When I was at school, I had a trusty mini dictionary in my bag and out it came in my lessons (not just in English) for any tricky words I needed help with. Dictionaries were a mainstay of pupils’ desks everywhere. Nowadays, we tend to rely on spell checks (but as we...
The Exciting Next Stage Of Your Education Back to school isn’t easy for anyone. It often brings a sense of dread, knowing that the summer has come to an end and the new school year is about to start. This applies to teachers, too! It’s like having the Sunday night...
YA Fiction YA (Young Adult) readers are spoilt for choice – there is so much to choose from nowadays that no-one can say ‘there’s nothing to read’. Just take a look in your local library or bookshop and see what’s on offer – believe me, there will be a good number....
There is always a good reason to celebrate something. This might be a special day, or, in this case, a week. The third full week of July is known as Capture the Sunset week – and who doesn’t love a good sunset? You can probably recall lots of times you have seen an...
There is nothing better than reading when the nights are long and it is warm outside. You might have a perfect bench in your garden, or maybe you live near water and can settle down on a riverbank or by the sea. But often we find ourselves short on time – and maybe we...
