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Reading: Stories About Starting School

The first day of school brings mixed emotions to children of all ages. While some will fee…

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Singapore's Spring Camps 2019

Don't know what to do with the kids this spring break? Then why not let WhichSchoolAdvisor…

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Make 2019 a Year of Family Resolutions

Most of us start the new year with unbounded optimism and a clutch of resolutions. Unfortu…

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Stories About Starting School

The first day of school brings mixed emotions to children of all ages. While some will fee…

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Reasons to Join Your Child's School PTA

Members of Parent Teacher Groups (PTG) are anything but the do-gooders and busy-bodies ass…

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Expert View: Childhood Friends, Saying Farewell

Expat kids tend to develop a global outlook argues Jane Evans, author and expert on childh…

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Reading Hacks: How to Get Your Child Reading

During our long hot summers, reading is an ideal ‘quiet time’ occupation for c…

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Memo to Google: Written in Crayon!

This heavily analysed (and no doubt expensive) data pointed clearly to the fact that&helli…

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Messy Play: It's Less Mess, More Science! 

The chaos, the paint, the slime, the crayons, the mud, the ‘creations’ made by…

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10 Top Tips to a 'Happy' First Day at Nursery

What on earth do you do?  How long will this go on for?  Can your nerves take it…

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Essential Books for the Reluctant Reader

If children do not take pleasure in the written word, they read significantly less than th…

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Is it Too Much? The End of Term Gift Dilemma

Whilst some might argue that teaching is a job much the same as any other, most parents wo…

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How to Make Your Child A Maths Star - By Playing!

Many of us look back at learning Maths and wonder how exactly we got through those tortuou…

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Helping Early Speaking, Reading Development

Most Early Years Professionals will agree that a child’s environment during their fi…

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Tips To Give Your Secondary-Starter an Edge

August can be a time of apprehension and uncertainty as thousands of students look towards…

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WSA's Top 100 books for Children Under Ten

Here you'll find our top 100 books for children under 10. Stories are essential to the hum…

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Examinations are Dead, Long Live Education

This time of year should be a cause for celebration: students the world over have now rece…

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Tips on Primary To Secondary School Transition

Is your child heading for secondary school this September? Maybe they’re beginn…

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6 Awesome Tips For Primary Preparation

Jumeirah Baccalaureate School's Joanne Taylor says the 'back to school' focus for parents …

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Raising Narcissists by Overstating Achievements

Children who are told they are special by their parents are more likely to become narcissi…

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Critical Parenting Leads To Anxiety Disorders for Children

As competition for the best school and university places increases - a competition that ha…

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Loving Grandparents: A Vital Relationship

I have to face facts; I am getting on. As I travel around the city, as I meet people at wo…

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Do you really know what your kids get up-to on social media?

As ever more child-friendly platforms launch and sophisticated new devices hit the market,…

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Two Reports Shed New Light On Children's Happiness

With exams looming, students are approaching their most stressful time of the year. Contin…

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