This year’s Save the Children Blogger Conference takes place at their offices in London on 8th February 2014 11am – 5pm! (Registration begins at 10.30am)
Keynote speaker midwife Gemma Raby, star of Channel 4’s ‘One Born Every Minute’ series, will be talking about her trip to Liberia with Save the Children and why she’s supporting their new campaign to save newborn…
If you are looking for ballet dancing lessons for your kids in SW London, check the Elite Dancers Academy, an organisation providing dance education for children from every background, level and ability.
The Academy teaches the world-renowned Royal Academy of Dance syllabi, providing the rewarding opportunity for all students to enter the prestigious RAD ballet examinations.
Elite offers other…
This national competition seems a very cool idea to get kids engaged in creative activities during half term. My son is already very excited to have the opportunity to show off his engineering skills at work 🙂
To celebrate its 120th birthday this year, Tower Bridge, the most famous bridge in the world, is delighted to announce the launch of an exciting new national competition for 6 to 14 year…
A few days ago an expert team of aquarists at the London Aquarium kicked off the new year with a full clean up of all 63 displays. It is fascinating to see how they did it. And some of the images are simply amazing. Check it out!
The team began by diving inside the shark display and first polishing the five metre long glass walkway, situated above the million litre display which is home to 22…
How much do your kids know about the stars and the planets? Reading about the wondrous solar system at school ignites the imagination but not as much as looking directly at the night sky itself. Interest in stargazing in the UK is rocketing with some local councils even turning off street lighting in some areas to minimise light pollution and promote darker skies.
With the BBC focusing on…
Join us at the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room this February half-term and take part in our three special family events:
The Fantastical Story Factory
The Fantastical Story Factory make up stories – just for you – from your ideas! A musical adventure which will have you exploring magical kingdoms, meeting wonderful characters and singing along by the end.
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas….. London is truly magical over Christmas. Thousands of trees across the Capital are decorated, lots of Santas are everywhere and shops filled with glitter and Christmas lights! After 15 years leaving in this amazing city I decided to take a BIG BUS tour ride in the evening to see the lights in Central London and absolutely enjoyed it.
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At Christmas everyone gives it all to help out! Check out this interesting charity stunt: World renowned choreographer Arlene Phillips is set to lead festive knitwear-clad shoppers in a dance on Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day on Friday 13th December 2013 at Westfield London, W12 at 8:00am.
The charity is attempting to break the world record for the most people dancing in Christmas…
Perhaps I just had a particularly nasty encounter with the UK’s largest Christmas destination, however it was just so horrific that I felt compelled to write about it and warn others of my rather interesting trip to ‘Winter Wonderland’.
Having actually worked at the event the first year it was established, I naively thought that I would have a good understanding of what to…
Parents always wonder how they can keep their children involved in educational activities over the school holidays or even throughout the school term.
The more involved everyone gets the less likely you’re chlid will feel like they are being punished or being treated differently. Using expressions like “it’s time to work on”, or “you’re not working hard…