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 …

Ahead of the Safer Internet Day (February 7th),  we are delighted to share some insights from Norton: 8 in 10 are concerned about their children’s online safety 3 in 4 believe children today are more exposed to online dangers than children five years ago Almost half worry their children will be bullied or harassed or will be lured away by …

By Carey Ann Dodah, Director of Curriculum Strategy at Explore Learning For some, writing can be a challenge but it is something that we all have to do. We start from a very young age in school and it grows with us all the way into our adult lives. As necessary as it is, not every child loves to write, …

Young Songwriter 2017 Competition  Championing the creative talents of young people aged 8-18 We’re starting our search for the top young songwriters across the UK & Ireland, with a new category for international young songwriters.  2017 star judges include Tom Odell, Imogen Heap, Conor Maynard, Rumer, Eg White, Fraser T Smith, Lyn Goddard, Nigel Elderton and Jamie Theakston!  Do you …

Expert Advice from Explore Learning Parents’ evenings – one of the most important events in parents’ lives – where they sit down with those people who know their children almost as well as they do – and find out how they’re doing at school.  But, with only ten minutes or so to formally review all those hours of learning how …

  Kicking off with February half term ‘The Snail and The Whale’ activities One of the South Coast’s most loved visitor attractions, Sea Life Brighton, has unveiled a packed events calendar for 2017 with adventures in store for visitors of all ages.  Brand new for 2017, the aquarium will celebrate February half term with Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler’s The …

2017 will see the launch of Pisher – a new electronic toilet training device for little boys that projects a playful electronic target inside the toilet to capture your child’s attention and help them take aim, so there’s no need to clean up after them every time they take a trip to the bathroom. As the launch date approaches, Sarit Nahum, founder of …

NEW BOOK: Road School The story of a family who pulled their kids out of school for a home education adventure, back-packing across the world Generation X-ers will remember the fun they had inter-railing in Europe or backpacking around Asia, escaping the daily grind before knuckling down to study or work… and what better way to recreate that carefree time …

For the first time ever, The LEGO Group are giving children the chance to become a LEGO designer and create an awesome new set for the LEGO Friends range.  This money-can’t-buy prize will see the winning design being put into production and then going on sale at Toys R Us in the UK/Ire and LEGO Retail stores (global distributors may …