Not All Superheroes Wear Capes! – National Grandparents’ Day 7 October They’re Superheroes, they save parents £16billion per year** & at 47yrs* Grandparents are Younger than you think! Grandparents are the Unsung Heroes in families, ‘flying in’ to provide help where needed. In fact, they are the Number One source of childcare in the UK. Saving parents more than £16 ...

Let’s Get Organised: Early Christmas Prep – Part 3 To-Do Jobs Around the Home First of all, it’s time to de-clutter, clean and organise your children’s rooms. Get them to help, and be sure to remind them that a before Christmas toy clear out will make room for new ones! Christmas Prep Checklist Firstly, it’s time to plan any pre-Christmas ...

Let’s Get Organised: Early Christmas Prep – Part 2 Wow, you’re still with me? Okay, here’s our early Christmas part 2 checklist for this week. This probably sounds like a nightmare before Christmas, but for me it’s a simple equation: maximum sparkle for minimum stress. By mid-December, with all the dull stuff ticked off,  you can have some relaxing me ...

Let’s Get Organised: Early Christmas Prep – Part 1 I know, I know, absolute insanity to be thinking about Christmas this early in the year, I quite agree. As my birthday is at the end of November, before I had a family of my own, I would not talk about such things until at least the 1st December. But, now ...

Reading charity launches ‘Back to School’ campaign to reach more struggling readers across England than ever before   As the new academic year approaches, national reading charity Beanstalk is stepping up its search for volunteers to help reach more children than ever before with its potentially life-changing reading support programmes.   More than 1,000 volunteers are needed nationwide to join Beanstalk’s network ...

Getting Back to School Ready with Simply Hike I don’t know about you, but I’m a planner. If there’s an opportunity to get something done in advance, I’ll take it. So today, I’m going to write about my recent experience getting back to school ready with Simply Hike. “But the Summer holidays have only just started!”, I hear you. But, ...

Sizzling Science Fun for Summer with Dr Michelle Dickinson World renowned nano scientist Dr Michelle Dickinson, combines science and cooking in a fabulous new book that will ensure hours of entertainment for the kids to share with parents, grandparents , friend, siblings – actually anyone who wants to have fun! The Kitchen Science Cookbook is a beautiful, lovingly crafted “recipe” ...

Review & Giveaway: EasySMX Volume Limited Kids Headphones These are an absolute steal, they’re currently available on Amazon for £12.99 and we have a 50% off code for you too! These headphones are specifically designed for kids of the ages 3-12 years old. They are not too loud so they do not affect the hearing of a child unlike many ...

Brits’ Modern Eating Habits Revealed A recent survey commissioned by Furniture Village has highlighted that out of more than 2,000 respondents, an impressive 73 per cent stated that they mostly eat home cooked meals, with about a third admitting to a weekly takeaway. When asked why they didn’t always sit down to eat at the dinner table, over half confessed to a preference for ...

Birmingham Royal Ballet Talent Identification Programme Enjoys Record Year Of Success 2018 marks the 21st anniversary of Dance Track – Birmingham Royal Ballet’s talent identification programme aimed at training young dancers aged from six to eight. The project endeavours to identify and train young participants showing a potential for ballet. This year, Dance Track has enjoyed record levels of success, ...

The Rise & Rise Of The British Prom Almost unheard of in the UK twenty years ago, now, 17 out of 20 senior schools hold an official event to mark the milestones of the end of schooling. Love it or hate it, the School Prom, just like Halloween, has made the trip from across ‘the pond’ and has rapidly grown ...

Top Family Friendly Movies For The Summer Holidays Home Cinema Reigns Supreme – 78% of Brits reveal that they feel going to the cinema is too expensive   80% of the UK population watch a movie at home at least once a month or more Only 35% of Brits prefer to watch films as they come out at the cinema ...