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CONTENTS

In this issue

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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 ROBIN HOOD PANTO

WHERE: Oxford Playhouse 27th November – 9th January Feared by the bad, loved by the good, taking from the rich to give to the poor. Robin Hood and his Merry Band are our favourite outlaws, especially when they treat us to songs, dance, laughter, and derring-do! From £15.00 www.oxfordplayhouse.com 01865 305305

50 Miles in November

WHERE: Anywhere and everywhere!

WHEN: 1st November – 30th November Have fun and get active by taking on this great challenge to walk or run 50 miles in November. You can do it whenever, wherever and however you like and raise vital funds to help local terminally ill children. Free entry. www.helenanddouglas.org.uk/ event/50-miles-in-november/

Early Years Christmas Open Morning

WHERE: Chandlings Prep, Oxford WHEN: 3rd December 10.45 - 11.45 Have lots of christmassy fun experiencing what it’s like to be in Chandlings’ nursery. Activities may include singing around the Christmas tree, story time in front of the fire and there may be a special visitor too!

Book at chandlingspst. org/openmornings

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Artists and Makers Fair

WHERE: Thame Town Hall WHEN: 13th November and 4th December, 10.00 – 16.00 Immerse yourself in a glorious collection of local artisans and craftspeople and meet the talented artists showcasing their work from around Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. FREE www.sallyevansevents.com

Christmas at Waddesdon Manor

WHEN: 13th November 3rd January Christmas at Waddesdon is back with magical lights and the gardens aglow. Join them for festive fun with their enchanting outdoor extravaganza that will brighten the end of your year.

Includes access to Christmas Fair, Winter Light trail and Manor illuminations.

From £8.50 for children www.waddesdon.org.uk

Oxford Christmas Market

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Cogges Christmas lights

WHERE: Cogges Manor Farm WHEN: 27th November – 19th December (Fridays – Sundays), 17.00 – 20.00 Enjoy evening light illuminations at Cogges Manor Farm and maybe a festive drink or two. www.cogges.org.uk 01993 772602

Cogges Kitchen Café

WHERE: Cogges Manor Farm WHEN: 27th November – 22nd December, 09.00 – 16.00 Call in for all those Christmassy drinks and food and for toasting marshmallows on the fire. www.cogges.org.uk 01993 772602

Meet me a Tree

WHERE: Pegasus Theatre, Oxford WHEN: 13th November: 11.00, 12.00 and 14.30 A multisensory journey for you and your baby, following the life of a tree. Meet me a Tree is an opportunity to unwind and have fun for new parents, carers and babies. Ages 0-2 £6.00 www.pegasustheatre.org.uk 01865 812150

Oxford’s Christmas Light Festival

WHEN: 19th & 20th November Oxford’s Christmas Light Festival is back for 2021. Join the festival of arts, culture and community across the city and make Oxford sparkle! www.oxlightfest.com/

‘Coming Home for Christmas’ at Greys Court

WHERE: Greys Court, Henley WHEN: From 24th November Celebrate the festive season with the house decorated (open Weds - Sun), way marked frosty walks to follow, a children’s trail outside and the bare beauty of the walled gardens in winter. From £6.50 www.nationaltrust.org.uk 4 November/December

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.

WHERE: Broad Street, Oxford WHEN: 9th – 19th December Choirs singing Christmas carols, market traders offering unusual and handmade gifts, colourful decorations brightening wooden stalls and the aroma of mulled wine and cinnamon - this is a truly magical Christmas experience. www.oxfordchristmasmarket. co.uk

Margot’s Magical Winter Wonder Party WHERE: Pegasus Theatre, Oxford WHEN: 11th, 18th – 23rd December, 11.00 and 14.00 This charming show is all about celebrating the here and now – using physical comedy, original music, magical lights and puppetry. Join Margot and her cat Simon for the party of the year.

Ages 4-7 £10.00 www.pegasustheatre.org.uk 01865 812150

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Home in Time for Christmas

WHERE: Oxford Playhouse WHEN: 9th – 31st December Join Kayla and Snowy, her teddy, as they journey around the world on Christmas Eve, making new friends with the animals they meet along the way. Will they get home to Grandpa in time for Christmas?

Take a starlight adventure with puppets and find out! Ages 3 – 7.

From £8.50 www.oxfordplayhouse.com 01865 305305

WHERE: The North Wall, Oxford WHEN: 15th December – 3rd January Brimming with heart and humour, this high-energy retelling of the classic tale of a wooden puppet who yearns to be a real child sees The North Wall transformed into a magical wonderland. Age guidance 7+ From £11.50 www.creationtheatre.co.uk

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WHAT’S ON

WHERE TO FIND

Father Christmas Festive Fairytales with Father Christmas

Christmas Grotto

WHERE: Yarnton Home and Garden WHEN: 20th November – 24th December Create the perfect reindeer recipe, write a letter to Santa and explore the magical views in the Christmas Grotto. Visit Santa’s lodge, where you can talk and sing some carols with Santa and the excited elves and choose a wrapped gift to take home.

Children From £11.95 Adult £3.00 www.yarntonhomegarden. co.uk 01865 372124

Santa Steam Special

WHERE: Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway WHEN: Weekends from 27th November – 19th December plus 22nd and 23rd December Santa will welcome everyone onboard and travel with you to his North Pole station where refreshments and a visit to Santa’s workshop to pick-up that important first Christmas present will happen! On the return journey Santa will pass through the carriages. £16.00 www.chinnorrailway.co.uk

WHERE: Odds Farm Park WHEN: 1st – 24th December Father Christmas invites you to join him and his Elves for an enchanting group story-time and take a magical stroll deep into the sparkly, wintery Enchanted Woodland to the North Pole!

From £17.95 www.oddsfarm.co.uk

Christmas Fairytale 2021

WHERE: Fairytale Farm, Southcombe WHEN: Weekends from 4th – 12th December and then daily from 13th – 24th December Enter a beautiful Fairytale Castle, meet some interactive dancing penguins, visit the Toymaker, see Santa’s sleigh and walk through the Secret Forest to meet Father Christmas in his charming Grotto. £13.99 for Child Christmas Fairytale tickets (includes gift and admission to Fairytale Farm) www.fairytalefarm.co.uk 01608 238014

Cogges Santa’s Grotto

Santa’s Grotto

WHERE: Thame Town Hall WHEN: 5th December, 11.00 – 15.00 Santa will be in his sparkly grotto ready to meet any children whether they’ve been naughty or nice! Let him know what you would like for Christmas, listen to some Christmas music and receive a small present. www.facebook. com/ChristmasInThame

WHERE: Cogges Manor Farm WHEN: 5th, 12th and 19th December Cogges Manor Farm is open 5 days a week for Christmas from 27 Nov – 22 December. Santa’s Grotto every Sunday in December. www.cogges.org.uk 01993 772602

Steam into Christmas

WHERE: Didcot Railway Centre WHEN: Weekends from 4th – 19th December, plus 21st – 23rd December Santa will be in a special train full of presents in a decorated Victorian station with a gift for every child, helpers to entertain and a second steam train to take you on a festive journey.

From £16.65 (includes admission, train ride, present and seasonal refreshments) www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk 01235 817200

The Polar Express WHERE: Cholsey & Wallingford Railway WHEN: Selected dates from 27th November – 23rd December The Polar Express™ is theatrically re-created in a train ride so you can be immersed in the sights, sounds and intrigue of this classic children’s tale. Prepare to be surrounded by the magic and wonder of the Christmas season! From £24.95 tickets.cholseythepolarexpressride.com

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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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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 Abingdon Prep 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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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.

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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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.

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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.

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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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.

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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

Keeping kids busy on Christmas Eve Daytime

Evening

Bake some Christmas goodies.

Make gingerbread, shortbread cookies or cakes for everyone to enjoy.

Make handmade decorations.

Allow the kids to decorate their bedrooms with bunting or paper chains and make some lastminute items for the tree.

Feed the birds. Hang edible treats or a feeder in the garden so birds can have a Christmas dinner too.

Go ice-skating. Nothing more festive than visiting a local popup ice rink!

Attend a nativity service. Local churches often welcome all to their yearly, special celebration.

Do a local Christmas light tour.

Get some fresh air and check out the neighbourhood decorations.

Snuggle up. Have a pizza dinner, watch a film or read a Christmas story.

Go carol singing. Wrap up warm and treat neighbours to your angelic voices - keeping a safe distance, of course.

Enjoy a Christmas Eve box.

Great for relieving restlessness, if the budget allows. Source a board game or jigsaw from a charity shop and add new PJs, a Christmas decoration, mug, activity book and healthy snacks.

Don’t forget to leave a snack out for Santa and his reindeers!

Make wildlife-friendly reindeer food!

Make a great snack to help Santa’s reindeers keep going on Christmas Eve. It’s good for other wildlife too!

Check out this great reindeer food recipe from the RSPCA. READ MORE

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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?

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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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November/December 21

CHRISTMAS

Christmas games for the family Some of the best fun at Christmas can be had playing games. Here’s our top seasonal picks.

Christmas song emoji guessing game

Christmas bingo

Outdoor Christmas scavenger hunt

Christmas charades

Christmas memory match

Christmas scent game

Candy cane fishing game

Who am I?

Pin the nose on the reindeer

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