Revision weeks give the children a chance to exercise their recognition and recall memory. To kick this off, our Volunteering Teacher’s created and executed a lesson of competitions and team-focused tests – a fun way to revise learned content! At the end of our two-week revision, the children took home colouring storybooks, juice boxes and biscuits.
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