Teaching Children How to Tell the Time: Hints and Tips
Learning how to tell the time can be a tricky business so we’ve pulled together some hints and tips on how you can support your child to learn this essential skill.
#Rethinking ICT in schools: what’s in a name?
Reflections on the debate of how ICT should figure in schools following our visit to the Rethinking ICT conference. Should the reform of ICT in schools start with a change of name?
Smoothing the way from EYFS to Key Stage 1
How do you achieve continuity in learning for children as they progress from home and pre-school through Reception into Years 1 and 2? Our thoughts on smoothing the way from EYFS to Key Stage 1, drawing on three substantial reviews of early years and primary education in England.
New phonics test for 6 yr olds in English primary schools
We consider the new ‘reading test’ that is being introduced into our Primary schools in June of this year. The test focuses solely on testing children’s phonic knowledge…
Curriculum reform
As users of the site will know all busythings activities are explicitly linked to topics in the EYFS, National Curriculum KS1 and the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. This means we have been following the evolution of the Westminster Government’s programme of reforms for the Early Years Foundation Stage and the National Curriculum in England with …