How to Support Parents with Articles

How to Support Parents with Articles

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What are Learning Ladders articles?

Learning Ladders automate the process of communicating learning to all adults involved in learning so that every adult knows exactly what their child is learning and more importantly how they can support learning at home.

Ladders at Home provides support articles written by qualified teachers for objectives within the core National Curriculum subjects including Maths, Reading, Writing and Science.

Watch the video below or read on for more information about Learning Ladders articles:





Practitioners can view the pre-written Learning Ladders articles by clicking on Ladders at Home> Ladders at Home Articles. Use the filters to view articles by subject, key stage or keyword.

Schools have the option to 'view', 'Copy Article URL' or 'Request Article Edit' from this page. 


If your data shows a child who is working below the expected developmental stage in an area of learning, why not copy the Article URL and send this to the parent using 'Homework' to communicate. Or, attach an appropriate article URL to a home learning task to upskill parents.




 Each article explains what vocabulary means, how the area of learning is taught in school, ideas for supporting development at home and signposts parents to suggested reading.

Ladders at Home makes support for parents accessible to all using the translate tool, with the option for parents to translate articles into any one of over 100 languages.


How to create your own school articles

Schools can create their own articles to support parents by clicking on Ladders at Home> School Articles.


School Articles enable teachers to create an article explaining their own school approaches to learning. For example, a particular resource used in modelling concepts to children or a phonics scheme used. Utilising 'School Articles' reduces workload for teachers, with articles accessible year after year and no need to say the same thing to 30 parents!

  1.  Click on Ladders at Home in the blue navigation menu
  2.  Click on the 'School Articles' tab
  3.  Click 'Create New Article'



   4. Enter the title of the article
   5. Select the subject from the drop down menu (Articles are subject specific at this time)
   6. Select the year group or groups the new article is targeted for
   7. Select which objectives the articles is to support
   8. Click 'Start editing your article'



   9. Write the copy for your article content in the 'Edit' box. Use the tools to add text, images and links or copy and paste text from another document.



   10. Once completed click 'Save Draft' to be reviewed later, 'Save& Publish' or 'Delete' the article

Note:-Save Draft does not publish the article-Deleting an article is a permanent action-Articles are visible to parents from the moment they are published-Parents can translate your article using the 'Translate' function

How to communicate articles to parents


Parents can view the articles linked to a Learning goal in Ladders at Home or by clicking on 'Articles'.



Ladders at Home Articles can also be included for a subject in  Student Report:



Or in a Homework:



For any questions about viewing or creating articles, contact the team at support@learningladders.info



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