hand, it helps build team spirit and camaraderie. It also serves another purpose. It helps children understand winning and losing which is
Before the beginning…a summary of nurseries in and around NW8
Below is a table which links to a summary of nurseries in and around St John’s Wood, NW8. When choosing a nursery school there are many things you may need to think about. Whether you want an academic nursery or you prefer one that has a play and learn policy is key. Whether you prefer
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Chitter Chatter – Benefits of Encouraging Multilingualism in Children
Learning a second or third language at an early age is said to improve the mind of a child especially when they are still young. Their minds, like sponges absorb languages much faster at a younger age than when they are taught later on. Most studies show that both cognitively and academically children who are
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All things sporty
It is a well known fact that children need at least half an hour of outdoor physical daily activity. Living in London where the sun does not necessarily make this an easy task, some of the activities listed below may help in some measure. If any one knows of any other schools or clubs other than those
Word on the street….a candid look at the pre-preps around NW8
As a starting point, the Good Schools Guide is a great resource for anyone just feeling their way around private school education. There are also great websites which offer information on the relevant schools like, http://www.tatler.com http://www.londonpreprep.com/schools the Good Schools Guide also have a website for which you have to subscribe and can be found at,
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Pre-prep assessment preparation
Pre-prep assessments in North London schools are amongst the most competitive and parents often enter their children for as many schools as possible in the hope that their little ones will be offered a place in any one of the top schools in the area. It is often, quite a stressful time for most parents
Introduction to pre-prep assessment worksheets
A good way to get your child to learn while still having fun is to make it into a game.The worksheets I have attached links to have been taken from Kidslearningstation and are a pretty good way to get them started. There are also a lot of books and games on Amazon that can help in
Learning directions
These sheets will help a child who already has some sense of direction. The left and right worksheets are great for fine tuning and making sure that they understand which side is which whether they are crossing the road or looking at a sheet of paper. facing-right-worksheet-vehicles facing-left-worksheet-vehicles facing-right-worksheet-animals facing-left-worksheet-animals learn-left-right-vehicles learn-left-right-shapes left-right-worksheet left-right-worksheet-shapes learn-left-right-shapes-color
Cutting Practice
These sheets are great for practising cutting and getting little hands used to gripping a piece of paper, turning it in different ways to cut along the lines properly. The more they practise, the better their grip will become and the stronger their wrists and fingers will become. cutting-curves cutting straight lines cutting lines cutting
Letter recognition
Once your child is fairly familiar with his letters, these are a good way of warming up all that knowledge, just before the day of the assessment. words-letter-A words-letter-B words-letter-C words-letter-D words-letter-E words-letter-F words-letter-G words-letter-H words-letter-I words-letter-J words-letter-K words-letter-L words-letter-M words-letter-N words-letter-O words-letter-P words-letter-Q words-letter-R words-letter-S words-letter-T words-letter-U words-letter-V words-letter-W words-letter-X words-letter-Y words-letter-Z
Counting practice
Once your child has mastered general counting, these are a good way to improve their precision and writing skills. summer-counting-practice savanna-animals-counting-practice ocean-animals-6 insects-counting-2 farm-animals-counting-worksheet easter-counting-worksheet-three easter-counting-worksheet-nine easter-counting-worksheet-five easter-counting-practice bugs-counting-7 christmas-count8