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Developing water confidence
I’ve written many times on the blog about the importance of children learning to swim and how I believe it’s a vital life skill. A big part of learning to swim involves developing water confidence. We know how important it is for our children to be water confident. It’s a life skill ultimately, and I feel […]
Smile for National Smile Month
What’s National Smile Month all about? National Smile Month is here – running from 15th May until 15th June. In a nutshell, National Smile Month is the UK’s largest and longest-running campaign to promote good oral health. Together, with thousands of individuals and organisations, National Smile Month highlights three key messages, all of which go […]
Win Paw Patrol “Game on” on DVD
The PAW Patrol pups know how to mix fun and responsibility in this new DVD, PAW Patrol: Game On! available on 22nd May! Everyone’s favourite rescue pups are back in action in seven exciting, sports-themed adventures and rescues. This DVD contains many adventures, including Ryder and Marshall forming a basketball team to help Mayor Goodway […]
Kazoops on CBeebies
Have your children seen Kazoops before? Monty Kazoops, the little boy with a vivid imagination and a loyal pet pig, is back with brand new animated adventures in Kazoops, transmitting daily on CBeebies from Monday 17th April. Monty Kazoop is a spirited boy of six, whose best friend is a pig called Jimmy Jones. In […]
Ben and Holly Live: What the little boys thought
Background to the show From the producers of the hugely successful Peppa Pig theatre tours, Fiery Light Productions, comes the welcome return visit of the live stage show, Ben and Holly. This new tour opened at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley 27 January and visits 51 theatres across Ireland and the UK booking through till summer […]
Big, bouncy family fun
The rise of the trampoline parks The rise in trampoline parks in the UK seems to have happened almost overnight. They are everywhere. More and more seemed to have popped up near us in the last 12-18 months. More recently, many have been plagued by bad press, following accidents and incidents with people being injured. […]
Don’t go chasing waterfalls
Children love splashing around in the water, be it under sprinklers in summer, playing in the bath at night or jumping in puddles after a big rainstorm! If you’ve got a garden and young kids you might think it’s too dangerous to install a pond or a large water feature right now. Still, as long […]
Afternoon Tea: Hungry For A Slice Of Nostalgia?
Afternoon tea is a quintessentially English tradition. Usually, it involves a mix of drinks, traditional bakes and old-school touches. Afternoon tea first began back in the eighteenth century as a way for wealthy nobles and merchants to enjoy themselves in the middle of the afternoon, between lunch and supper. The nobles could afford to import […]