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How does retirement affect mental and physical health?

Retirement is a time of enormous change for you and your life as you’ve known it, and has the opportunity to affect your physical and mental health in both positive and negative ways. The loss of daily structure, routine, and interpersonal relationships and interactions is something best prepared for. Here, I want to explore how this can affect your mental […]

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Big girl pants are on! Join me!

Big girl pants!

Hello, everyone! Well, it has been a LONG time since we gathered here. Actually a YEAR!!! Life has been busy and going off in all sorts of directions. Travelling We have continued to have our #littleadventures which have taken us across the UK. Some have been connected to Nick’s football team Gillingham which has moved down into a different league. […]

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Empowering Early Years Education

Empowering Early Years Education

The Early Years workforce is experiencing several challenges, including practitioner wellbeing concerns, staff recruitment, and retention as well as a lack of funding across the sector. Join a panel of experts including names such as June O’Sullivan, MBE, and Purnima Tanuku, OBE as they identify what opportunities there are to redefine the future of childcare. Industry-leading educational supplier, TTS (part […]

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How good is your internet safety for your children?

internet safety

With the summer holidays beginning, children will inevitably have more access to screen time, especially in the form of the internet. Internet safety has become an increasingly worrying problem amongst parents, however, internet expert Allison Troutner from VPNOverview.com has listed the best ways to keep your child safe online.   1. Consider a family ‘tech agreement’ One way to set ground […]

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Lack of trained staff will impact a key life skill for pupils!

swimming teachers

GB Olympic medallists Becky Adlington, Steve Parry and Beth Tweddle have launched a national campaign, including an investment of £3m, to drive forward the recruitment of children’s swimming and gymnastic teachers. Crisis in swimming The Olympians have warned that there is a staffing crisis, in swimming in particular. There was a shortage of trained swimming teachers pre-Covid but the pandemic […]

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Could your CPR save the life of someone having a heart attack?

CPR information from the British Heart Foundation Due to the current coronavirus outbreak, there are several important changes to CPR advised by the Resuscitation Council UK. If you find someone unconscious follow these simple steps: Step 1: Shake and shout If you come across someone who is unconscious, always check for danger and look for risks before you start helping. […]

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