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Family days out Magna Science and Technology Centre

Family days out Disneyland Paris, France

Family days out UK self catering holidays

Family days out Thomas land and children railways

Family days out children friendly narrow guage railways

Arts and crafts

micro:bit v2 - New version of the educational coding tool

The micro:bit version 2 is now available. This is a significant upgrade on the original micro:bit with a better processor, more memory, a speaker, microphone, touch sensitive area and more.What is a micro:bitThe Micro:bit (or sometimes referred to as microbit) ...

Why I Scout! - Shirejammin' at home challenge

On top of my job, family and computing interests I'm also an assistant Cub Scout leader and a member of the District Executive Committee (Charity Trustee of the Scout District). During the current Coronovirus / Covid-19 pandemic we are unable ...

Creating practical science lessons for home schooling during Covid-19 lockdown

As a STEM ambassador, I've done quite a lot of practical science lessons with my children and primary age school children. There are lots of science books that you can get full of experiments that you can do at home. ...

@Home activities for children during Covid-19 Coronovirus lockdown

As a parent I understand how important it is to keep children entertained. This is now even harder with the country in lockdown over a sunny Easter holiday. Here are some links to useful activities.Scouts - The Great IndoorsScouts is ...

Chocolate and Vanilla biscuits

350g plain flour1 tablespoon cocoa powder or a few drops vanilla essence1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda100g butter / hard margarine175g soft light brown sugar1 medium egg4 tablespoons golden syrupPre-heat oven to 190°C / Gas mark 5Sift flour and cocoa ...

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