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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Friday Night is Student Nosh Night!
Friday night again and it’s time to think about good, wholesome cheap student nosh that won’t break the bank and with the sunshine out in force we thought we’d rustle up a couple of summer specials! TUNA PASTA BAKE 300g … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Food, Parenting, recipes, Student food, students, summer
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London Riots – Children and Behaviour
Recently the report on the London riots has been released highlighting a range of problems that contributed to the devastation last summer. In particular parenting has been brought into the frame along with the need for more support and opportunities … Continue reading
How Safe is Your Child?
It seems unbelievable that over 4000 people who are classed as offenders applied to actually become teachers in the last year ranging from rapists, to paedophiles to drug dealers. Each one of those people potentially had hoped to work with … Continue reading
Best Friends – good or bad?
In the last week news has broken that some schools in the UK will be favouring group play and actively discouraging children from making best friends. The reason they say they are doing this is very simply to help the … Continue reading
More Cheap and Cheerful Student Nosh!
Friday night is Nosh Night!!!! Three more cheap and cheerful recipes particularly aimed at Students but suitable for anyone who wants good food at good prices! Chicken and Potato Pie 225 g chicken cubed ½ onion diced 2 slices of … Continue reading
Why Play Matters!
Living next to a school can sometimes be a frustrating experience with the hustle and bustle at the beginning and end of the school day as well as the frenzied noise that emits from the playground during the various recesses … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Child, children, Children Youth and Family, Early Childhood, Education, Parenting, Physical exercise, recess, school, teens
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Help in the wake of the Budget
Money is as subjective as it is objective and no more so than where family finances are concerned. Although many of us would agree it is simply a commodity, it can intrinsically drive our emotions by the way that it … Continue reading
The 2012 Budget Summary
So budget day is here in the UK and after days of speculation, we finally know what fate financially awaits us at the hands of the coalition government! They call it addressing the country’s debt, others have termed it the … Continue reading
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Tagged April 2013, budget, Budget 2012, Business, Child benefit, children, Families, Income tax, Parenting, Personal allowance, Tax, teens, Value-added tax, VAT
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The Student Budget in 2012
Last week Jenni took a brief look at the Lowdown of Student Finance. This week, in line with the UK Budget 2012 Day, she has a quick look at how she’s going to handle her money at university; that is … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, Budget2012, Colleges and Universities, Education, Fee, Student, student finance, Tuition payments, UCAS
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Helping your Child Succeed for Free
With the soaring cost of living and ideas that children are getting more and more expensive to bring up, the light at the end of the tunnel is that the stability and security that children need to pave the way … Continue reading
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Tagged Achieving, Behavior, Carrot and stick, Child, children, Health, Mental Health, Motivation, Parent, Parenting, Punishment, Reinforcement, Success
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