Monthly Archives: February 2012

Top Ten Easy World Book Day Costume Ideas for Parents and Teachers

Why should the children have all the fun on World Book Day this Thursday?  Let’s make this the year parents and teachers get in on the act.  We all have our favourite literary characters, but practicality is important: you are unlikely … Continue reading

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Twitter for Beginners: Who to Follow

Following on from yesterday’s Twitter for Beginners tutorial, here are our five favourite tweeters for anyone interested in education and/ or parenting.  1.  @educationgovuk Official tweets from the Department for Education – get education updates from the pedagogical horse’s mouth.  … Continue reading

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Twitter for Beginners: Getting Started

Twitter is a six year old social networking utility with 360 million users.  We have had a special request from a few parents to write a ‘How To’ guide for would-be Tweeters on our blog.  It seems Twitter can be … Continue reading

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Three brain-building physical activities to try this weekend

It may be February but the weather in Manchester is set fair and sunny for this weekend.  Use this opportunity to get out in the fresh air with your kids and sneakily increase their brain power whilst having fun.  As … Continue reading

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