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How Children Learn Core Values Through Coding & Robotics

Coding & Robotics – The coding and robotics fields are the future, and teaching our children the power of coding is essential. Pretty much everything that kids touch involves coding these days—their remote controls, TVs, phones, watches—we are a technological society, and it’s only going to increase in the future. Coding definitely teaches students tech skills,Read more

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Why Is Respect Important?

At PlayFACTO School, we believe that happy children do better in life – both academically and emotionally. Positive Education focuses on specific skills that assist our students to strengthen their relationships, build positive emotions, enhance personal resilience, promote mindfulness and encourage healthy lifestyles. Our Positive Education Value of the Month is none other than Respect! Respect is essentialRead more

Supporting Your Child’s Well-Being

Supporting Your Child’s Well-Being – During times of uncertainty and change, it’s more important than ever to look after and support your child’s well-being to ensure that they’re happy and healthy.  Here are 5 key ways you can support your child’s emotional and physical well-being:   1. Stick to a routine Having a little structure inRead more

How Coding & Robotics Helps In Learning STEM

Coding & Robotics – The coding and robotics fields are growing at incredible rates, and students are benefiting from the inclusion of coding and robotics in STEM education. Coding and robotics in the classroom has positive results on students such as encouraging students to pursue more STEM career paths and develop the necessary 21st centuryRead more

5 Reasons To Foster Compassion In Children

Compassion is a feeling of deep sympathy for another who is affected by misfortune or suffering, coupled with a powerful desire to alleviate that pain. Teaching children compassion is a vital part of their childhood learning journey – and a skill that will help them throughout their life. Through learning the importance of compassion, childrenRead more

5 Tips To Encourage Honesty In Children

Positive Education: In the digital world, nowadays children are learning everything from TV, computers, the internet and even Netflix. Children must learn moral values and understand the real meaning of being honest. Different parents use different methods to encourage honesty in children. Some of the popular ways that every parent should learn to teach theirRead more

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Preparing Your Child For Jobs Of The Future

Coding & Robotics – Primary School children today will enter jobs in their futures that might not even exist today! Trends like Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) evolve constantly and are set to continue to change the kind of roles and skills future employers will be looking for when your child eventually steps out into the working world.   Read more

How To Help Your Children Build Friendships

Student Care – Meeting new people and making new friends with peers might seem like a very easy, natural thing for our young children, however there are numerous skills involved in building friendships, and Student Care teachers and parents alike can play an important role in helping to develop these abilities. How can we helpRead more

The Importance Of Creative Math In Everyday Life

Creative Math – Mathematics is such an integral part of our lives that it exists in virtually every aspect of our day-to-day activities, from shopping for groceries to paying our bills and more! You can help your child connect the math they have learnt in school to how it can be applied in their dailyRead more

The Importance Of Electric Motors In Real Life

Student Care – One of the more unique things about PlayFACTO School’s student care centers is how we incorporate a complex coding and robotics programme into fun and relatable projects for primary school children! Something that has received a ton of traction in recent years has been the buzz around electric motors – why andRead more