LOCAL INFORMATION for parents of 0-12 year olds in HUDDERSFIELD DEWSBURY HALIFAX BRIGHOUSE TODMORDEN LITTLEBOROUGH OLDHAM ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE SADDLEWORTH Happy Easter! British SCIENCE week ors do this ut S p o t r i e n G g WHAT’S ON NEW over EASTER FAMILY LIFE PAGE plus NEWS EDUCATION FREE CLASSES TAKE A COPY ISSUE 37 MAR/APR 2017 AWARD-WINNING INSPIRING ENGAGING TUTORS CURRICULUM EducationInvestor Awards 2016 /explorelearning @exploretutors /explorelearning @exploretutors 2 www.familiesonline.co.uk WELCOME Spring has sprung! I can’t believe I’ve been with the magazine for a year now. That’s really flown by! I do hope you like what we’ve done with the magazine. IN THIS We’d love to hear your feedback, what you’d like 04 06 to see more of, so feel free to drop me a line at ISSUE NEWS FAMILY LIFE [email protected] or tweet or facebook us! In this issue, we’ve introduced a new Family Life page which will feature information on anything relating to parenting, health and just general family life. If you have any suggestions or would like to feature on this page do get in touch. Our education pages are packed with useful information on how to improve homework time, how to spot the signs of dyscalculia, and how to prepare your child for exams. 7 EDUCATION 10 OUTDOORS 12 With lots of events and activities taking place during the Easter AND CHILDCARE THIS SPRING EASTER holidays, your children will have no excuse to get bored. The Easter 06-Pavel Ilyukhin/Shutterstock.com 07-Explore Learning / Dominic James Bunny will be bouncing around the region, eggs will be hidden, plus there will be lots of places to go to see baby animals and enjoy the Spring outdoors. I’m looking forward to going on some al fresco FAMILIES PENNINES adventures with the family! Editor: Emily Raleigh 07974 401663 Have a great Easter! 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We take every care preparing this magazine but the publishers and distributors cannot be held responsible for the claims of advertisers nor for the accuracy of the contents nor for any consequence. COVER Inset image – ArtMarie/Shutterstock.com COVER Inset image – iStock.com/ ArtMarie www.familiesonline.co.uk 3 News Eureka! still as popular as ever Huddersfield Literature Festival is back Eureka! The National Children’s Museum has Do you love books? revealed their numbers have steadily risen and are Then why not head to It’s RED NOSE DAY holding fast at 289,000, despite a national decline of on 24 March. this year’s Huddersfield over 2 million museum visitors last year. Literature Festival To find out how you which is being held at Museums have also seen a 6% fall in schoolchildren can get involved, go to various venues across visiting museums and attractions, largely attributed www.rednoseday.com. Huddersfield between to the increasing challenges schools face including 4-19 March. Since 2006, time restrictions and funding, rising transport costs and its growing success has security fears. However, school visits at Eureka! increased turned it into a major event in the by 6% in 2016, accounting for around 12 per cent of overall literary world calendar. From workshops, visitor numbers. comedy nights and theatre to talks with Eureka! Chief Executive best-selling authors, including Joanne Leigh-Anne Stradeski, Harris and Ian Rankin, it’s not to be said: “Museums have to missed! challenge themselves to For more information, go to stay relevant and that’s www.litfest.org.uk why we’re investing in Eureka! in 2017 with a brand new flexible gallery space. This will initially host an international digital Fairtrade football supports better working conditions arts touring exhibition, a first for us, showing that Thanks to the fairandfunky team Around 70% of the world’s hand 25 years since opening we for our football. We love it! We stitched sports balls are made are still as relevant to our are very lucky to have just one in Pakistan, and Bala balls are audience as ever.” of 50 limited edition balls that made in two of the six Fairtrade were made by workers in factories. Currently less than This year Eureka! celebrates its 25th birthday and a quarter Pakistan. fairand- a quarter of the 6 million century of learning through play. funky worked or so sports balls sold with cooperative in the UK each year For more news, visit Families Online: Bala Sports to are Fairtrade certified. www.familiesonline.co.uk/news produce the balls Bala exists to increase to help make a that amount in order for difference to the more and more workers lives of the workers to benefit from the Fairtrade Don’t forget to wear a hat on 31 March in aid who hand-make up to 3 to system on an ongoing basis. 4 balls a day – from better pay to of Brain Tumour Research. For more For more information go to improved working conditions. information, go to www.braintumourresearch.org. www.fairandfunky.com Independent family-run garden centre and bistro café Gardening... Homeware... Eat... Drink... Relax... Outdoor play... Kids’ craft events... Parties Totties, Downshutts Lane, Holmfirth HD9 1AU (2 mins from A635 at New Mill) Open 7 days www.tottiesgardencentre.co.uk 01484 680227 4 www.familiesonline.co.uk NEWS Le Tour de Yorkshire returns! Is the Tour coming near you? Taking place across the May bank holiday weekend, this free region-wide event is great to get kids excited and inspired by cycling – and it’s coming to Halifax and Huddersfield on Sunday 1 May! Books to help kids learn about money The route consists of three stages: Money makes the world go around, so teaching your stage 1 - Bridlington to Scarborough, children the subject is pretty important! stage 2 - Tadcaster to Harrogate and Nat Thom/Shutterstock.com Nat - Bradford to Fox Valley, stage 3 Master money the millionaire by Allan Ahlberg Sheffield via Halifax and Master Money is very, very rich! In fact this little Huddersfield. boy is so rich that he even smells of money! By the For more information age of four years old he’s managed to find buried on the route, go to treasure in his very own back garden! By the time www.letour.yorkshire.com he’s five, he’s found even more treasure in the jiris/Shutterstock.com sandpit at school – and by six he’s got his hands on more at the beach! However, Mister Creep Call for official guidance on SCREEN TIME soon finds him… It’s not what you’ve got! By Dr Wayne W. Dyer This beautifully illustrated book presents A group of 40 leading authors, concepts such as; money doesn’t have to educationalists and child- define who you are, along with it doesn’t development experts have called matter what other people have. Unlike for official guidelines on the use of many other books on the subject of screen devices by children up to money, this one doesn’t try to teach little 12 to be drawn up by recognised ones how to spend and save, instead it authorities on child health and provides a rather spiritual approach on development. the matter. In a letter to The Guardian the group said it also wants to see the Noggin and the money by Oliver Postgate creation of a minister for children. The story of a friendly Viking, Olaf the Lofty who invents money This cabinet-level role would have – after all, it seems like a genius idea! However, it soon seems the responsibility for assessing the that money is actually more trouble than it’s worth. impact of all government policies This book is perfect for newly independent readers on children’s health and wellbeing. looking to learn about money. NadyaEugene/Shutterstock.com What is money? By Claire Llewellyn This book is great for answering kid’s questions Bronze for Yorkshire café in ‘free from’ awards about all things money. From how to tell the difference between different notes and coins The Olive Tree Café at Totties pleased. When designing our to how to get money and what to do with it. Garden Centre, Holmfirth, menu we ensure that we offer There’s also lots of notes for teachers and has been awarded bronze in a great variety of dishes to suit parents too! a national award to promote those with allergies, especially ‘free from’ dining out. gluten free. This award shows Show me the money by Alvin Hall we’re succeeding in that.” This book introduces children to the concept of “money makes Owner and manager, Sue the world go around, only if you know how to use it”. Within Brimble, said: “It’s the first time The café has long been known minutes of reading this wonderful book your kids will be entered we’ve been encouraged to for its gluten free afternoon tea into the crazy world of business and economics – learning enter these awards following and fish and chips, which was everything from the history of money to how to use it.