Home school children

Virgin Media has extended free access to the Hopster app. Hopster is aimed at pre-schoolers and provides a safe, ad-free environment for youngsters to learn through the stories they love – featuring family-favourites such as ​Pingu and Sesame Street, as well as educational and world culture programmes. … [Read more...] about Virgin, Vodafone, Three and BT offering parents free WiFi and data to home-school kids

She wrote: "I just had to say thank you. Thank you for your messages and the sweetest words ever… I still can't quite believe it. … [Read more...] about Stacey Solomon preparing herself to start home schooling again as sons stay home

Free prescriptions and dental care - Prescriptions cost £8.60 a pop in England, while NHS dental costs vary by location. You can get both for free while you're pregnant and for 12 months after your baby's due date. Ask your doctor or midwife for a maternity exemption certificate (MATEX) to claim the free care. Free milk, infant formula, vitamins or fruit and veg - Under the Healthy Start programme, you may be entitled to the freebies if you're at least 10 weeks pregnant or you have a child under four and you're on certain benefits, such as Universal Credit. £500 free grant - In England, Northern Ireland and Wales you may be entitled to a Sure Start grant of £500 if you're on certain benefits and expecting your first child or expecting more than one baby - such as twins.To claim, you need to fill out the following form on Gov.uk and get your doctor or midwife to sign it. Register the birth in time or face a £200 fine - You need to register … [Read more...] about How parents can get free data or broadband for kids studying at home from Virgin Media, Vodafone, Three or BT

Labour MP for Mitchum and Morden, Siobhain McDonagh said: "I can only thank these groups for stepping up to the plate because the government has failed. It shows what a strong community and country we live in. … [Read more...] about Charities forced to plug school laptop shortage gap so pupils are not left without

"As well as frozen meals and staple items, the boxes also include fresh produce such as bread, milk and vegetables. The team has worked with local suppliers to develop the meal boxes and tailored menus to cater for a range of dietary requirements." … [Read more...] about Stark contrast between free school meals in Wales and ‘shocking’ parcels in England

Questions are being asked now, about how these contracts came about, why they haven’t been overseen, whether this nutrient-deficient box of sadness was ill thought through or worse, very carefully planned to maximise profit margins at the expense of people who likely wouldn’t ever be able to raise their voices loud enough to complain about it. … [Read more...] about Free school meal parcels scandal is a result of the demonisation of the poor

And it follows a survey finding one in six primary schools in England had reported 30% or more of their normal number of children had attended this week - a far higher figure than in the first week of the March lockdown. … [Read more...] about Key workers told to keep children out of school ‘if at all possible’

An image posted on Twitter by a mother called Sarah showed the food she had received all laid out, and she wrote: '2 days jacket potato with beans, 8 single cheese sandwiches, 2 days carrots, 3 days apples, 2 days soreen, 3 days frubes. Spare pasta & tomato. Will need mayo for pasta salad. … [Read more...] about Marcus Rashford enlists Jamie Oliver and Emma Thompson in demanding No10 ‘urgently reviews’ free school meals policy to find ‘long term fix’ – as scandal-hit catering firm unveils its NEW lunch boxes for poor children

He went on: "It depends on the success of the vaccination programme, it depends on us not finding that, for instance, the South African or the Brazilian variant are immune resistant, it depends on us not finding something else out about the disease that makes us recalculate." … [Read more...] about Schools could stay shut until after February half term, Boris Johnson admits

They have continued to visit throughout their relationship, and stayed at the cottage with their three children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – during their summer holiday in Scotland in 2019. The cottage is so private that no photos have been released showing the interior or exterior of the property. … [Read more...] about Prince William & Kate Middleton have a secret third home on the Queen’s estate – DETAILS