Author Archives: Elaine (Littlesheep Learning)

Can your child swim?

A report today following research by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) states that a third of children in England cannot swim by the time they leave primary school and suggests many non-swimmers have never had a school swimming lesson despite … Continue reading

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Morning

I haven’t joined in The Gallery for a long time but today wasn’t just any old morning it was Biggest Littlesheep’s eighth birthday – so here is a photo of them this morning. The younger two had just written their cards … Continue reading

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Harry Potter Learning

Biggest Littlesheep has just finished reading the first Harry Potter book and is now devouring the second which is amazing considering how reluctant a reader he was until relatively recently. So with Hogwarts in mind here are some some magical … Continue reading

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Birthday Competition

Win an Old MacDonald Lotto Game To help us celebrate Littlesheep Learning’s birthday we are pleased to be running this competition to win an Old Macdonald Lotto Game. To be entered into the competition to win an Old Macdonald Lotto Game … Continue reading

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Silent Sunday

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Independence

Today Biggest Littlesheep has gone to Beaver Camp  was taken the first time he went but as he set of today it reminded me of a post I wrote on the old blog about it. Going away with the Beavers … Continue reading

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Poorly

Today (somewhat unusually for a family with three school-age children) I had my first day with one off sick – luckily it appears to be a fairly minor bug and we didn’t require a trip to the doctor or the … Continue reading

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We’re a finalist!

This morning I woke up to tweets and facebook messages congratulating me on being a finalist in the MADS 2012 – trust me to have had an early night when the shortlists were published! I’m one of just five finalists … Continue reading

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Newsletter

It is a long time since Littlesheep Learning has sent out a monthly newsletter and one of the things that we have challenged ourselves to do this year is to get this up and running again. There are two easy … Continue reading

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Phonics Screening

If you have a child in year one at school (like I do) you may have recently been told about the Year 1 Phonics Screening that is going to take place during June. Academic research has found that the best way … Continue reading

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