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Reading for Pleasure - Top Tips for Parents

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Reading for Pleasure - Top Tips for Parents

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Ms R Bassa - Librarian (Senior Phase)

shares her top tips for engaging reluctant readers at home.

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Riz - Reading For Pleasure Parent Tips Vdeo

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Supporting Our English as an Additional Language Students at Home

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Supporting Our English as an Additional Language Students at Home

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Supporting Our English as an Additional Language Students at Home.mp4

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A fun BBC series that teaches everyday English expressions in just a few minutes. Great for building listening skills and using natural phrases in conversation.

💡 Parent Tip: Pick one new phrase a week and challenge your child to use it in real life.

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The English We Speak is your chance to catch up on the very latest English words and phrases. In under 3 minutes, we help you stay ahead of the pack by giving you 'must have' phrases that you can use in your everyday conversation. Amaze your friends, impress your teachers and delight your parents with these fantastic words and phrases.

Let us know how you get on using them on Twitter and Facebook.

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BBC Learning English - The English We Speak

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The English We Speak is your chance to catch up on the very latest English words and phrases. In under 3 minutes, we help you stay ahead of the pack by giving you 'must have' phrases that you can use in your everyday conversation.

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Listening Through Stories

BBC Learning English offers free audio dramas and mini-series, perfect for improving listening and comprehension skills while keeping it fun.

💡 Parent Tip: Pause halfway through an episode and ask your child to predict what happens next.

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BBC Radio - BBC Learning English Drama - Downloads

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Podcast downloads for BBC Learning English Drama

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Century Tech – Smarter Homework for Core Subjects

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Century Tech – Smarter Homework for Core Subjects

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Why We Use Century Tech at Repton:
Century Tech is an AI-powered learning platform that supports students in English, Maths, and Science. It personalises homework and practice, giving your child the right level of challenge while tracking their progress.

Adapts to your child’s strengths and areas for improvement.

Provides bite-sized tasks that build confidence step by step.

Gives teachers detailed insights into progress in core subjects.

How parents can support:

Encourage your child to log in regularly and complete their assigned homework tasks.

Review their progress dashboard with them and celebrate areas of growth and encourage persistence where topics are tricky.

Ask them to explain one thing they learnt on Century Tech that week; teaching it back reinforces understanding.

💡 Parent Tip: Create a regular homework routine, even 15–20 minutes on Century Tech a few times a week makes a big difference.

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CENTURY is the tried and tested intelligent intervention tool that combines artificial intelligence with the latest research in learning science and neuroscience. It creates constantly adapting personalised pathways for every student and powerful intervention data for teachers. Our intelligent intervention tool works with you to stretch and support every student – instantly addressing gaps in knowledge, remedying misconceptions and providing resources for teacher-led interventions. Find out more at www.century.tech

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Booat Vocabulary - Word Learning That Sticks

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Booat Vocabulary - Word Learning That Sticks

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Vocabulary.com makes learning new words engaging and interactive. Students can play games, take quizzes, and see words used in real-life sentences. It’s a great way to build vocabulary for reading, writing, and exams.

💡 Parent Tip: Encourage your child to learn one new word a day. Ask them to teach the word back to you in a sentence; teaching helps learning stick!

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Find out how strong your vocabulary is and learn new words at Vocabulary.com.

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Vocabulary.com helps you learn new words, play games that improve your vocabulary, and explore language.

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Does your child enjoy drawing or looking at pictures? Storybird turns artwork into inspiration for writing. Students can choose from thousands of beautiful illustrations and create their own stories, poems, or picture books.

💡 Parent Tip: Sit with your child and pick one picture together. Ask them, “What’s happening here?” or “What could happen next?” to spark their imagination.

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Storybird - Read, write, discover, and share the books you'll always remember.

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Become a better writer with Storybird's creativity tools. Online courses, challenges, and reader feedback will help you improve your writing.

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One Stop for Careers, Universities & Skills:
Unifrog is an online platform that helps students from Year 7 to Year 13 explore their future pathways. It combines career profiles, university courses, apprenticeships, and skills-building activities all in one place.

Explore careers linked to their subjects.

Compare universities and courses worldwide.

Build CVs and personal statements.

💡 Parent Tip: Log in with your child and explore career profiles together. Ask them, “Which pathway excites you most and why?”

Conversations like this build motivation and purpose.

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Everything you need, in one place.

Our platform helps students with the whole progression process - from exploring their interests, to recording the great things they've done, to finding education and training opportunities, to drafting their applications.

Unifrog also helps teachers and counselors to manage the process - from delivering engaging lessons using our off-the-shelf teaching resources, to tracking careers interactions, to drafting References, to submitting applications.
More about International schools More about UK schools + colleges

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We help students compare every opportunity, then apply successfully. We also empower teachers and counselors to manage the progression process effectively.

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Dubai Smart Library – Free Access to Books & Journals

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Dubai Smart Library – Free Access to Books & Journals

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Dubai Smart Library gives students and families free access to thousands of e-books, journals, newspapers, and academic resources in both English and Arabic.

Provides high-quality resources for school projects, essays, and exam preparation.

Encourages independent research and critical reading.

Offers bilingual materials to strengthen both English and Arabic literacy.

Connects your child to global knowledge and UAE cultural resources.

💡 Parent Tip: Explore the library with your child. Choose one article, short story, or book chapter each week and discuss it together.

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Discover a world of knowledge at your fingertips. Browse our extensive collection of books, journals, and digital resources.

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At Repton, we use a shared vocabulary across Years 7–13 to help students succeed in English and beyond. This booklet brings together essential key words with translations in Arabic, Russian, Chinese, and Farsi to support every learner.

Inside you’ll find:

Core English terms explained (e.g. analyse, inference, context).

Year-group-specific vocabulary lists.

Multilingual support for parents to use at home.

💡 Parent Tip: Pick one or two words a week and encourage your child to use them in conversation, writing, or while revising.

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Helping Your Child Think Deeper with Bloom’s Taxonomy

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Helping Your Child Think Deeper with Bloom’s Taxonomy

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Teachers often use Bloom’s Taxonomy to design questions that move from simple recall to deep thinking. Parents can use the same approach at home to boost literacy skills.

Levels of Thinking:

Remember: Recall facts (What happened in the story?)

Understand: Explain ideas (Why did the character do that?)

Apply: Use knowledge (How would this apply today?)

Analyse: Break down information (What’s the difference between…?)

Evaluate: Judge and justify (Do you agree? Why?)

Create: Make something new (Write an alternative ending.)

💡 Parent Tip: When helping with homework or revision, move beyond “What?” questions and try “Why?” and “How?” ones too.

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BBC Bitesize offers clear guides, videos, and quizzes for every subject your child studies from Year 7 to Year 13. It breaks big topics into small, easy-to-digest lessons, perfect for revision or homework help.

Covers English, Maths, Science, History, Geography & more.

Includes past paper questions and model answers.

Free and easy to access anytime

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Secondary Homework Help | Online subjects - BBC Bitesize

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Learn with Bitesize's Secondary School homework help. Sign in to save your favourite subjects, topics and revision guides.

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Home - Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

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The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature is the Arab World's largest celebration of the written and spoken word, featuring international and regional writers, poets, thinkers, and speakers from around the world.

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If your child finds reading difficult or avoids it, you’re not alone. Many older students still need encouragement and strategies that make reading less stressful.

Reading Rockets offers parent-friendly advice on how to support struggling readers at home from building confidence to choosing the right texts.

💡 Parent Tip: Start with topics your child already enjoys (sports, current affairs, graphic novels). Success with familiar content helps build confidence.

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A comprehensive, practical guide for recognizing, diagnosing, and overcoming any childhood reading difficulty. Provides a four-step plan for identifying and resolving deficiencies, as well as advice for those whose kids received weak instruction during the crucial early years,

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Even at senior level, reading together with your child has a powerful impact. It builds discussion skills, strengthens vocabulary, and gives you and your child a chance to connect through stories, current affairs, and ideas that shape their world.

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Encourage your child to read one reliable news article each week, such as from The National. After reading, ask:

What viewpoint is the writer putting forward?

What evidence do they use to support it?

This simple routine builds critical thinking, debate skills, and awareness of the world around them.

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UAE news | From Dubai, Abu Dhabi and across the Emirates | The National

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Get the latest updates & breaking headlines from across the UAE including Dubai and Abu Dhabi

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Google Scholar – Reliable Sources for Your Child’s Research

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Google Scholar – Reliable Sources for Your Child’s Research

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Google Scholar is a free tool where your child can find credible academic sources such as journal articles, research papers, and dissertations. Unlike a normal Google search, it focuses only on scholarly material.

Helps your child access trustworthy sources for essays, projects, and coursework.

Builds stronger research and critical thinking skills.

Prepares your child for the type of research expected at university level.

💡 Parent Tip: When your child is researching, encourage them to use Google Scholar instead of random websites. Ask them to explain why a source is reliable this supports their digital literacy.

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Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions.

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IXL – Support Learning Across All Subjects

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IXL – Support Learning Across All Subjects

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IXL is an online platform that helps students practise English, Maths, Science, and more. It adapts to your child’s level, offering instant feedback and explanations.

Why it’s useful for home learning:

Strengthens literacy and numeracy skills across subjects.

Provides short, focused practice tasks for daily revision.

Tracks progress so you and your child can see improvement.

💡 Parent Tip: Encourage 10–15 minutes of IXL practice a day. Small, consistent sessions build confidence and exam readiness.

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The exact skills you need

Planning a lesson or prepping for an exam?
We've custom-built IXL skills to reinforce each topic within your:

State standards

Virginia Standards of Learning (2016)

Textbooks

See skills that match every chapter of 80+ popular textbooks

Assessments

Use IXL for the NWEA MAP, ACT, SAT, and more

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IXL | Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Spanish

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IXL is the world's most popular subscription-based learning site for K-12. Used by over 15 million students, IXL provides personalized learning in more than 10,000 topics, covering math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish. Interactive questions, awards, and certificates keep kids motivated as they master skills.

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National Speech and Debate Association (YouTube)

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National Speech and Debate Association (YouTube)

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Learn from Great Debaters

The NSDA YouTube channel features clips of student debates and speeches. Watching these can inspire students to build confidence in their own speaking.

💡 Parent Tip: After a video, try a mini family debate. Choose a fun topic like “Which is better: pizza or burgers?”

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As the national authority on public speaking and debate, the National Speech & Debate Association provides the infrastructure for speech and debate competitions around the world. We create a platform for youth voices to be heard and celebrated, which culminates with an annual National Tournament, the pinnacle of public speaking.