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Funding boost to Citizens Advice to deliver ‘Help to Claim’ Universal Credit support

Free confidential and impartial support to help people make a Universal Credit claim will continue to be delivered across Great Britain for the fourth year running.

From: Department for Work and Pensions and David Rutley MP

The Department for Work and Pensions ‘Help to Claim’ support will be delivered independently by Citizens Advice, in partnership with Citizens Advice Scotland,...

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Children's vocabulary: Fresh opportunities for app boosting young learners' language skills

Children's vocabulary: Fresh opportunities for app boosting young learners' language skills ChatterStars, designed to improve vocabulary among children, has recently received an investment from business accelerator, TwinklHive.

Good vocabulary is crucial to everyone’s development. It helps us to express our opinions, understand complex subjects, and improve our reading skills. It is a...

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Introducing the UK's first next generation toothbrush

THE UK’s first children’s next generation toothbrush which ends the torture of toothbrushing and adding fun is launched today. The 360° cleaning device sits in the mouth like a gum shield ensuring all surfaces are reached and eliminates bacteria in just sixty seconds. The device is called Wiggle because it ‘wiggles’ in the mouth and cleans teeth without the need for brushing. Wiggle takes the...
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FIVE MOST COMMON POCKET MONEY CHORES REVEALED

FIVE MOST COMMON POCKET MONEY CHORES REVEALED New research from one of the UK’s leading insurers, Aviva , reveals how children accomplish chores to rein in some hard-earned pocket money. According to a sample of 1,000 parents in the UK, 7 in 10 children do some sort of chores every week to earn some extra cash, but how do they go about it? From scrubbing car wheels to taking responsibility for...
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New assessments for GCSE French, German and Spanish

Changes to how these GCSEs will be assessed in future confirmed by Ofqual.

From: Ofqual

Changes to how GCSEs in French, German and Spanish will be assessed in future have been confirmed today by Ofqual.

They are needed because the government is changing from 2024 how students will be taught and assessed in these subjects - to help young people develop their language skills...

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1 in 8 children say time online harms their school work  

Nearly one in eight children in the UK say their online life harms their school work according to a survey by The Children’s Society.

The survey is among the evidence considered in the national charity’s new report,  Net Gains? Young People’s Digital Lives and Well-Being . 

It found 13% of young people aged 10-17 said their life online had a ‘mostly negative’ impact on their school...

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Three plead guilty to running illegal school

Two people and a charitable trust have pleaded guilty to running an illegal school, following an investigation by Ofsted.

From: Ofsted

In a hearing at Sheffield Magistrate’s Court, Shahjan Yasmin Hussain, Chair of Trustees; Dr Shathea Zamzam, Manager; and Yorkshire Tuition Centre have admitted to running an unregistered school.

The case was heard on 5 January 2022 and is the...

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Upcoming Disney Release - The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

An all-new animated adventure premiering exclusively on Disney+, “The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild,” continues the hilarious escapades of the beloved sub-zero heroes as they create more prehistoric pandemonium. The thrill-seeking possum brothers Crash and Eddie are desperate for some distance from their older sister Ellie and set out to find a place of their own, but quickly find themselves...
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Parents more climate conscious under their children’s watchful eye

Parents are more likely to take action against climate change if observed by their children, a study reveals.

The study, carried out in Innsbruck, Austria, looked at how to motivate ‘voluntary climate action’ across the generations, focusing on parents and children.

The researchers paid 368 parents 69€ each and asked how much of the money they wanted to keep and how much they would...

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The essential Family planners, journals and other stationery needed to kick-start 2022

PERSONAL PLANNER - COLOUR WASH

£19.95

Whether your life is a carefully considered landscape, plotted with military precision, or a chaotic whirlwind of missed appointments and abandoned deadlines, chances are you could benefit from a planner.

This planner has ample room to jot down weekly appointments, to-do lists or just general thoughts and it’s inevitable that it will...

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