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Germany: A country worth visiting

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Germany steals the show by harmoniously combining its underground character with luxury, the top modern museums and the temples of gastronomy with the canteens of wurst and ethnic food. Whatever your tastes (either high class or punk aesthetics), you will be completely satisfied in this country. From the incredible capital of Berlin to the fairytale […]

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Tired. You know how people who have been starved don’t ever have quite the same relationship with food? I don’t mean a bit peckish or even a few pounds lighter after a dirty weekend with the lurghy. No. Proper rib-counting, eye-sinking malnourisment that they didn’t ask for. These people will hoard tins and packets, just […]

Helping your child transition from nursery to ‘big school’

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With moving to a “big school” comes a lot of changes. More opportunities to learn how to become independent and longer days for some. As with any change, this transition can be daunting too. We have partnered with a private nursery in Islington to share advice on how to help your child transition from nursery. […]

How to help your child with their critical thinking skills

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Critical thinking skills allow for wiser decision making and have helped our very survival. They incorporate analysis, interpretation and evaluation to help us make better sense of the world and make pragmatic decisions. We have paired up with an independent sixth form college in London to share advice on how to help your child with […]

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When I’m busy, I want to be stuck on a broken train, in a power cut, on an island where the ferries can’t run. Just make it stop, I beg. However, when it’s calm, I pace the perimeters looking for diversion and wishing for a voice, an explosion, an anything to crash over the silence […]