Natural ways to Improve Concentration & Attention Span for exams
During exam season, a teenager’s brain is stretched to its absolute limits. And yet, it’s often the time it feels woolly and frazzled – the loss of focus throughout the day can be the result of lack of sleep, fatigue, anxiety – or a typical teenager cocktail of all of the above. But help is at hand! There’s plenty you can do to help – see our post on Surviving Exam Season for some ace ideas for the...
It’s the SSE Women’s FA Cup! Be sure to watch with your girls. #TogetherWeCan
The #SSEWomensFACup Final kicks off today at 5.30pm! If you’re not going please do tune in live on BBC1 or get involved with the hashtag chat because #TogetherWeCan inspire a generation and grow the profile of the women’s game! I don’t know about you, but until very recently my daughter thought that ‘football was for boys’. Didn’t matter that she loved a kickabout with her brothers, she only ever saw men...
Top tips for teaching your kids to cycle
Sir Chris Hoy and Evans Cycles offer their top tips to teaching your child to ride. Location: While it might be tempting to choose a soft, grassy area for cycling practice, this will actually be more challenging to pedal on. A smooth, tarmac surface that is relatively open and away from traffic is ideal as it helps the child to pick up some rolling momentum and gauge how the bike responds to their body movements. Avoid...
Does your teen know about National Citizen Service? NCS, it’s WAY cooler than it sounds…
A couple of years ago now, we saw an advert for the NCS – the National Citizen Service. We’d never heard of it before, but we loved the look of it, and when we discussed it with our oldest (who was 16 at the time) he was absolutely up for it. Sadly, his health took a back slide, and we just couldn’t be sure he was ready for a summer of adventure; but as our younger kids come to the right age, we’ll be...
Win a BE Indulged Spa Pamper Session at Beyond Escapes Devon
We’ve teamed up with Beyond Escapes Devon, a brand-new luxury holiday and leisure experience, to offer one lucky winner the chance to relax and unwind during a BE Indulged Signature Spa Pamper Session, worth £75. The search for the ultimate Mother’s Day treat is over, thanks to this fantastic prize which includes a rejuvenating 55-minute treatment from Britain’s number one luxury skincare brand ELEMIS, access to the BE You Spa and...
Win a £130 Tea Bundle (that’s 400 cups of tea!) from Adagio Tea. Oh yes.
Tea. It’s not secret round here that I love the stuff. And like so many things in life, I’ve grown a little more selective in my old age. Once I thought tea only came in packs of 240 small white bags (unless you were at Granny’s house. She messed around with a pot and a strainer and there were always little black bits floating in it like dead ants… and not in a good squashed-flies- Garibaldi-biscuits way). But...