by Greg Parry | Sep 27, 2020 | Teaching and Learning
Part 7 of GSE’s “What We Believe” Series: Helping Children Learn Faster and Retain More Achieving the very best outcomes in Education is all about team work. Parents play an essential role in the development of a child’s character, confidence,...
by Duncan Douglas | Jun 9, 2020 | Teaching and Learning
The Finnish education system has enjoyed a lot of ‘buzz’ … and for good reason too. It routinely outperforms the UK, USA and Australia in Maths, Reading and Science and continually ranks highly on the PISA (Program for International Student Assessment). People may...
by Greg Parry | Feb 17, 2020 | Teaching and Learning
High quality play is spontaneous The value and principles of high quality play can be and have been widely debated. Rather than viewing play as a way of using excess energy it can also be viewed as rewarding, motivating and challenging while being used to meet the...
by Greg Parry | Feb 17, 2020 | Teaching and Learning
Active Learning Why is ‘Active learning’ important as opposed to the isolation or memorisation of facts and figures? In short active learning requires children to be involved and engaged in with an activity. It requires children to be doing something that develops...
by Greg Parry | Feb 17, 2020 | Teaching and Learning
Play Based Learning The use of play by children of all ages is not questioned and is accepted as being a natural part of childhood. Quite often ‘Play’, is referred to as something that all children take part in and is part of everyday life. From an adult’s...
by Greg Parry | Dec 18, 2019 | Teaching and Learning
Role Play Accelerates Learning Role play accelerates learning when we understand the power of play. Small children learn most of what they know from watching influential adults and other people around them. They then use role play to practise, test and model these...
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