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Whether your child is preparing for entrance into independent schools or grammar schools, and whether you are in London or Manchester, the 11 Plus…
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Are children and teens really struggling to communicate with everyone else in the world? Or could this be down to them reading less than they used to? It certainly appears so. Studies show that less than 20% of teens in the United States read for pleasure. In the UK, this figure rises to about 30%.
Children’s exams – at all stages of education – usually bring some kind of dreaded creative writing task with them. These can truly make or break our relationship with our kids – if we’re not careful. Nonetheless, as this skill is often an important, nay decision-making part of the exam, it’s equally important to have the right approach when helping our children prepare to face these tricky challenges.