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Reaching 9000 families in and around Doncaster
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Children’s Puzzles Young Cooks WIN! Panto Tickets Article: Keep Sane while Travelling Great Reads for Kids
There is great stuff to make try our great chocolate traybake – yum! We have also searched out many family fun days, summer fairs, activities and shows to enjoy over the coming weeks. There is sure to be something for everyone. Allsorts reaches 9000 families in the Doncaster area, most of them with children aged 0-12. Thank you to all the schools, nurseries, children’s centres and businesses involved in ensuring that Allsorts reaches as many families as possible.
Summer Reading Challenge
Full of all things local, there really is something for everyone.
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What’s On this Summer
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Useful Information Index of Advertisers Puzzle Solutions
Best wishes Paula (Editor and Mum)!
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Teddy Bears’ Picnic day 10th July 2014 Why not organise a picnic and ask your guests to make a donation to support Bluebell Wood? (Teddies go free!) Need help? Contact our fundraising team on 01909 517 365.
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In December the pantomime Peter Pan will be coming to Doncaster Racecourse. This is the first time the tale will have been presented professionally in Doncaster. Heading the first class cast is Sally Thompsett in the role of Mrs Darling and the Civic Theatres comedy darling Pee Wee Price is returning as the loveable mischievous Smee. Also in keeping with Civic Theatre traditions – the Nellie Stagles Juvenile Dance Troupe will be marking their 21st Anniversary in a David Lee pantomime. Tickets are already on sale and patrons who book before 15th October can make savings of between £2-£4 a seat. But we have a family ticket to give away! TO ENTER: Simply email your name, address and contact details to paula@todaypublications.co.uk with the subject heading ‘WIN ALLSORTS’ to be entered to win a special family ticket. Alternatively, ‘Like’ our Facebook page - facebook/todaymags , like and comment on the special Allsorts magazine competition post and you will also be entered. (Children you will need to get Mum or Dad, or an older brother or sister to do this for you as you need to be 13 to use Facebook – however as the prize is a family ticket, I am sure you will still get to enjoy it if they win)! The closing date for the draw is 31st July 2014. Keep an eye on our Today Publications facebook page over the coming months for more opportunities to win!
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Places Available throughout the Nursery Jemma Gamble-Boguszewski is an Licentiate of the International Dance Teachers Association (LIDTA) The British Dance Council (BDC) and the Association of Disco and Freestyle Professionals (ADFP)
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Keep sane when travelling with kids! Keep family holidays a trouble-free, happy experience by following these tips! Keep Entertained - Pack plenty for children to do during long, tedious journeys. A device loaded with apps is nice and compact, but also consider hand held puzzles, colouring books, plasticine, puppets, stickers, reading books and cards. Keep Safe - Use a child locator if you are visiting busy airports or crowded tourist attractions. Your child wears a small unit strapped to a belt or shoe and you keep the transmitter. If you lose your child, set off the alarm and follow the sound to find them. For older kids, write your mobile phone number on their arm. Keep Healthy - Young children often get ill on holiday. Keep bugs at bay by having a supply of antibacterial wipes to clean restaurant tables, cutlery and toilet seats and hand sanitiser for when there are no washing
facilities nearby. A basic first aid kit is also a must! Pack pain killers or an easy to swallow medicine like Calpol, along with antiseptic wipes, plasters, anti-histamines and a thermometer. Keep Memories - Give smaller children a robust, child-friendly camera to record what’s important and interesting to them, and encourage older children to keep a travel journal on postcards by writing messages to themselves - they make great memories for adulthood! Happy Holidays!
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Income support • Income based job seekers allowance Income related Employment & Support Allowance Child Tax Credit • Universal Credit Guaranteed Element of State Pension Credit Support under part VI of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999 Working Tax Credits and earn no more than £16,190 per year Your child has a current statement of special educational needs (SEN) or an education, health & care plan Your family is in receipt of Disability Living Allowance for the child A child who’s left care through special guardianship, adoption or residence order
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iPad’s Hearing the comment from a year 7 child to his teacher ‘well, you’d already know what I did in the holidays if you followed me on Twitter…’ is a bit of an insight to the kind of children we’re dealing with in our classrooms every day. These children already have a different set of skills to the teachers stood in front of them, they’re developing ideas and approaches for jobs that don’t exist yet, and jobs of the 21st century. So how does a teacher support these children? We have to look at the approaches in the classroom to engage these children with learning, so that they develop an independence to keep learning, and think on their own, to give them the skills to adapt to the changing world. Using mobile devices, such as the iPad, in the classroom is not an excuse to play Candy Crush or Angry Birds, but a way of capturing that excitement for learning. An approach to engage children in a process of exploration and discovery, so that they not only enjoy learning, but also devise their own route through learning knowledge and facts, whilst developing wider skills that will support them throughout their school life and into the world of work. While essays and handwriting still have a place in the classroom, so too does animation, interactive eBooks, videos and learning diaries. Things that are relevant to those learners with an outlook and life in the digital age, and teaching with mobile devices is certainly a move to embrace this approach. The Learning with iPad Summer School provides the opportunity for children and teenagers to engage with learning in an individual way. Through fun and exciting projects attendees will work with their peers to build, shape and mould amazing stop-motion animations, become the lead guitarist of a rock band (with no musical ability required) and use comics, animations and movies to tell a story of history, space exploration and life in the future. The Elsium Summer School inspires learning, promotes collaboration and above all else makes learning fun. Book or enquire today at www.elsium.co.uk, 01302 796771 or lois@elsium.co.uk. 14
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