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Reading For Fun

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:17:48 GMT

The Children's Laureate

The Children's Laureate is a well-known writer or illustrator of children's books, who is elected by a panel of judges to 'promote and encourage children's interest in books, reading and writing'.

For the 2019 to 2021 period, Cressida Cowell has been chosen as Children's Laureate. She is the bestselling author of the much loved 'How To Train Your Dragon' and 'The Wizards of Once' book series.

As part of Cressida's plans for her appointment to the role of Children’s Laureate, she wishes to ‘boost creative writing in schools and halt the decline of primary school libraries’. She also wants to encourage children to ‘read for the joy of it’ and to understand that it’s 'okay to put a book down if they’re not enjoying it’ - which is certainly sage advice. We look forward to seeing what she achieves in her new role and how this impacts our local libraries and schools.

Design Work Experience - A Student's Experience

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:56:48 GMT

I recently spent two weeks at e4education. Previously, I had only worked in a small café and so the office environment was something that was quite daunting for me. However, I didn’t need to worry as the team at e4education made me feel very welcome from the outset!

Healthy Eating Week

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:58:39 GMT

From the 10^th – 14^th of June 2019, the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) are running their annual Healthy Eating Week to celebrate healthy food and promote a healthy lifestyle in Britain’s schools. Any nursery, primary, special and secondary school can sign up to the week via the BNF website – as of the 24^th May 2019, 4473 nurseries and schools have done so. That’s 1.9 million children!

Once signed up, your institute will have access to a variety of age-specific resources to use not only this week, but all year round. This year, the BNF have chosen to focus on breakfast, eating 5 a day, hydration, activity and sleep.