Education Takeaway

The government is to abandon the most significant education reform of the New Labour era in order to end the centralised control of schools and grant headteachers more powers, the Guardian has learned.In a totemic break from the Blair years, next week's education white paper will signal the end of...

Flashcards or Flash Cards. Either way they can be a great way to encourage children to learn and lots of fun for children and adults to play together. The Oxford Reading Tree Read at Home Flashcards are a fun way for children to learn common words used in English...

Experts looking at testing in England's schools have said formal Sats tests might eventually be replaced by teachers' assessments of their pupils.As taken from the BBC website

The Wear Valley Food Festival is the largest food festival in the North East, attracting in excess of 20,000 visitors last year...

Imagine my surprise when I opened an email on Monday evening entitled Did You Make it? I nervously opened the attachment and scrolled down the page to the catergory I had entered. I had been shorlised, along with another two, in the catergory Best e-commerce Website...

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JOLLY PHONICS FOR THE WHITEBOARDThe software provides a full and extensive year's programme for teaching Jolly Phonics throughly on an interactive whiteboard...

How to Find the Best Method for Teaching Your Child to Learn to ReadAccording to some reading experts there are four methods proven effective in teaching reading. These methods are phonics, look and say, the language experience approach, and the context support method...

Parents are being forced to educate their children at home after being told to send them to a failing school.

Education Takeaway have been asked to feature on Stallfinder. It is with great pleasure we have offered.Stallfinder.com is the UK's first one-stop shop for information on stallholders, events, fundraising and direct selling or party plan businesses...

Study finds that being read to and taught the alphabet means a promising start for children.From the GuardianChildren who are read to daily are likely to do better when they start school and be better behaved, according to a government study.Researchers at the Institute of Education found a...

The Digital Awards celebrate the achievements of businesses and organisations across the North East of England that have recognised, developed and practiced digital techniques to best effect.This region clearly has some very innovative businesses with strong digital elements...

EVERTHING YOU NEED TO TEACH JOLLY PHONICS ON THE WHITEBOARDThe software provides a full and extensive year's programme for teaching Jolly Phonics thoroughly on an interactive whiteboard...

There will be no Sats tests for 14-year-olds next year, announces Ed BallsNational tests for 14-year-old school pupils in England are to be scrapped, following this summer's Sats marking "shambles".Children's Secretary Ed Balls said an expert group would develop a system of assessment by...

In an attempt to get our site ranked higher in Google we have gone down the line of Social Bookmarking. So follow me on my adventure of Social Bookmarking and if you have any suggestions I am more than happy to listen to them. Visit our Squidoo lens with info on Jolly Phonics...

From BBC WebsiteThe Sats tests could end next year, Schools Secretary Ed Balls has hinted.They may be replaced by assessments tailored to the ability of each child, he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.The national tests are taken by about one million children aged seven, 11 and 14 across England...

From the BBC WebsiteChildren starting secondary schools in England this week will be the first to be legally required to stay in education until they are 17.The rise in the age at which pupils can end their studies is just one of several changes taking effect in English schools this term.New...

What do we mean by learning styles? It is the way a child concentrates on, absorbs, processes and retains what they are learning. We all have a preferred way of, learning not just children...

From the BBC WebsiteThe company behind the late delivery of England's school test results faces penalties that could cost it "tens of millions", the exams watchdog has said.Giving evidence to MPs, Ken Boston of the QCA, revealed that at one point there were 10,000 e-mail enquiries from markers...

Sometimes called High Frequency Years Words. Numeracy and Literacy are vial skills which every child needs to learn properly. The National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy is at the heart of the drive to raise standards in schools...

My daughter has recently done her year 6 Sat's. As parents we were keen to give her as much help and encouragement as we could. Her school provided us with some workbooks that she completed as part of her homework...

Well we didn't make it through to the next round of The North East Digital Awards. But we had lots of support from all our customers. So I would just like to say a big thank you to everyone that voted for us...

Fun Activities with a differenceWe have now uploaded our new stock from Zoobookoo. Is it a book or is it a cube? You decide. Available in Time Tables, Human Body, Word Forming, Addition & Subtraction, Numbers & Alphabet...

Jolly Phonics Hand Puppets Jolly Phonics Puppets are plush, soft, full-size, hand-puppets of the main characters in Jolly Phonics, to bring life to the teaching. Inky who teaches her friends how to read and write...

Is your child starting school in September. Are you getting a little anxious, does the thought fill you with dread? Remember these fellings are normal and you won't be on your own. Most of the other parents at the school gate will be having the same worries...

The North East Digital Awards celebrate high-quality innovation, media professionalism and technical excellence in the digital world. We have entered our site for this award and hope you will vote for us...

A Key Stage is a stage of the state education system in the uk setting the educational knowledge expected of students at various ages.Key Stage 1 Age 5-7 (Years 1 & 2)Key Stage 2 Age 7 - 11 (Years 3 to 6)Key Stage 3 Age 11 - 14 (Years 7 to 9)The Key Stages were first defined in The Key Stages were...