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From cute characters and shape sorters to trucks and slides, the playsets promise hours of fun. Which is why they make the perfect birthday gift for your little one. But don’t just take our word for it: they’re Netmums Recommended! That means they’ve been given the thumbs up by a panel of families, just like yours.
The Early Start toys are ideal for toddlers aged 18 months+. And as your child grows, they’ll love the First Challenge and Little Expert toys which encourage independent play, creativity and problem solving. It also helps them learn about cause and effect as they push their characters down the slides or turn the handle to make the Ferris wheel spin.Is your child obsessed with road sweepers, bin trucks, tractors or diggers? Then they’ll love this Dump Truck which lets them load and unload bins into the warehouse. There’s also a shape sorter on the roof which helps them recognise, and sort, different shapes.
Playing with toys doesn’t mean your toddler has to sit still. This doughnut truck playset is ideal for little ones who like being on the move. It’s the perfect toy for toddlers who love to see police, fire and ambulances IRL. Your toddler can work on their pincer grip as they play with the vehicles and move the characters around.Related stories The ‘exceptionally fun’ toys parents & kids loveHow to help your child hit their milestones as they play
Some parents think it’s a good way to stay on top of childhood obesity and others think it does more harm than good. And it makes sense. We are teaching children that weight is the most important aspect of their health. And I can almost see the argument that children age four or five won’t think much about being weighed but weighing 10 and 11 year olds in Year 6 — kids whose bodies are starting to change with puberty and who will likely be feeling self-conscious about their appearance — just feels wrong.
So what SHOULD we do, then, to help children’s health? I think we should be teaching them about daily joyful movement — exercise for fun to make them feel great — and intuitive eating, so they can learn about foods that make them feel good, rather than us labelling some foods as ‘good’ and some as ‘unhealthy’.
We also discuss muscle percentage. I’ll say to my son ‘Your muscles are nearly at 60%’ and then he tells me he wants to go back on the monkey bars again to grow them.‘I might suggest reducing food that our mouth likes and focusing on more foods that are good for our tummy’ This approach also helps me address any changes in their weight without resorting to fat-shaming.
I was a mildly overweight child, and no one ever did anything about it, or mention it. It was fine as a kid but when I got older, I put on weight as no one ever spoke to me about nutrition and exercise. Successful applicants will get three bottles from the range to test and review over an eight-week period.
Explaining why Aldi was launching the initiative, Julie Ashfield, Managing Director of Buying, Aldi UK said: ‘We embrace the opportunity to gather feedback from our trusted shoppers. 2. Swirl: ‘Pour a small measure and swirl the glass anti-clockwise,’ Sam advises. ‘Swirling ensures a more intense aroma, as it releases what are called “volatile” aromatics.’
The couple have explained how they booked the week-long Lanzarote break long before the 2023/24 term dates were confirmed by their kids’ primary school. ‘You shouldn’t be punished if your kids have good attendance rates like ourselves. You should not be vilified and made to feel like a criminal,’ he said.
These fines are issued by the local authority to each parent liable for the attendance offence or offences. The head wrote the letter after deciding he could ‘no longer tolerate’ the quality of food being sold in his school canteen. ‘I think it’s completely unacceptable because we see children coming into school hungry and they are relying on that school lunch as their only meal of the day, let alone their best one,’ Saffron — who won a Jamie Oliver Good School Food award for Youth Activist of the Year in 2023 — told the BBC.
‘Budgets are tight’ Chefs In Schools, a charity that provides training to help schools serve up brilliant meals within budget, has said that it’s important that school kitchen staff don’t get the blame for the quality of school meals. A DfE spokesperson said: ‘Our guidance around school catering is clear – that children need a healthy, balanced meal to help them concentrate and learn.‘All food provided in schools must meet our food standards guidelines, but contracts with food suppliers are the responsibility of schools.’‘Game-changing’ free school meals plan announced – find out if your child is affectedA headteacher has written to parents to share his disgust at the school dinners served at his school.
The head, who is a dad himself, went on to say he held the same high standards for his pupils as he does for his own children. Mr Ashley said he expressed concern about the company they use, Chartwells — whose website boasts they are ‘inspiring our future generation through nutritious food and memorable experiences’.
‘I hope that you are as angry and as disappointed as me’ Acknowledging how vital school lunches are for so many children, the Headteacher said: ‘I can no longer tolerate, provide reasons or even justify to you the unacceptable nature of the food. ‘We’ve clearly fallen below those standards. We’re really sorry for that.’ A spokesperson for Chartwells has apologised for their food falling below their own high standards at Redbridge Community School, saying: ‘Everyone at Chartwells is passionate about delivering high quality, nutritious meals for the children we serve.
‘You have to stop providing constant entertaibment’ ‘If you want to raise children who don’t demand constant entertainment, who can stand in lines, wait for a meal and remain calm during car rides, you have to stop providing constant entertainment,’ Adrian says in his video, which has been watched by over 5million people.‘You have to stop immediately reaching for screens and allow your children’s boredom which is essential for their cognitive development backed by evidence.
‘Single dad, made a conscious effort to not give screen time to my toddler and bought him a sh** load of toys. He can go anywhere without the phone, shopping, car rides, restaurants, friends houses. ‘No leadership, no conviviality, no learning, it creates weak people who can’t handle real thoughts, real emotions and real connections.
In the study, the participants’ neurodevelopment was assessed through monitoring functional brain connectivity through MRI scans. Researchers also assessed their physical and mental health via the child’s parent or caregiver. ‘More needs to be done at policy level to support families to prevent obesity and potentially reduce the risk of musculoskeletal pain.’
Girls in year six were also more likely to experience musculoskeletal issues if they were obese than a healthy weight.The most common musculoskeletal issues reported were knee or back pain, with more back pain reported by year 6 children compared with reception-age children. ‘Improve the health of children nationally Victoria King, from Barts Charity, who funded the study said the researchers used ‘anonymised health data to gain insights and build tools that are directly impacting health outcomes locally’.
The review had been carried out following a rise in referrals to the Gender Identity Development Service – a specialised service for young people who experience gender dysphoria. The NHS describes this as ‘a sense of unease that a person may have because of a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity.’
However Mermaids, a transgender youth support charity, said the move was ‘deeply disappointing, and a further restriction of support offered to trans children and young people through the NHS.’ A former President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health from 2012-2015, Dr Cass found there were ‘gaps in evidence’ around the drugs and her report called for a transformation in the model of care for children with gender-related distress.
In people assigned female at birth, this treatment limits or stops breast development and stops menstruation. The results are ‘alarming’ according to John Camp, president of the Association of School and College Leaders . A third of teachers experienced pupils kept off due to parental disputes The survey asked 8,411 teachers across England in January what reasons had been given to them for absences by parents and pupils, other than illness.
He added that the fact that children are kept at home because of a dispute with the school is particularly ‘surprising’. Increase in fines for parents This comes after the government announced last month that fines for parents who take their kids out of school during term time for holidays would soon be increasing.
The government has also displayed controversial posters to encourage parents to send their children to school even if they have a cold. The move has been proposed to help pupils and teachers achieve a better work/life balance with a report suggesting that the new timetabling could improve take-up of sports and social clubs too. Friday early finishes The new changes have been proposed for the 16 secondary schools across Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.
This would be the same for all the schools in the area that would operate under one single timetable. To improve collaboration A provisional timetable was then set up to work out a learning scheme that could be adopted by schools across the area. A report given to councillors said: ‘There could be benefits to aligning primary schools, for example, improvements to the health and wellbeing of children by finishing early on Friday when children tend to be more tired, improved take-up of out-of-school activities on Friday afternoons like sports or social clubs, or accessing other providers like “forest schools”.’
The campaign encourages parents and teachers to let children choose what they want to read, allowing them to give it a chance and enjoy reading. The fast food giant conducted its own research, finding that ‘77% of parents saying it’s their child’s favourite activity to do with a family member’.
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