by admin | Feb 11, 2013 | Education Blog
New SATs for Yr.6 in 2013. Are you ready? Major changes have been made to the 2013 SATs exams for Key Stage 2 pupils in the UK. This year is the first time that children will be doing the spelling, grammar and punctuation exam. There will be no writing paper. Here...
by admin | Jan 23, 2013 | Education Blog
Kip McGrath Competition Encourages Young People to Dream Big. Kip McGrath Education Centre Ashford is inviting young people aged 9 to 14 years to get involved in a national competition called Dream a Big Dream. The Ashford Centre wants to hear from young people...
by admin | Jan 22, 2013 | Education Blog
“Hello Simon! I just wanted to let you know that I got my B in Maths and I’m overwhelmed! I’ve definitely gained a lot of confidence in myself now that its been proven that I’m quite good at it. I’ll be sitting a re-take in March in which...
by admin | Jan 22, 2013 | Education Blog
A very sensible point of view from Times Educational Blogger Sarah Ebner (and parent) about school closures. http://blogs.thetimes.co.uk/section/school-gate/96606/its-crazy-to-penalise-schools-for-shutting-due-to-snow/ It’s crazy to penalise schools for shutting due...
by admin | Jan 15, 2013 | Featured
We’re really proud to display a new certificate today. Kip McGrath Ashford “has achieved a level of excellence ” and is now recognised as a Diamond Centre. We would like to thank all our parents and their children for making our job such a great...
by admin | Jan 15, 2013 | Education Blog
As you have read previously Kip McGrath Ashford is part of a national writing competition. One of our featured athletes, Sam Ruddock gave up part of his busy weekend to visit a local Kip McGrath centre to talk about his Big Dream. Sam Ruddock T35 sprinter, who...
by admin | Dec 31, 2012 | Education Blog
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 2,600 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this...
by admin | Dec 20, 2012 | Education Blog
Next amongst our favourites is Santa Claus is Coming To Town A couple of versions, the traditional Nat King Cole http://youtu.be/rdZfMvo5l8U or a Motown version from the Jackson 5...
by admin | Dec 19, 2012 | Education Blog
After going a little low-brow with Mariah Carey, next is definitely high-brow with Bing Crosby and White Christmas Enjoy…. http://youtu.be/fWfyaLESG84
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