Are you a BrightMinder?

Are you a BrightMinder?

What is a BrightMinder? Whether you are a Mum, Dad, Uncle, Aunt, Grannie, Grandad, teacher or friendly neighbour we all have the responsibilities of a ‘BrightMinder’. A BrightMinder nurtures a child’s ‘bright mind’; that precious spark, that inner genius, that...
Phonics Screening Check Year 1

Phonics Screening Check Year 1

Phonics Screening Check takes place in Year 1, in 2014 the checks will take place week commencing 16th June 2014. What is Phonics? Every word we read is split into ‘sound chunks’, there are around 42 different sounds which make up the English language. Sounds such as...