I have recently started tutoring a girl in Year 5. She was having trouble with fractions- simplifying them. Such as simplify: 20/25 24/40 12/36 Answers at the bottom! She struggled as she is not confident with her times tables. So we went back to practising them. This was the undercut. I know it might […]
I enjoy teaching measurements especially capacity: how much a container holds. It is a lot of fun when water and jugs are involved! I do think it is the best way to give a child the idea of how much a litre/half a litre is or how much a pint/half a pint is. It can […]
Yesterday I was helping a pupil with spelling the days of the week and months of the year. We looked in the dictionary for the derivation of the words July and August. After that, he was keen to know where all the words had dervied from and surprised his Mum with his new-found knowledge. Pupils […]