Our Learning Workbooks

A learning workbook is more than a collection of exercises. Done well, it is a personal record of a child's thinking — a place where they practise, explore, make mistakes, and mark their own progress. Children who feel ownership over their workbooks engage with them differently than children who see them as homework assignments.

What goes in a learning workbook?

The best learning workbooks combine structured practice with open exploration. Alongside traditional exercises, include space for drawings, questions, and personal responses. A child who writes "I still don't understand this" at the bottom of a page is engaging metacognitively — and giving the teacher valuable information.

Personalisation

Let children personalise their workbooks: a hand-decorated cover, a name page, a favourite quote inside the front cover. These small acts of ownership increase investment. A workbook that feels like mine is more likely to be used, completed, and returned to.

Differentiated content

Not all children need the same exercises. Workbooks designed with differentiated sections — core tasks for everyone, extension tasks for children who finish early, support scaffolds for children who need them — allow individual children to work at the right level without public comparison.

Tracking progress

A simple self-assessment page at regular intervals ("What I can do now," "What I still want to practise") gives children a record of their own growth. Looking back at early pages and seeing improvement is one of the most motivating experiences a child can have. The workbook is evidence of learning.

For parents too

A workbook that goes home gives parents a concrete window into classroom learning. It replaces vague accounts of "what we did at school" with actual work that can be discussed, celebrated, and continued at home. The workbook travels between school and family as a shared object.