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IN THIS ISSUE RECRUITING NOW Successful ‘business mum’ is seeking 5 working partners to work Education part-time from home, alongside and without compromising family Clubs & Classes commitments or current career. If you have a supervisory, managerial, sales, marketing, Parenting Advice recruitment or self-employed background, or you wish to develop New Year, New You an extraordinary lifestyle please call Vicki King What’s On Guide 07501 433 922 THINK BIG Kindergarten, Pre-Prep & Junior School Open Morning, Fri 8th March See our new STEAM HUB under construction. Hear about our new curriculum for the future taught from age 3. • Coding • Design Thinking • Project Management Talbot Heath 3 • Digital Design • Ethics • Material Science Independent School for Girls aged -18 Rothesay Rd | Bournemouth | Tel: 01202 763360 | talbotheath.org | Connect with us @TalbotHeathSch | Day and boarding Issue 4 January/February 2019 familiesonline.co.uk Views & Welcome Editor’s Welcome News Happy New Year! promote your business - and you’d like to get in front of thousands of local parents in our In this issue, we show you how to beat the next issue - please do get in touch with me. winter blues and get 2019 off to the best Plus, don’t forget to like us on Facebook for start for you and your family. Plus, we’ve got up-to-date information, competitions everything you need to ease yourself back in and more. to the school routine and prepare your kids for exam season, along with great ideas for clubs Best wishes, & classes for all ages. Managing Editor - Keren Moseley [email protected] If you have anything you’d like to share with Editor 07518 514012 our readers – whether news, events or Advertising - Claire Clarricoates [email protected] 07812 218331 Design - Matthew Craig 5 mattcraigdesign.co.uk In This Issue Next Issue March/April 2019 Easter Holidays & Days Out, 3 News & Views Education, Classes & Clubs, Early Years and much more! 5 How to Beat the January Blues 6 Booking Deadline: 1 February Copy Deadline: 7 February 6 How to Have your Happiest Year Ever Distribution We distribute throughout Dorset including Bournemouth, Blandford Forum, 7 Six Ways to Stay Healthy This Winter 9 Broadstone, Bridport, Christchurch, Dorchester, Ferndown, New Milton, Poole, Ringwood, Swanage, Verwood, Wareham, 8 The Inside Track on Exam Preparation Wimborne and more. Find Families Dorset Magazine on 9 Top Tips for De-Stressing 11 @FamiliesDorsetMag @FamDorsetMag Term Time Routines © Families Dorset Magazine January/February 2019. 10 Early Years News Families Dorset is part of Families Print Ltd, a franchise company. All franchised magazines in the group are independently owned and operated under licence. Families is a registered trademark of LCMB Ltd, Remenham House, 12 Regatta Place, Marlow Road, Bourne End, Bucks SL8 5TD. 11 Clubs & Classes for Pre-Schoolers The contents of Families Dorset are fully protected by copyright and none of the editorial or photographic matter may be reproduced in any form without prior consent of Families Dorset. Every care is taken in the preparation of this 12 Winter-Proof Clubs & Classes magazine, but Families Dorset, its distributors, the franchise company, Families Print Ltd, and LCMB Ltd cannot be held responsible for the claims of advertisers nor for the accuracy of the contents, or any consequence thereof. 14 What’s On this January & February DISTRIBUTORS BUSINESS OWNERS! WANTED Looking for some extra income? Have a few hours spare for 1-2 days Would you like to advertise your every 2 months during school hours? Families Dorset Magazine is looking for friendly, business to over 40,000 parents? local distributors to deliver our magazines. If you live locally, are reliable, have a car and would like more money in your pocket, please contact us for more info. BOOK TODAY BRIDPORT / BLANDFORD FORUM / DORCHESTER / WAREHAM / WIMBORNE / SWANAGE Call 07518 514012 or email [email protected] Email [email protected] 2 Families Dorset familiesonline.co.uk Views & News Healthy Drinks with Kids Meals The Oral Health Foundation (OHF) is calling for the introduction of healthy drinks as the standard drink option served with children’s meals in restaurants, insisting that it will significantly help to improve oral health. The call follows a pioneering law passed in Photo Credit: Robin by Andy Hay @ rspb-images.com Photo Credit: Family by Eleanor Bentall @ rspb-images.com California, which will see milk (and a non- dairy milk alternative) and still, sparkling or flavoured water being advertised on The Big Garden Birdwatch menus and served as primary drink choices with kids’ meals in restaurants throughout The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch takes place You can request a FREE Big Garden Birdwatch the state. from 26 to 28 January and is the largest pack from the RSPB which includes a bird According to the OHF, around one in four wildlife survey in the world. The information identification chart and advice to help you (24.7%) children age 5 years in the UK collected helps monitor bird species in the attract wildlife to your garden. have tooth decay and new government UK, and is great fun for children. To make it fun, challenge your children to see data shows the number of 5 to 9 year olds To take part, you need to watch the birds in who can spot the most birds. Take a bike ride admitted to hospital for tooth decay has your garden or local park for just one hour at to a local park to look for birds, or make a day risen for the second consecutive year. some point over the three days and report your trip out of it and spot birds in a new place. The charity believes rolling out a similar results to the RSPB. More info at www.rspb.org.uk initiative in the UK will help combat the health effects of sugary drinks and protect thousands of children from tooth decay every year. More info at www.dentalhealth.org Kids Debit Card & App Teaches Value of Money & Giving gohenry is a pre-paid debit card and app Children can set savings that allows parents to manage their goals and choose how Reading Support children’s pocket money whilst teaching much pocket money and Volunteers Needed in them good money habits and giving them earned money they save. financial independence. Now gohenry has teamed Local Primary Schools Parents can top up the card with a regular up with the NSPCC to launch a new Can you spare an hour or two a week to allowance or set tasks for their children to Giving function, allowing children to make listen to children read in a local primary complete to earn extra money. a one-off or regular donation to the NSPCC school? Schoolreaders has recently (capped at 20 pence per week). Parents can decide where the card can be used launched into Dorset and is looking for (online, in-store or at cash machines) all within More info visit www.gohenry.co.uk/why-nspcc volunteers to carry out this important role. set spending limits. Reading time for many children at home and at school is often insufficient and one in four children are now leaving primary school unable to read to the required standard, which can have Not So ‘Free Childcare’ or outings are less common, as are charges for lifelong consequences. consumables such as sun tan lotion. No qualifications are necessary, just a good Most parents are paying to access the Almost half of parents said that they had seen command of spoken and written English. government’s 30 hours ‘free’ childcare restrictions placed on when they could use Schoolreaders is flexible and will match scheme, according to research for the the hours or that they had to be taken at times your availability to an appropriate, local Department of Education. specified by the provider. Additionally, the school. Its volunteers find the scheme The research confirms that 56% of parents research found that 39% of providers reported incredibly rewarding, knowing that a few are paying charges for additional items or a reduction in their profit due to the 30 hours hours helping a child learn to read each activities when accessing the 30 hours offer. scheme while 25% of providers said that they week can have such a great impact on The majority of charges are for meals, snacks had moved from either making a profit to their life chances. and other refreshments, while charges for breaking even or even making a loss. Visit www.schoolreaders.org to join or special activities such as music, gym lessons More info at www.pre-school.org.uk/news call 01234 924111 for further information. familiesonline.co.uk Families Dorset 3 Views & News New Year Offers at Monkey World Monkey World is kicking the New Year off with a special money-saving offer for all local residents to the parks. The renowned ape rescue centre near Wareham is giving residents living in BH, DT and SP postcodes half price entry throughout the whole of January. It’s a great opportunity to see over 250 primates of more than 20 different species, including the world’s largest group of chimpanzees outside of Africa. Simply Safewise Celebrates show your proof of postcode (household bill/passport/driving license) on entry, and 20 Years of Saving Lives then enjoy your day at the park! Dorset-based charity, SafeWise, has marked living, mental health, digital well-being, 20 years of delivering essential skills for financial capability and more. life and safety education. Since 1998, SafeWise Chief Executive Rob Hattersley said: SafeWise has welcomed an estimated “We’re looking forward to the next exciting 250,000 children at its learning villages in chapter for SafeWise as we equip visitors Bournemouth and Weymouth.