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World Sleep Day

How well do you sleep? Friday 15th March is World Sleep Day. The aim is to bring people together to discuss sleep problems, help to find solutions and prevent sleep problems for those who don’t yet have them. World Sleep Day has been held every year, since 2008, on the ...

Pancake day!

Today is Pancake Day so get your eggs, butter, sugar, and lemon juice at the ready! Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday) has fallen around a week earlier than last year and it falls exactly 47 days before Easter Sunday. Pancakes have become such a popular tradition on Shrove Tuesday, that on ...

Christmas Jumper Day!

Today is Christmas Jumper Day! It is the day to put on Christmas jumpers and help children in the UK and around the world get the best future possible. Every December, millions of people across the UK and beyond put on a festive jumper at their workplace, school or with friends ...

Children In Need 2023!

Today is BBC Children in Need! BBC Children in Need believes every child deserves the chance to thrive, and together we can make this happen! This year’s theme is The Great SPOTacular Appeal Night, which is encouraging you to be SPOTacular with lots of fun ways to raise money and ...

World Menopause Day

Approximately 13 million women in the UK are either peri or post-menopausal. Since 2009, the IMS (International Menopause Society) alongside the World Health Organisation, designated October as World Menopause Awareness Month. The purpose is to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving health and wellbeing. Menopause ...

How does sleep affect children?

In a recent study conducted by the World Health Organization, it was found that one in four children in the UK don’t get enough sleep. Children who don’t get enough sleep can have problems with attention, memory and problem solving making focusing at school even more challenging. So how much sleep should ...

Motivating students

One of the most difficult aspects of becoming a teacher is learning how to motivate your students. It is also one of the most important. Pupils who are not motivated will not learn effectively. They won’t retain information, they won’t participate and some of them may even become disruptive. A ...

Nation’s favourite school book revealed

George Orwell’s political fable Animal Farm has been voted the nation’s favourite ever school book in new research commissioned for International Children’s Book Day 2021. The study, conducted by Oxford Home Schooling, asked 2,000 of the nation’s adults which books they most enjoyed reading when they were at school, with Orwell’s ...

Government considers extending the school breakfast programme

Boris Johnson’s government is considering extending its schools breakfast programme beyond the current deadline of July, the children’s ministers has confirmed. Funded by the Department for Education, the programme aims to support children in disadvantaged communities by providing access to free healthy breakfasts during the on-going Covid-19 pandemic. Vicky Ford confirmed that ...