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England’s latest rugby star, and recently crowned Aviva Premiership Player of the Season, Tom Wood, is lending his help and support to a new five week programme – ‘Tackling Numbers’ – which will use rugby to improve the maths skills of thousands of schoolchildren in England. Our video shows the rugby star running through several activities with . . . → Read More: Rugby star Tom Wood makes Tackling Numbers fun  What was the Second World War like for children and families? This Easter at Imperial War Museum North, join in with free interactive activities and explore the stories of children evacuated thousands of miles overseas in the new Oceans Apart display. Children are encouraged to come to the Museum dressed in 1940s costume to fully immerse themselves . . . → Read More: Free Evacuees Activity Sheet from the Imperial War Museum North and Free Easter Activities A groundbreaking education programme called PhoneBrain will now target youth clubs in England and Wales, following the successful roll out of the scheme in schools which has contributed to a 75% decrease in complaints about premium rate telephone services (PRS) in just two years. Complaints about these services most commonly relate to users paying more than they . . . → Read More: PhoneBrain launch a groundbreaking education programme If you love competing and are good at science, the Google Science Fair might be just what you are looking for. Google have launched a search to find young, bright scientists across the globe. They are inviting them to submit creative and interesting projects which have relevance in today’s world. You can enter this competition as a . . . → Read More: Google Science Fair You would expect to find a captain and sailors on board a warship at sea, but what about a cat or a dog, or even a pig! This February half term (Saturday 19 to Sunday 27 February) at Imperial War Museum North in Manchester find out how some furry friends joined the sailors aboard ships and submarines. Learn . . . → Read More: Animals at War stories feature in Half Term Exhibition at Imperial War Museum North When the time comes for your child to choose a university and course of higher education, many universities will probably be tempting you with their ivory towers. Promises of how their excellent educational tracks can enable your child to embark on a wonderful future with excellent career options are probably bombarding you . . . → Read More: Rising Tuition Fees and the Case for a Gap Year Here’s a day out idea for all the family. The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, an independent charity, houses the largest collection of functional historic computers in Europe, including a rebuilt Colossus, the world’s first electronic programmable computer. The Museum complements the Bletchley Park Trust’s story of code breaking up to the Colossus and allows visitors . . . → Read More: The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park – Day Out Idea This been provided by BullGuard Internet Security who provide an all in one antivirus and internet security solution. To keep your child safe when they go online, there are various steps that you can take. Some of these are things you can do to stop your child from having access to things you do not wish them . . . → Read More: Keeping Your Child Safe on the Internet If your children are about to embark on exam revision, chances are stress levels in the household are rising. Whether you’re worried that they’re unprepared or they’re fretting because they simply don’t know where to start, the run up to exams and coursework preparation can massively stressful for pupils and parents alike. From pupils that keep their revision . . . → Read More: Dick and Dom help out with some exam revision advice New Ofcom research published today suggests that one quarter of children aged 8-12 who use the internet at home say they have a profile on Facebook, Bebo or MySpace. All of these social networking sites have a minimum user age of 13. However the research, published in Ofcom’s annual Children’s Media Literacy Audit, suggests that 83 . . . → Read More: Under age use of Social Networking sites is rife according to Ofcom research |
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