New Survey Reveals That Over Half of UK School Parents Don’t Know Their Times Tables A new survey by YouGov, on behalf of educational app Edplus, reveals that 52% of parents and guardians of school aged children (under 18 years old) across Britain don’t know all of their times tables perfectly. Furthermore, the survey found that: The easiest times table ...

Organised Family Life Hacks – Part 10, 2019 Planning ahead and doing a little bit at a time leaves a lot more time to enjoy yourself and just makes the general day to day running of life so much easier. You also can save money by being prepared through the year. Every Friday we’ll post a list of Organised Family ...

Top Tips for School Lunch Boxes Let’s face it, school dinners have changed enormously over the last 10 years and are virtually unrecognisable compared to the sorts of lunches my husband and I ate as children. But fancy school lunches aren’t going anywhere so we may as well embrace it, so crack out your star shaped cookie cutters, quail eggs, ...

Organised Family Life Hacks – Part 9, 2019 Planning ahead and doing a little bit at a time leaves a lot more time to enjoy yourself and just makes the general day to day running of life so much easier. You also can save money by being prepared through the year. Every Monday we’ll post a list of Organised Family ...

Teaching Your Kids To Be Good With Money Bringing up children is hard work most of the time. It’s noisy, relentless and exhausting and sometimes you look around a flooded bathroom and wonder why on earth you’re doing it. The reason is to send out at least one decent adult into the world. One of the most difficult bits of ...

Unsure of How to Keep the Kids Busy Whilst Travelling? Read This First Heading away on a family holiday is something so many of us look forward to every single year. Making memories, having fun, enjoy the sun and just getting away from it all: heaven! However, many parents consider the long journey to the holiday destination the final hurdle ...

Organised Family Life Hacks – Part 8, 2019 Planning ahead and doing a little bit at a time leaves a lot more time to enjoy yourself and just makes the general day to day running of life so much easier. You also can save money by being prepared through the year. Every Monday we’ll post a list of Organised Family ...

How to Make Play Doh This one never fails to impress in our house, it’s the same recipe we’ve used for almost a decade. It’s a fab rainy day activity that most children will be able to put together themselves with a little parental supervision. You’ll be pleased to hear that you don’t need any cream of tartar and you ...

Here’s Why Everyone Needs To Try Pomegreat! We were challenged to keep a sugar diary by Pomegreat and the results were really shocking! We’ve documented our experience and you can view it on YouTube. We’re offering our lovely readers the chance to win a £25 Waitrose e-gift card. (can also be used in John Lewis stores). So you and your ...

Organised Family Life Hacks – Part 6, 2019 Planning ahead and doing a little bit at a time leaves a lot more time to enjoy yourself and just makes the general day to day running of life so much easier. You also can save money by being prepared through the year. Every Monday we’ll post a list of Organised Family ...

Don’t Know What to Buy Her For Mother’s Day? How About a £4,000 Nappy Cream Lid?! Any moment now the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be welcoming a new member into their family. A historic moment and a cause for celebration for the whole country. As any parent knows, having a baby is a huge step for Meghan and ...

Going on holiday with the family can, unfortunately, be more stressful than relaxing. No matter how old your kids are, you have to make sure that they are fed, aware of the plans, and not doing 24/7 complaining until they return home. Nothing can ruin a good holiday more than a child’s tantrum that won’t go away, so that means ...