13/04/2025
We have been learning about subordinate conjunctions and the fact that we can use them in the middle of a sentence or at the beginning!!
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13/04/2025
We have been learning about subordinate conjunctions and the fact that we can use them in the middle of a sentence or at the beginning!!
21/01/2025
A super piece of writing that we have been working on recently - learning how to construct a paragraph, how to modify the verb to make it more interesting and using conjunctions.
19/03/2024
Learning to punctuate sentences by identifying independent clauses.
14/03/2024
We have been learning about independent clauses using a subject and a verb!
27/02/2024
Another fun game we like - learning number bonds to 20!
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
27/11/2023
We love playing this game I made to practise our times tables!
04/11/2023
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£6 taster session then £9 PAYG
25/09/2023
We love whacking the moles to learn about abstract nouns!
Abstract Nouns Whack-a-mole - Moles appear one at a time, hit only the correct ones to win.
08/05/2023
Love this! Who knew??
Dyslexia won’t stop us from doing anything. In fact, our different way of thinking often gives us a unique perspective on things, just like Ingvar Kamprad showed the world!
The rules for naming IKEA items were devised by IKEA's founder Ingvar Kamprad, who struggled with dyslexia and had trouble remembering the order of numbers in item codes.
The name IKEA itself is an acronym for Ingvar, Kamprad, Elmtaryd (his family's farm) and Agunnaryd (the village in Småland where he grew up in).
In fact, the unique IKEA naming system came about due to Ingvar’s dyslexia. Because Ingvar had trouble reading and remembering item codes, he simplified it so that products are named after a specific Swedish word based on the type of product.
For instance, outdoor furniture is named after Scandinavian islands.
Rugs are named after towns in Denmark or Sweden.
Bed and bath accessories are named after flowers and plants.
Beds are named after areas in Norway.
Shelves are named after occupations or boys' names, while fabrics and curtains are female names.
So while it may look strange at first glance, to the dyslexia thinker, this makes perfect sense!
You can read more about Ingvar’s dyslexia here:👇👇
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4184424/Secret-taxonomy-IKEA-product-names-revealed.html
And if you’re interested in the ‘IKEA Dictionary’, you can read about it here:👇
https://lar5.com/ikea/
This is sooo true and brilliant!