An engaging and beautifully illustrated story for young readers about "Britain's favourite wild mammal" that teaches children all about hedgehogs, what they eat, why they are at risk and how to help them.
A book for home or school that adults can read with first readers and that more advanced readers can read by themselves. The book also features two levels of reading
On sunny days my children love pretending to set up their own play shop, and ice creams are normally the first thing they think of to sell! So, this week we decided to set up our own ice cream shop in the tuff tray, where they could make their own ice creams, which they actually got to eat too!
Now using proper ice cream would have been the obvious thing to use here, but I wanted a...
Recent research has shown that curious kids can cause up to £400 of damage around the house before the age of three. With one million private renters who have children in the UK, this can amount to £400 million in deposit deductions.
Digging into recent data, London based Estate Agents Douglas & Gordon have researched and compared the most common and costliest household damages...
One of the newest kids’ cartoon characters around is proudly launching his two latest books and a brand-new website. Boken, the Little Dog with the Big Heart is a real life, fun-loving Miniature Schnauzer who lives in Spain with his mum Sara Mastriforte and dad Neil Egerton.
Starting with a few videos and two short books they’d written about Boken, Sara and Neil have created a whole...
From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP
Published 8 July 2021
School funding will be made simpler, fairer and more transparent as the Government levels up education across the country.
At the moment, the Government provides funding for schools according to a formula that takes account of factors including the needs of individual pupils...
Our black lab, Freddie, was only 2 when our son was born and I was so excited about them growing up together. I’d seen all the photos on Instagram of dogs snuggled up next to toddlers beds and children being inseparable from their furry best friends, so was fully expecting this amazing relationship between the two of them! Fast forward 6 years and most days I honestly don’t think they realise...
Almost two thirds of all grandparents regularly look after their grandchildren. The rise in single working parents, both parents in the family having to work, and the cost of childcare has led to an increase in the number of children being cared for by their grandparents — a figure which now stands at a staggering 82%*. Looking after young children for such an extensive amount of time during...
New analysis into the impact of COVID-19 on young people has found that 317,000 children in the South West are not currently getting their recommended 60 minutes of exercise per day. This amounts to an incredible 45 percent of all children in the region.
The pandemic has had a significant impact on this number, with fewer children meeting their recommended 60 minutes of daily...
Almost one in five Scottish local authorities will not be increasing their hourly early learning and childcare funding rates for three to five-year-olds once the 1140 hours policy is mandatory from August.
NDNA Scotland put out an FOI to all Scottish local authorities asking what they will be paying childcare providers for the 1140 hour places which must be in place from the autumn...
