In this episode we explore why boredom is such an important part of childhood. Claire our Early Years teacher explains how children who have been used to being bored can have better experiences at school. Lucy and Olivia join in with the chat and together we come up with ideas for helping you and your children to create opportunities for boredom and how to deal with those opportunities meaningfully and painlessly!

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In this episode we welcome our first guest to the podcast: Louise is Head of Lower School and Year 7 at a grammar school and she explains the expectations for starting Grammar school. Claire, our Early Years teacher explains the expectations of starting Primary school and we talk about how to best prepare your children for those transitions.

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In this episode we explore why Resilience is such an important part of learning. Claire, our early Years teacher explains how having resilience helps children across all areas of education as well as social and emotional development. Lucy, our Childminder explains how you can encourage that resilience in your children.

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In this episode we explain what is meant by early numeracy. Claire, our Early Years teacher describes what the skills and expectations look like in the classroom. Lucy, our Childminder gives top tips on how to encourage early counting and maths skills at home and how to fit it in to busy day.

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In this episode we explain what is meant by early literacy. Claire, our Early Years teacher describes what the skills and expectations look like in the classroom. Lucy, our Childminder gives tips on early reading and how to fit it in to a busy day.

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In this episode we look at the communication and social skills needed for starting school. Claire, our Early Years teacher explains what the expectation is for children starting school and Lucy, our Childminder, gives tips on how to encourage those skills in children getting ready to go to school so that they can be as successful as possible from day one.

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In this episode we talk all about the statutory tests that children do in Primary School: phonics screening check, the Multiplications check and the SATs. Claire and Olivia, our Primary School teachers explain what the children can expect and how best to prepare for them with as little stress as possible.

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This episode looks again at the school readiness checklist and in particular potty training. Claire, our Early teacher explains what is expected of your child when they start school when it comes to going to the toilet. She describes what the children can expect in class as well as how the teachers will help them. Lucy, our Nanny and Childminder then gives lots of great tips and information about how to get your children to the point where they are happy and confident when they start school.

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