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Expert back-to-school budgeting tips

Parents face costs of up to £1,100 when kids return to school

  • Parents pay up to £422 on school uniform each year
  • The school run costs parents up to £137 annually
  • Hodge shares budgeting tips for parents with kids in school

As the new school year approaches, parents are preparing for significant expenses, with research from Hodge indicating...

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Back to school: making the walk fun and educational

Walking to school is a great way for you and your child to get some exercise early in the morning, and it offers a wonderful opportunity to explore the world together too. This is the perfect time to think about ways that you can make this walk even more fun for both you and your child, and add some exploration and learning elements to the experience too.

As well as getting in some...

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Health experts share top sleep aiding foods for back to school season – and the ones to avoid

After a summer of late nights and even later mornings, getting the kids, and by extension yourself, back into bedtime routines for the new school year can be a very tricky task.

In fact, parents across the country have flocked to the internet for tips and advice, with searches for ‘how to make bedtime easier’ increasing by 50 per cent over the last three months. Not to mention that...

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Back to school: Safeguarding expert shares advice for parents when posting on social media

  • Safeguarding expert shares advice for parents when posting on social media
  • New research reveals that over half (54%) of parents and grandparents choose not to post images of their children online
  • 44% of UK parents named social media as the most important issue in modern society, ahead of climate change

Online safety is once again a hot topic, with...

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Families urged to boost their back-to-school budget with Tax-Free Childcare

With the new school term starting, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding families to open a Tax-Free Childcare account today to save up to £2,000 per child on their yearly childcare bills.

Families can use their Tax-Free Childcare account to pay for any approved childcare including holiday clubs, breakfast and after school clubs, child minders and nurseries.

The scheme provides...

Back-to-School Sleep: 6 Steps to Bedtime Success

For many parents, the return to school brings about a familiar dilemma: helping our kids shift from summer freedom to a structured bedtime routine. With 9,073,832 students in the last headcount, bedrooms all over the nation will be having the same struggle.

Rest is crucial, not just for those growing bodies, but to fuel their young minds for the classroom. Shifting them from their...

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5 EXPERT TIPS TO RESTART YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL-TERM SLEEP ROUTINE

The flexibility and fun the holidays bring often means going to bed later and sleeping in, but how can parents feel back on track for the school run.

With schools usually starting around 8:30am, the holiday sleep routine of sleeping in until 9 or 10am is not going to work during term time.

Dr Lindsay Browning , psychologist, neuroscientist and sleep expert for And So To Bed shares...

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How simple mindfulness activities can help relieve children's back to school anxiety

The start of the school term can be an extremely daunting time for children; meeting new teachers and classmates, moving schools and classrooms, not to mention new learning pressures. Children’s mindfulness coach and Voxblock meditations series author, Christiane Kerr explains the benefits of mindfulness for children and gives some easy techniques to help your children cope with the start of...

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Speedy and stress-free school shoe shopping tips

Dreading the prospect of going out to get your child's school shoes before the start of term ? You're not alone. All parents will be familiar with the feeling of exhaustion that this practical and necessary task can bring: busy shops, bored kids and being overwhelmed with choices can add up to an experience that is lacking in fun!

But it doesn't have to be this way. Footwear experts...

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39% parents don't think their child can can focus for the duration of a lesson

With the new school term well underway, new research released today shows widespread concern among parents around their children’s attention in school. The data, released by Nuance Hearing , a leader in audio technology, shares the concerns of parents about the concentration ability of school-aged children, while pointing to a wider problem around the role of background noise in busy...

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