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PRAMSTOCK: revellers ditch Hunters for Huggies as the number of people taking children to festivals is on the rise

More people are taking children to festivals and, this year, as many struggle to afford foreign holidays, kid-friendly weekenders will be more in demand than ever.

With holiday prices on the up due to the cost of living crisis, many people are opting to stay in the UK this year and instead relive their youth at a festival – with their children in tow.

Package holidays to...

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Meet SPOKE: An App Improving GenZ Mental Health Through Music

  • SPOKE is a new mental health app combining AI, science, music and lyricism to improve mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. The deeply personalised app helps listeners with everything from sleep to heartbreak, confidence and focus.
  • Musicians, voice artists and composers are trained by a team of clinical psychologists, therapists and neuroscientists. Each
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Songs to stop kids tantrums in their tracks

From Queen to Doja Cat - here are the top songs to play when your child throws a tantrum

Experts have shared the ultimate music playlist to stop a child’s tantrum in its tracks, including well-known songs by popular artists like Queen, Doja Cat and Natasha Bedingfield.

Kids bean bag retailer, GreatBeanBags , teamed up with a clinical psychologist to create a ‘tantrum-busting formula...

Harry Styles and Billie Eilish among most played artists to get babies to sleep

Harry Styles and Billie Eilish among most played artists to get babies to sleep

From soothing babies to sleep to helping them relax after a sensory session, parents often reach for music to settle their newborns. But what artists are parents go-tos’s when it comes to creating the perfect sleep time playlist?

Following a 50% increase in searches for the term ‘best Spotify playlist for babies’ between April and May 2022¹, eco-friendly nappy providers, The Nappy...

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Sport and music education championed with new investment

New sport and music opportunities announced to better support children’s development

Children across the country to be supported to find and develop their passions through increased opportunities to study music, learn instruments, and take up sports and activities thanks to a multi-million-pound investment into sports and music education.

The announcement made by the government today...

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Free holiday time activities and meals this Easter

Hundreds of children across Devon began an action-packed Easter holiday this week, as part of our Holiday Activities and Food programme.

School holidays can be difficult for some families, with the added cost of extra food and reduced incomes. So, the government has provided funding for us to coordinate free activities and healthy meals with local providers for children in Devon aged...

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Parents back longer school day for more sport and drama, new poll

  • Longer school day vital to youth recovery from pandemic
  • The call from the Centre for Social Justice, backed by rugby ace Lawrence Dallaglio, comes after UK’s Covid-19 curbs see a 55 per cent increase in ‘severely absent’ pupils
  • YouGov poll shows 23 per cent of England’s poorest children denied extra-curricular activities
  • Disadvantaged pupils faced an 18-
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Panel of experts to shape future of music education

A new National Plan for Music Education will be published next year.

From: Department for Education , The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP , and Caroline Dinenage MP

A team of experts has been assembled to help shape the future of music education so that all pupils have the opportunity to sing, and be taught a musical instrument and make music with others, the government has announced...

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