by The School Psychology Service | Mar 8, 2026 | Physical Development, Sensory
The Learning Pyramid When we think about the word “learning”, we often picture reading, writing and maths, and I’m willing to guess a child sat at a desk with a pencil in their hand. However, according to Taylor and Trott’s Pyramid of Learning...
by The School Psychology Service | Jan 16, 2026 | Educational Psychology, Physical Development, Psychology (General), Sensory
What is this paper about? This month’s focus is on Sensory Circuits. I therefore decided to share a recent paper written by Savina (2025) which explores how movement can support self‑regulation in early childhood. This paper is a literature review which means...
by The School Psychology Service | Jan 20, 2025 | Physical Development, Sensory
Background Amira, a 9-year-old student in Year 5, has sensory processing difficulties that primarily affect her gross motor skills. Sensory processing challenges mean that her brain struggles to effectively interpret and respond to sensory input. This impacts her...
by The School Psychology Service | Jan 10, 2025 | Physical Development
In the busy world of the schools, we often focus on academic achievement and progress, social-emotional learning, and behavioural development. Although we are starting to see a shift in people’s understanding of the importance of physical and sensory development...
by The School Psychology Service | Dec 10, 2024 | Physical Development
We may assume that children only have the opportunity to develop fine motor skills in Early Years settings (see our blog post all about fine motor activities for Early Years settings here!), but there are PLENTY of opportunities to further develop children’s...
by The School Psychology Service | Dec 1, 2024 | Physical Development
Fine motor skills are a crucial part of development as they enable children to control movements in areas such as the hands, fingers, mouth and eyes and impact independence across all areas of their life. Developing fine motor skills helps children do things like...
