Children urged to put away screens and play outside, BBC News
25 October 2013
Children are being urged to take back their “wild time”, swapping 30 minutes…
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Scottish youngsters scoring F grades on health, The Scotsman
23 October 2013
Scotland’s children spend too long staring at screens, get too little exercise and…
Read more »Are you Going to Join The Playtime Revolution?
23 October 2013
Many children and young people only get out to play when they are…
Read more »Conkers: have we gone nuts?
22 October 2013
Has it really come to this, that teachers have to teach children how…
Read more »Keeping fit as you grow up helps academic success, The Scotsman
22 October 2013
Children who exercise regularly while growing up are more likely to perform better…
Read more »‘Afternoon naps’ aid children’s learning, BBC News
26 September 2013
Getting young children to take an hour-long nap after lunch could help them…
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25 September 2013
An exciting new CPD (level 8) award is now available to help communities…
Read more »International Walk to School Month
12 September 2013
October is International Walk to School Month. Each year, primary school pupils from…
Read more »Formal school lessons should start ‘above age of five’, BBC News
12 September 2013
The experts, including academics and teachers, said there should be more emphasis in…
Read more »Kids traditional summer playtime tumbles, as more parents book up activity clubs, The Telegraph
2 September 2013
The time children spend playing outdoors on their own in the summer holidays…
Read more »Parents, back off and give your kids some space, The Guardian
2 September 2013
Children have so little freedom, so at least let them play on their…
Read more »Tech Time vs. Wild Time for Kids
2 September 2013
have just returned from an 18-day trip with my 10 year old son…
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2 September 2013
I have just been looking at my calendar. It is full. Whole days…
Read more »Is screen time really that bad?
2 September 2013
Posted by Toby Clark, Clydebank 1000 mile walk, 2miles at Pollok Park. As…
Read more »Violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto DON’T harm children – and could actually be therapeutic, Daily Mail
28 August 2013
Playing violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto and Mortal Kombat do…
Read more »Chest Heart and Stroke bids to tackle child obesity, BBC News
28 August 2013
A leading charity is expanding its health programme in schools after research showed…
Read more »Television and computer games ‘cause depression in children’
28 August 2013
Study claims there is a link between too much screen time and lower…
Read more »Return of the half-time orange as survey finds almost HALF of children are given unhealthy snacks during sports, Daily Mail
27 August 2013
For many, it was the juicy highlight of a dreary Saturday spent on…
Read more »One in ten kids given mobile before age five, The Scotsman
23 August 2013
A uSwitch.com report found the average child gets their first mobile aged 11…
Read more »The ONE MILLION five-year-olds with mobiles: Campaigners warn of health ‘timebombs’ as parents ‘use handsets as babysitters devices’
23 August 2013
Health campaigners have warned of a ‘ticking time-bomb’ after it was claimed that…
Read more »Parent-led anxiety treatment could improve children’s lives
23 August 2013
A new study by the University of Reading has found that delivering Cognitive…
Read more »Building blocks ‘crucial to child’s early development’
23 August 2013
Children who play with building blocks are likely to develop greater social, mathematical…
Read more »The couch potato seven-year-olds who sit for half the day: Only half exercise for a minimum 10 minutes a day with girls the least active
22 August 2013
Half of all seven-year-olds are sitting for up to seven hours a day…
Read more »Children and exercise – the inactivity time bomb, BBC News
22 August 2013
The UK is facing an inactivity time bomb. Research suggests half of seven…
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