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...
08 Jan, 2021 How to cope with the winter lockdown By Ruth Nossek This is a great short article about routines and techniques that can help us deal with lockdown in winter in the UK and other parts of...
07 Jan, 2021 Spread a little happiness to boost your mood in these challenging times! By Ruth Nossek If you are looking for something to help boost your wellbeing during the crisis, take a look at Action for Happiness... You can download...
16 Nov, 2020 Anti-Bullying Week: dealing with child cyberbullying and online abuse By Ruth Nossek This week is Anti-Bullying Week. Something we didn't have to deal with when I was a child was the possibility of being bullied online....
08 Sep, 2020 Can I catch it from my friend's pencil? and other questions: Talking to kids about COVID-19 By Ruth Nossek As children are going back to school across the globe - or have been back, but are now sadly in lockdown again - questions are still...
12 Jun, 2020 Resources to support discussions about racism with children By Ruth Nossek With the outpourings of grief and anger in the US in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25 May, and the protests...
20 May, 2020 Looking after our children's mental health in lockdown: a collection of resources By Ruth Nossek Looking after the mental health and wellbeing of our families and ourselves has never been so important. Even with the news that...
14 May, 2020 Family haircuts in lockdown: some tips and hints By Ruth Nossek The time had come in our house this week to get out the scissors and comb I had ordered a couple of weeks back, and cut my daughter's...
04 May, 2020 Help with financial education during lockdown from Unividual and MyBnk By Rainbow Hub Team The team at Unividual have launched Money Mondays with the brilliant charity MyBnk. The focus is on KS2, KS3, KS4 and KS5. Follow Simon's...
23 Apr, 2020 Advice for adults: How to work, homeschool, and care By James Barclay One for the adults: This article, by a US communications firm, has eight great pieces of advice for balancing your jobs as remote...
19 Apr, 2020 From 20th April: New major package to support online learning from UK Government and BBC By Ruth Nossek The UK government have announced a major package to support schools and parents in the delivery of home-school learning at the beginning...
29 Mar, 2020 The Art and Science of Handwashing - and why it is still so important in helping us beat the Coronavirus By Ruth Nossek Handwashing is more important than ever in our global fight against Covid-19, especially as we practise 'social distancing', but may...
23 Mar, 2020 Advice from teachers on schooling at home By Ruth Nossek Today has been the first day of home schooling for many children and parents around the country. Messages were flying around in WhatsApp...
22 Mar, 2020 Need help with home-schooling? By Ruth Nossek As schooling for the majority of children in the UK begins at home this week, what is going to happen at the School of Mum and Dad?...
22 Mar, 2020 Face-to-face time with friends and family is so important By Ruth Nossek I have been at home for a week now self-isolating (I'm fine, just a 'normal' virus with a cough, no temperature). It does mean that my...
21 Mar, 2020 How to help kids cope with life without school By Ruth Nossek Children across the UK will be off school for an indefinite period of time because of coronavirus. Here is some advice from the BBC on...