In a political climate where politicians’ are pushing to increase class sizes, some schools are earning a gleaming reputation for pushing back against the norm and keeping classes small. We are in a time of flux with standardised tests, the debate as to whether the pressure from GCSE’s and SAT’s are too disruptive to pupil […]
As my own anecdotal experience tells me (as a big advocate for taking our children hiking in the local woodlands.) Research has now been able to demonstrate a scientific link between being out and about in nature and feeling good. A study released on Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Psychology researchers studied the direct […]
Low Literacy Due To Overuse of Screen Time?…Health Secretary Prescribes An App For That. The independent reported today that the majority of parents would struggle to help a 7 year old with their homework according to a new study. The study by Oxford Home Schooling found that only a third of parents felt confident assisting […]
Loot boxes may have run into their end of game boss in the form of UK Mental Health Director Claire Murdoch. Murdoch has called for the removal of loot box based systems from games bought by children. The case against loot boxes is not a new one and gaming as a whole has only recently […]
Trick Your Sleepy Brain Have you ever laid in bed with the unshakeable feeling that you want to go to sleep but just can’t slip away into slumber? I know from experience this can drag on for hours. A little shift in perspective can make all the difference. How you look at your given state […]
Just as it’s been proven that brands encouraging our kids to watch YouTuber/Twitch presenters peddle Doritos and Mountain Dew increases those brands junk food sales it seems the correlation between the media we let or children engage with and their eating habits has been further illustrated in a new study which shows that kids who watch […]
Jeremy Corbyn recently called out the Finnish education system as the one we should aim to emulate in this country. Michael Moore produced a documentary detailing the quality of Finland’s education system and media across the world have since been abound with details of the unique Finnish scholastic approach. With political leaders citing other countries […]
or…”Bake-off Judge Takes A Break from Peddling Cakes on the Idiot Box to Say Bad Mums Fill Lunchboxes with ‘Junk’” Prue Leith, a judge from the Great British Bake-off TV show said home packed lunch boxes should be banned after detailing how she believes ‘most mums’ fill them with Junk food. She argued that the […]
With Christmas day just behind us it’s time to start looking forward to the New Year and those inevitable news year’s resolutions and start looking at your family’s future with 2020 vision. Typically new year resolutions don’t last much longer than about 8 weeks if your pretty dedicated but experts recommend making changes which aren’t so dramatic […]
New data shows children born today will spend more time in ill health when they are older than our generation. Meanwhile new data from the office of national statistics has also shown that 65 and overs are seeing their life expectancy increase. Men aged 65 are averaging an increase in life expectancy of 32 weeks […]
