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CONTENTS

In this issue 4 9 13 14 18

What’s on Tween Christmas Gift Guide Early Years Ladder Challenge downloadable 19 Health 20 Christmas Competition winners from our July/August issue Chantal Platt, Lili Phung, Jax Blunt, Karolina Holmes and Emily Adams who received an Orchard Toys Game Bundle.

See recipients of a children’s wellbeing activity book and Readmio app.

Get in touch

EDITOR: Lisa Exell 01945 861336, editor@familiesCambridgeshire.co.uk ASSISTANT EDITOR: Amanda Dawson, admin@familiescambridgeshire.co.uk

Welcome Tis the season to be merry, or so they say!

For busy parents already juggling work, school, and a household, the thought of probably the biggest event of the year on the children’s calendar only weeks away can be overwhelming, especially when trying to squeeze in school plays, Christmas fairs, carol services, Christmas social events and Christmas shopping. So remember to take time for yourself this Christmas - we deserve a break at Christmas too!

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WHAT’S ON THE SNOW QUEEN

WHERE: Cambridge Junction WHEN: 8th December – 3rd January Join Gerda on her amazing quest to save her best friend Kaj from the Snow Queen in the frozen north. Featuring a broken mirror, wild woods, helpful crows and a bicycling reindeer, expect a magical show filled with live music and frosty fun.

From £11.00 www.junction.co.uk 01223 511511

Little Bugs Club – Great Fen

WHERE: Countryside Centre,

Ramsey Heights WHEN: Fridays until 10th

'Little Acorns' Toddler Group

WHERE: St. Johns Church

Grounds, March WHEN: Wednesdays until 1st December, 9.00 - 11.00 Little Acorns is a toddler group designed for 1-4 year olds, which enables them to fully immerse themselves into nature and introduces them to the magic of forest school. £10.00 per session (first session £5.00) fenland-foragers-forest-sch. class4kids.co.uk 07962 337988

Home Education Forest School Group WHERE: St. Johns Church

Grounds, March WHEN: Wednesdays until 8th December, 12.00 - 14.00 4 week block sessions with a different theme in each block.

Opportunities for tool and knife use, ropes, den building and muddy play are always available.

Age 10 months to 16 years. £10.00 per session (first session £5.00) fenland-foragers-forest-sch. class4kids.co.uk 07962 337988

December, 10.30 – 12.00 A fantastic introduction to the natural world for pre-school children. Each weekly session is packed with activities, walks and games….be prepared to get mucky. £5 per child.

Pre-booking essential www.wildlifebcn.org 01487 710420

Magic and Mayhem

WHERE: Cambridge University

Botanic Garden WHEN: 13th November – 23rd December The mischievous elves have been sprinkling seasonal fun around, with some fun surprises and entertaining installations hidden around the Garden. You may discover some unexpected surprises!

Adults from £6.30. Children under 16 years free. www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/

Christmas Gift and Food Fair

WHERE: Ely Cathedral WHEN: 18th– 20th November

Discover perfect presents from over a hundred boutique stalls and designers all located in the Cathedral's magnificent nave and Lady Chapel. For the first time, the grounds surrounding the Cathedral will be incorporated into the Christmas Fair experience. £4.50 (under 16 free when accompanied by an adult) www.elycathedral.org/events 4 November/December

Percy the Park Keeper’s Winter Wander Trail WHERE: Wicken Fen Nature

Reserve WHEN: From 4th December, 10.00

– 15.00 Percy and his animal friends will be giving nature a helping hand. Follow the trail round our Boardwalk and Woodland Walk to see how you can help too! www.nationaltrust.org.uk 01353 720274

Cambridge Big Switch On WHERE: Market Square,

Cambridge WHEN: 21st November

Expect a lively lineup from local performing arts clubs and choirs and stars of Cambridge Arts Theatre Pantomime to help switch on the lights.

Pinocchio

WHERE: Cambridge Junction WHEN: 21st November, 13.00

and 16.00 Stuff and Nonsense use their hallmark hilarity, cleverness, puppetry, music, fantastic staging, outstanding performers and extraordinary physical tricks to tell this classic tale. From £6.00 www.junction.co.uk 01223 511511

Beauty & The Beast WHERE: King’s Lynn Corn

Exchange WHEN: 8th – 31st December

A baddie wanting boos, goodies with some gags, a heroine in hot water … but what has happened to the Handsome Prince? Join King’s Lynn Corn Exchange for a spectacular adventure as Dame Dotty and son, Potty Pierre, cause chaos at the chateau.

From £16.50 www.kingslynncornexchange. co.uk/

All events are subject to change and cancellation in view of any future Covid-19 legislations.

All details are correct at the point of writing this article in November.

Arthur Rank Hospice Charity Fun Run WHERE: Anywhere and everywhere

WHEN: 28th November, 10.00 Don a Santa hat, limber up and raise funds for Hospice care by taking part in Arthur Rank Hospice Charity’s Festive 5K by running a route of your choice!

Whether you sprint it or stroll it or somewhere-in-between it – this event is for everyone!

Adults £10; Under 16 £5 www.arhc.org.uk/ely-festive-5k.asp

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WHERE TO FIND

Father Christmas Christmas Special 2021

Father Christmas at Church Farm

WHEN: Weekends in November and every day until

WHEN: Thursdays – Sundays 2nd – 12th December

24th December Board the Santa Express to the Winter Wonderland to meet Father Christmas and his Elves and receive a gift.

Other activities include letter writing, reindeer food making, Mother Christmas’s interactive show, Holly the Christmas Fairy and the Adventure Play Area. From £9 (children under 1 free) Booking essential. Tickets will not be available to purchase on the day. www.audley-end-railway.co.uk 01799 510726

and everyday from 16th – 23rd December, 10am – 5pm All Father Christmas tickets include entrance to the Farm as well as visiting Father Christmas, so you can stay all day and enjoy the play areas, animal encounters, undercover petting pens, Christmas shopping and market and lots more.

Children from £10.50. Adults £8.10 www.churchfarmstowbardolph.co.uk 01366 382162

WHERE: Audley End Miniature Railway

Sleeping Beauty

WHERE: The Maltings, Ely WHEN: 10th – 31st December Celebrations have begun for the birth of Princess Beauty, until the Evil Carabosse appears uninvited and casts a curse on the Princess.

Will the Dashing Prince save her?

Will the Nurse ever find a new husband and will Muddles finally get the court Jester job he’s so longed for! From £14.00 www.kdtheatre.co.uk/

Santa’s Grotto

WHERE: Skylark Garden Centre WHEN: Weekends from 27th November – 12th

December and then 18th - 24th December Enjoy a 40 minute festive tour of the winter wonderland grotto including gingerbread decorating, reindeer food making, a Christmas sing-along, letters to Santa and Christmas craft. Not forgetting meeting Santa and choosing a toy in the Toy Shop.

From £18.99 per child and £3.00 for adults. www.skylark-events.co.uk/christmas

Santa’s Grotto The Nutcracker: Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet WHERE: Dobbies Peterborough and Huntingdon WHERE: Cambridge Corn Exchange WHEN: 29th – 31st December The timeless story of Clara, who is whisked away on an enchanting adventure by her Nutcracker Prince, is the perfect introduction to Russian classical ballet. Full of magical effects, the ballet is set to the captivating and instantly recognisable Tchaikovsky score.

From £19.00 www.cambridgelive.org.uk

Swan Lake: Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet

WHERE: Cambridge Corn Exchange WHEN: 1st – 2nd January 2022 The story of Prince Siegfried and the Swan Princess is a tragic tale of betrayal and a love that triumphs over evil. The world’s most romantic ballet is magnificently brought to life by Tchaikovsky’s sublime and haunting score. From £19.00 www.cambridgelive.org.uk 01223 357851

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WHEN: Weekends from 27th November – 12th

WHERE: Stow Bardolph, Nr Downham Market

Father Christmas at the Fen WHERE: Wicken Fen, Ely

WHEN: Selected dates from 4th December Join the elves to make a decoration, and collect a Christmas craft pack for taking home, before popping into Fen Cottage where Father Christmas will be warming his toes by the fire and have a present for you! Child £10.00 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ wicken-fen 01353 720274

Afternoon Tea with Santa

WHERE: Twenty Pence Garden Centre, Ely WHEN: Saturdays from 4th – 18th December

December and every day from 18th – 24th December Walk through the magical outdoor woodland, spotting the Christmas characters along the way, to meet Santa and receive a special gift. £11.99 per child. events. dobbies.com

plus 22nd and 23rd December, 15.30 Wander through the winter wonderland to meet Santa for Afternoon Tea. Children receive a piece of cake, a cold drink and a gift, adults receive a scone with jam, clotted cream and tea or coffee. Child £10, Adult £7 www.twentypence.co.uk 01353 741024

Santa’s Breakfast

5-Minute Santa Experience

WHERE: Dobbies Peterborough and Huntingdon

WHERE: Shepreth Wildlife Park

WHEN: Weekends from 4th – 12th December and

WHEN: Weekends from 11th – 19th December

every day from 18th–24th December This festive event includes breakfast for the whole family followed by fun games and a visit from Santa with a special gift for every child. Suited to families with children aged 10 years and under. events.dobbies.com

plus 24th December Visit Santa at Shepreth Wildlife Park this December and receive a Christmas gift and one free child winter pass to the park. £10.00 (does not include entry to the park and entry not required) sheprethwildlifepark. co.uk 01763 262226

Breakfast with Santa

WHERE: Twenty Pence Garden Centre, Ely WHEN: Saturdays from 4th – 18th December

plus 22nd and 23rd December, 09.30 Wander through the winter wonderland to meet Santa for Breakfast and receive a present. Children and adults will be served a cooked breakfast and a drink.

Child £10, Adult £8 www.twentypence.co.uk 01353 741024

NSPCC Children's Christmas Party WHERE: Upwell Village Hall

WHEN: 12th December, 11-13.00 Join Steve Sausage for some magic, dancing fun and laughter. Includes food, drink and a gift from Father Christmas. Suitable for ages 3 - 11 years. £10.00 Tickets in advance only.

01945 781212 or 07503 221197 (Lucy) / 01945 773289 (Gloria) / 07860 853337 (Rebekah)

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EDUCATION

Finding the right tutor for your child

By Kate Hilpern Here’s some ideas of where to start.

Word of mouth. Asking around is the most effective and popular way to source good tutors. Parents whose children have just done the relevant exam, if that’s what you’re preparing for, are often the best source.

Your child’s school. Talk to your child’s teachers. They may be happy to help out a little outside school or know of other people who tutor.

Tutor agencies. While you are not getting a tutor recommended to you by someone you know, you can pick the one who seems most compatible and switch if it doesn’t work out.

Website agencies. Parents can interview or chat with as many potential tutors as they like before agreeing to start tutoring. Be aware, however, that there may be little support if things go wrong.

What questions should you ask a prospective tutor?

What is your educational background? Particularly in the subject they are teaching.

How much tutoring experience do you have? Are they fully up to date with the current curriculum?

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How will you tell if you’re suited to tutoring my child? Do they adapt to children who might be very shy or boisterous?

What are your tutoring methods?

Is the work all done in the session?

Will there be additional homework?

What is your success rate? If they tutor for specific exams, do they achieve consistently good results?

What hours are you available and where do you tutor?

How long do you expect the tutoring to last? Do they teach fixed blocks or until everyone agrees the child is ready to ‘go solo?’

What are your fees? Any additional costs? Terms and conditions? Are materials and textbooks included?

What happens if either of you have to cancel a session?

Can you provide references and DBS records?

Kate Hilpern is from The Good Schools Guide, the leading impartial source of information on schools in the UK, helping parents with every aspect of choosing the best education for their children.

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EDUCATION

Encouraging your child to become an independent learner

By Bradley Busch and Edward Watson As children get older and progress within the education system, how they manage their time and how efficiently and effectively they study independently becomes an ever-increasing premium skill. So, what does academic research tell us about how parents can help facilitate this?

Let’s look at three different but related techniques.

Introduce learners to effective goal setting. This must include Improving self-reflection. The more flexibility, short and long-term goals and enough challenge to maintain self-aware learners are, the more motivation. likely they are to manage potential distractions. Self-monitoring is READ MORE a skill that can be developed by encouraging children to ask themselves good questions, such as ‘how can I get better?’ and ‘where do I do my best work?’

Better time management. Left to their own devices, people tend to procrastinate. Some studies have found that seventy five per cent of students consider themselves procrastinators, with fifty per cent procrastinating regularly and to a level that is considered problematic.

Research suggests that most students are poor at estimating how long a task will take to complete, as they get distracted or face unexpected obstacles along the way. This is called ‘The Planning Fallacy.’ Find out more here.

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EDUCATION

DIY Christmas gifts for teachers Fabulously creative and low-cost presents that will excite your kids and delight their teachers.

Make Christmas brownies in a jar

Create origami bookmarks

Make a homemade candle

Make scented soap

Bake a bird feeder

Paint a Sharpie mug

Plant a succulent mini pot

Make a rice heat bag

Create a tissue paper vase

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EDUCATION

What homework should my child get?

By Lisa Wander and Catherine Loble Here’s our rough guide.

Reception. Formal homework is rarely set. However, children are likely to bring home first reading books. Listening to your child read is invaluable.

Years 1 and 2. One or two literacy or numeracy tasks weekly. Children should spend no longer than thirty minutes on each task. Daily reading with your child is essential.

Years 3 and 4. Most schools set two homework activities per week of up to forty five minutes each, typically, one literacy and one numeracy.

Years 5 and 6. Two or three pieces of homework weekly totalling approximately two hours per week, in preparation for SATs and transition to secondary school.

Lisa and Catherine are cofounders of EmParenting, which works with schools and parents to strengthen children’s core qualities like kindness and offers insights and tools to nurture their development and wellbeing.

Top tips for homework support A quiet, designated homework area where everything they need is accessible.

A regular study time. Avoid late in the day. Encourage regular breaks.

Eliminate distractions. Ensure screens are off and out of reach.

Start with the hardest work first.

Then the rest of the work will feel easier!

Praise work and effort to encourage a positive response to homework.

Teach by example. Work at the same time in the same space, if possible.

Accept help, when needed, from YouTube videos, websites like Khan Academy or even tutors.

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EDUCATION

Things to know about class WhatsApp groups

By Claire Winter Love them or loathe them school class WhatsApp groups make it incredibly easy and quick to communicate with a community with common interests. But, as with most things, there are pros and cons!

Pros Messages from other parents act as a valuable reminder of the important that keyword will appear. things you were told in emails from your child’s school but have To respond to a specific message, forgotten. hold your finger on the screen over that message and click the Sub-groups are fabulous for backwards arrow. You’ll see the organising the dialogue and message you want to respond to mean you can easily be in touch appear in the chat box and you write with individual parents or groups your reply underneath. of parents with specific shared interests.

Getting overwhelmed by different chats in different groups? Decide Cons which groups are important and politely leave the rest.

Expect flurries of panicked, confused and last-minute threads!

Don’t use your class group like Not everybody in the class group your personal social media will always check email or previous pages and post irrelevant videos, threads. If you are getting confused photographs, memes, conspiracy yourself, always go back to the theories and articles. Or ask for official school correspondence. medical advice! This type of usage can cause tension.

Tips for using WhatsApp You can also mute notifications by To find information on a clicking the profile at the top and particularly topic quickly, press selecting mute if you don’t want to the three dots in the corner of your be constantly pinged all day. screen and click ‘search.’ Type in a keyword and messages that have 10 November/December

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TWEEN

Tween sleep habits

By Chris Skeat

It’s just as hard for tweens to get a good night’s sleep, as it is for their parents! Pre-teen/teen experts at wearetwixt offer tips on healthy sleep habits for this age group.

Children ages 10 to 12 years should get between nine hours fifteen minutes and nine hours forty five minutes of sleep a night (NHS). But, at puberty (on average, between 10-12 for girls and 12-16 for boys), children’s natural sleep patterns may start shifting.

Sleep is essential for forming and maintaining pathways in the brain that facilitate learning and create new memories but research shows we’re now having two hours less sleep a night than in the 1960s.

A key reason? The blue light from digital screens suppresses the body’s sleep hormone, melatonin, which helps us drift off.

Banish the blue-light According to a BBC survey, fifty seven per cent of the UK’s children sleep with their mobile phones by their bed and forty two percent of children always keep their phones with them, never turning them off.

But a pre-bedtime screen time cutoff and no access to technology in the bedroom is crucial for a good night’s sleep.

bed the first week, building to sixty or ninety minutes.

How can bedtime routines and bedroom set ups also improve tween sleep?

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CHRISTMAS

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Inspiration : Confidence Ambition : Achievement www.edendance.co.uk info@edendance.co.uk 01223 778655 Studio at Chesterton Sports Centre Gilbert Road, Cambridge CB4 3NY Join us now for Nursery Playdance : Children’s Ballet Adult Ballet : Creative Theatre Performances

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CHRISTMAS

Christmas audiobooks for the family Grab some blankets and mugs of hot chocolate and curl up to listen to these fabulous Christmas tales.

A Christmas Carol

Mog’s Christmas

A Season of Gifts

Enid Blyton’s Christmas Stories

A Boy Called Christmas

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Ages 6+ (2 hours & 44 minutes).

Ages 2+ (8 minutes).

Ages 9+ (3 hours & 50 minutes).

Ages 7+ (4 hours & 42 minutes).

Ages 9+ (4 hours & 26 minutes).

Ages 3+ (12 minutes).

Tumtum and Nutmeg’s Christmas Adventure

Mrs Claus and the Christmas Adventure

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Ages 3+ (1 hour & 26 minutes).

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Ages 4+ (1 hour & 9 minutes).

Ages 8+ (1 hour & 26 minutes).

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CHRISTMAS

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CHRISTMAS

Best family Christmas recipes For the best fun cooking and eating!

Kid-friendly fruit mince pies

Gingerbread men

Strawberry Santa pancakes

Snowman marshmallow pops

White Christmas crackles

Peanut butter cookie dough reindeers

Snowman pizza

Easy family Christmas nut roast

Cheese stars

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EARLY YEARS

Improving your little one’s speech and language post-pandemic

By Joanne Jones Masks, social distancing, no parenting clubs or classes and no visitors to the house...that was the theme of the pandemic.

Consequently, children have had less experience of full faces, watched fewer mouths and played fewer turn-taking games such as ‘I smile, you smile’ with strangers.

Babies and toddlers acquire many of the skills involved in learning to talk from copying and reading facial expressions and copying mouth movements. So, post-pandemic, many parents report that their children are struggling to learn language or to use the words they already know in conversation.

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• Your child is not using ‘learned phrases’ to communicate.

• Your child is not chewing or only eating a limited diet and words are not being used.

If any of the above signs ring true for you, firstly, talk to your Health Visitor and ask about a referral to Speech Therapy.

Here are the key signs to look out for that might mean your young child would benefit from some extra Waiting times may be lengthy but help: there are things you can do to help • Your baby/toddler is not babbling your child make progress in the meantime. and making a variety of sounds.

• Your baby/toddler is not watching You are your child’s best teacher your face when you talk. and you can make up for their limited earlier experiences.

• Your baby/toddler is not developing their play abilities to Implement some of the following include a variety of skills. ideas.

• Your child is not using some words by 18 months old.

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EARLY YEARS

The Ladder Challenge

Help your child take on a difficult challenge – one step at a time! Download this activity and instructions to get started.

The Ladder Challenge Taking on a difficult challenge – one step at a time Instructions for use We face new challenges every day, and some can seem so big that we want to run in the opposite direction to avoid them!

The best thing to do to make a challenge less scary is to break it down into steps so you can build up the confidence to tackle it.

Look at the ladder on the next page to see how a big challenge can be broken down into simple steps.

Now use the empty ladder and write the thing you find most challenging at the top.

Next, think about what smaller steps you can take to reach your goal and write them on each step – ask your grownup to help if you like.

Building up your confidence with each step will equip you with the positive mindset needed to tackle any challenge.

The Ladder Challenge is an activity for children taken from The Happy Workbook: The Feel Good Activity Book by Imogen Harrison, published by Summersdale.

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FAMILY LIFE

Become weight neutral!

It’s all too easy to talk about food and weight with and in front of our children in a way that may foster unhelpful attitudes towards body image and nutrition.

Do you use either of the comments below or similar?

Download our chart for some suggestions for alternative ways of thinking and speaking which may help foster more nurturing, mindful, conscious and intuitive eating habits and skills.

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CHRISTMAS

Make you own Christmas decorations Get the whole family in the mood for Christmas with a crafty decoration-making afternoon.

Lemon star biscuits

Button snowflake

DIY wrapping paper

Sugar charms

Christmas crackers

Glue string ball

Paper snowflake wreath

Paper Christmas tree decorations

Festive pine cone mouse

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Christmas song sing-along Tunes to get the whole family busting their lungs and up and dancing!

Santa Shark

Underneath the tree

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer

Last Christmas

Frosty the Snowman

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

All I Want for Christmas is You

Merry Christmas Everybody

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