24 Feb, 2021 Free family activities and downloadable book from the National Portrait Gallery By Ruth Nossek If you are looking for some inspiration to keep families and children engaged with art during lockdown - or holidays - take a look at the...
15 Feb, 2021 Scottish Opera's new film of Hansel and Gretel - watch it for free By Rainbow Hub Team Scottish Opera have released a new film of Humperdinck's beautiful opera of the fairytale story of Hansel and Gretel and you can watch it...
12 Feb, 2021 Stellar activities for young space enthusiasts By Gaya Gajewska Here is something rather fun for those interested in the space exploration, who might already be waiting impatiently the forthcoming NASA...
12 Feb, 2021 The Case of the Stolen Heart: Solve a virtual Valentine's Detective Trail this weekend❤️ By Ruth Nossek Treasure Trails provide downloadable detective adventures/treasure trails that take you around differing cities and regions in the UK....
11 Feb, 2021 Free theatrical stories from the marvellous Unicorn Theatre By Ruth Nossek I have written about productions from the Unicorn Theatre before - namely their brilliant theatrical reading of Roald Dahl's The Twits...
09 Feb, 2021 #DrawWithRob - Join his Saturday morning Art Club / enter a competition to create an environmentally inspired race-suit By Ruth Nossek If you haven't already come across Rob Biddulph, he is a fantastic children's illustrator and author - and the man behind...
08 Feb, 2021 Safer Internet Day: Resources to help you keep your children safe online By Ruth Nossek Safer Internet Day, coordinated in the UK by the Safer Internet Centre is an annual event aiming to raise awareness of online issues and...
07 Feb, 2021 Join the National Star Count this week (6-14 February 2021) By Ruth Nossek The best way to see how many stars we can all see in the sky is… to count them! This year, CPRE (The Countryside Charity) are asking...
04 Feb, 2021 Watch David Olusoga's lesson on the importance of the UK census By Ruth Nossek As part of the Census 2021 education programme Let’s Count!, David Olusoga will give a live lesson aimed primarily at KS2 children on...
03 Feb, 2021 Five ways to 'express yourself' ... Free virtual sessions to support Children's Mental Health Week By Ruth Nossek This week is Children's Mental Health Week (1-7 February 2021). This year's theme is 'Express Yourself', and Place2Be (the children's...
02 Feb, 2021 Neverending Stories: a free downloadable pack to support storytelling at home with young children By Ruth Nossek The free downloadable storytelling pack, from the National Centre for Creative Writing, is crammed with tips and activities for engaging...
01 Feb, 2021 Get creative and join in with the national 'The Great Big Art Exhibition'... (anyone can participate!) By Ruth Nossek Sir Antony Gormley has launched what is being called 'largest-ever art exhibition' - a national art exhibition to be created by the...