– Sports clothing and equipment costs £54 on average per child – Kids take up three sports on average per school year – British kids are the most likely to take up swimming, football and running this school year CHILDREN are taking up new sports this school year which is increasing the price of back to school as parents fork …

Sea Life Brighton is celebrating the arrival of a new baby California Horn Shark, the first creature of its kind to be born at the aquarium. The as yet unnamed baby is thought to be a female, but is still too young and too small to be categorised for certain – currently measuring just 14 centimetres. The shark’s proud parents …

Schoolgirl has Holiday Video Transformed into Short Film By Martin Kemp Schoolgirl and budding movie-maker Beth Ward is making her cinema debut – after holiday chiefs brought in producer and actor Martin Kemp to transform her family holiday video into a professional short film. Beth, 10, sent her video to travel company First Choice with a letter which said “I …

Young musicians invited to compose original music inspired by Shakespeare Primary schools across the country are invited to compose an original piece of music as part of a competition launched in conjunction with Shakespeare Week. The Composition Competition, organised by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in collaboration with Birmingham Conservatoire, invites schools to create a musical masterpiece in celebration of Shakespeare …

Are you as smart as an eleven year old? That’s the question Explore Learning has been asking Families readers across the country. The leading extra tuition provider quizzed more than 5,600 parents to see how they fared with the types of questions that thousands of primary school pupils face every year in their 11 Plus exams. Just over one in …

GMC have started 2017 with a lovely selection of books in their March 2017 newsletter. Take a peek at what is in store below and we look forward to reviewing some of these books and will feature the reviews shortly. The March 2017 newsletter has some great board books, a great classic fiction title and a couple of very funny joke …

The average child will receive £131,832.94 by the age of 25 – more than enough to step foot on the property ladder, according to a new study from HSBC. Researchers examining the total income received during each year of a child’s life, discovered that it IS possible to save the required average house deposit of £32,000 IF parents are savvy …

A crowdfunding campaign stomping onto the scene next week (27 February) will give young dinosaur fans the chance to be a palaeontologist for a whole day, handle rare exhibits including a Mammoth tusk, and even have a special birthday party surrounded by dinosaurs! The campaign is being run by the University of Nottingham’s Lakeside Arts centre as part of the …

Norton Research: Consumers are Letting Hackers Sneak into their Homes through Smart Devices One in Five UK Consumers Fail to Put Any Measures in Place to Protect their Connected Homes Recent global research from Norton by Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) reveals one in five UK consumers have smart home devices, and an overwhelming majority of them (84 per cent) find they …

Millions of kids are missing out on basic life skills because mums aren’t passing down their know-how – including letter writing and how to sew, according to new research. Washing-up, ironing, and how to spring clean a house are also among the things mothers aren’t teaching their offspring. Handwriting, organising the laundry and making ‘proper’ gravy also appear in the …