Summer Learning 2010

 In these booklets you’ll find general advice for any age child and, for children coming to the end of YE to Y5, separate booklets offering specific guidance and ideas.

The holidays are great opportunities for our students to gather valuable new life skills and experiences through travel, hobbies and family time. Some parents and teachers, nevertheless, may be anxious that skills learnt by the children during the year may lose their sharpness without some ongoing practice before school starts again.
 
With this in mind, the Primary School teachers have put on their thinking caps and have come up with some ideas and optional activities that can help you to keep your child’s brain active and in tip top condition ready for their return.

Learning happens best when we are motivated, so it is important that the children enjoy any study you ask them to do during their holidays. Please make sure that the work does not become a source of unhappiness or begins to feel like a punishment. At the same time, it is also a good idea to avoid giving rewards to your child for doing holiday work. Learning should be fun and a reward in its own right. Remember it is a holiday, and holidays should be enjoyable and relaxing.