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Healthy meal ideas for foodie families
1st May 2024
Primary Times is here to help with some tasty family dinner ideas, themed around Healthy Eating Week in June… Running from the 10th – 14th June, Healthy Eating Week celebrates the importance of healthy living through healthy eating. Created by the British Nutrition Foundation, it also...
How Kids Can Make a Splash in Environmental Conservation with The SuperQuesters
1st May 2024
Dr Dot (STEM Scotland Ltd) has teamed up with QuestFriendz and the SuperQuesters to offer some top tips to help clean up our rivers. The SuperQuesters in their latest book, The Case of the Angry Sea are searching to find ways to clean up their local river. Dr Dot looks at what is happening to our oceans...
Aldi, Team GB and ParalympicsGB challenge UK students to Design a Meal for Olympic Athletes
30th April 2024
With less than 100 days to go to the Opening Ceremony for the Olympic Games, Aldi, Team GB and ParalympicsGB are offering young people, aged 5–14, the chance to cook up a storm and win the trip of a lifetime to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Get Set to Eat Fresh’s Design a Meal competition...
Last to be Picked
22nd April 2024
Written by Manon Steffan Ros I remember it so well. The sweltering heat of July, the summer holidays so close I could almost smell the coconutty sun cream and freshly mown grass. The sun beat down on us, standing in the playing fields behind the school, and two of the sporty kids standing in...
Premier League football kit gifted to girls across England and Wales
12th April 2024
Girls in primary schools across England and Wales will receive a brand-new Premier League football kit, as part of the League’s ongoing support for women’s and girls’ football. Schools involved in the Premier League Primary Stars education programme are able to apply to receive the...
Water vole watchers’ needed to survey local waterways
10th April 2024
Help is needed across the country to protect Britain’s fastest declining mammal, before it’s too late. Wildlife conservation charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is calling for volunteers in all corners of England, Scotland and Wales to survey endangered water voles,...
Wildlife Pathways, Wildlife Crossings
3rd April 2024
Scientists report that one in six species in the UK are at risk. The State of Nature report last year highlighted the decline of plants and animals and the degradation of habitats from wetlands to wildflower meadows and woodlands. The good news is that you can make a difference, however small or large...
Drawing, design and building beautiful homes with George Clarke
22nd March 2024
Primary Times talks all things houses and homes with architect, writer, and television presenter George Clarke, following the release of his new children’s book ‘How to Build a Home’ As perhaps one of Britain’s most successful architectural TV presenters, George is hugely passionate...
Everyone Active’s Kids Pass offer
8th March 2024
Great news for those who love getting value for money – you can grab extra bonuses when you book swimming lessons, a sports course or hold a children’s party. Leading operator Everyone Active runs 10 leisure centres in Leicestershire in partnership with local councils, which offer a wide...