Educational Games can provide great benefits
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Educational games have the potential to help a child develop their learning skills.
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Why is primary education important?
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Primary education fulfils the needs students due the first few years of school life.
It aims to ensure the development of children – in order to develop their social, cognitive, cultural, emotional and physical skills to the best of their abilities.
Primary education overall improves children’s awareness, opens opportunities and reduces inter-generational poverty. Ultimately access to higher standards of education has more of an impact on academic progress than other factors, including social/economic family background and gender.
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Inside the heart of EDArcade
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EDArcade can play a crucial role in saving children’s education.
Our aim is to pioneer reengagement for students in education. This report has suggested that up to 20% of pupils are currently undertaking less than one hour of schoolwork per day.
Working with you, we can support student catch up; help pupils to understand tough to teach topics, improve confidence and enjoy learning again.
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Why is game-based learning important at home?
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Game Based Learning plays an important role in teaching and learning.
Gaming creates a dynamic that can inspire learners to develop skills and build an emotion connection to learning and subject matter.
Why is it important to engage with learning at home and how can games based learning help achieve this?
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What is PSHE?
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PSHE is abbreviation of personal, social, health and economic education.
The national curriculum states that: all schools should make provision for personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), drawing on good practice.
The subject helps children and young people grow and develop as individuals and as a member of families and social and economic communities.
What does it entail? This blog post explains.
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How many primary school pupils are attending school?
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Primary school pupils in England returned on Monday with social distancing and limited class sizes.
However some councils guarded against reopening – with 90% of schools in some areas remaining closed.
What are the current requirements of pupils returning? What is preventing parents sending their children back? And how can blended learning support pupils?
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20 unbelievable science facts that will shock you
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Science is in the news every single day. From NHS stories, to issues with fracking, climate change, discoveries, nature and the solar system it is something which is unavoidable.
Science has benefits from helping us improve of way of life, our quality of life and helping others. It’s importance means it is compulsory from primary schools up to GCSE. To become a doctor it takes up to 14 years of training to become specialised.
In this unprecedented times, science is never out of the spotlight. And whether it’s chemistry, biology or physics you’re interested in – these unbelievable science facts will blow your mind.
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Top 10 educational games to keep children occupied
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Many parents are unsure how to entertain their children following school closures announced on Wednesday.
The decision has crated an uncertain time for parents and pupils. Many parents do not want education to cease.
But how should you keep children occupied during the period, and how can you ensure education continues? This blog post is the top 10 educational games to keep children occupied.
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Why maths is essential from a very young age
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Maths is an essential in everyday life. We use mathematics concepts each day in our lives (often without realising). The subject governs everything around us and without a good understand a person could encounter difficult problems in life.
There is a reason why maths is one of the first subjects we learn at school.
This blog post explains the reasons why maths is essential and you can use online learning to improve your ability.
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Top 10 tips for online safety
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What are the top 10 tips for online safety?
Children’s internet use is at record high levels. On average, 5 to 15 year olds spend 15 hours a week online. Access to the internet is at an all time high, with almost 50% of 5 to 15 year olds have their own tablet.
But with the knowledge and social benefits that increased technology promotes, it also carries increased risk.
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How do you explain British values to different cultures?
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The Department for Education (DfE) published guidance on promoting British values in schools in 2014. This was done with the aims of ensuring young people leave school prepared for life in modern Britain.
But how should a school approach teaching these British values to different cultures?
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