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Top FREE resources for home schooling as recommended by teachers!

With hundreds to choose from, where should you start? Here is a list of the top 10 FREE resources as recommended by teachers that you should check out. 1. TES Resources The Times Education Supplement...
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How to keep your kids safe on social media

Then you throw into the mix this curve ball chapter of our lives, where social media is proving to be an absolute lifeline to us all in terms of engaging and communicating with friends, family and...
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Travel and Education related jokes to make your friends laugh!

1. What’s the best thing about Switzerland? I don’t know, but the flag is a big plus. 2. I bought the world’s worst thesaurus yesterday. Not only is it terrible, it’s...

Top home schooling tips from Primary School Teachers

First things first, “well done parents, you are doing a fantastic job!” Now let’s get down to giving you some advice and tips from primary school teachers that may just help you...
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Top teacher tips for home schooling Secondary aged children

Before we jump right in, “well done parents, you are doing a fantastic job!” Now that has been said, let’s get down to giving you some advice and tips from teachers that may just...
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Do you know your German dialects?

Is it a bread roll, cob, bap or breadcake? Do you say alleyway, ginnel, jitty or twitchel? In the UK we all speak various dialects of the English language. Although we all read and write in standard...

The very best brain foods to boost your work and studies

It’s well known that what you eat and how you choose to fuel your body will have an effect (both negative and positive) on both your mental and physical well-being. As the whole world comes to a...

5 YouTube channels you can’t help but binge

Ah YouTube, the place where you start watching a how-to video and end up in the depths of the ultimate funny cat compilation. With new videos popping up every day (and YouTube being so generally...

Top 5 sporting podcasts to get you through lockdown!

Sick of the radio playing the same songs over and over again? Listened to your favourite album one too many times? Then why not tune in to some of the best, and humorous, sporting podcasts? There’s...

Stay active with these FREE online exercise classes!

As the saying goes, ‘healthy body, healthy mind’…and this has never been so apt as it is now!  It turns out that staying in our homes is quite a challenge, and if you have kids,...

Music – bringing the world closer together!

As the worldwide pandemic of Coronavirus forces entire countries into lockdown people are searching for ways to stay close to friends and family through the use of technology. Platforms such as...
German compound nouns

25 hilarious German Compound Nouns

With plenty of grammatical rules (and exceptions) to get to grips with, German is known for being a challenging and complex language. So, for a little something different, we’ve complied some of...