Celebrate the start of a new week with an afternoon of horseracing in Devon at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Monday 25 July. Racing for the afternoon starts at 14:15 and gates open at 12:15. The last race is at 17:30. Join us as the summer holidays get underway – Children aged 16 and under plus students with a valid student ID / NUS card enjoy free entry. Tickets are available at our online ticket store until 17:00 on Sunday 24 July. There will also be tickets available at the gate on the day. Tickets are priced at £18 for the Paddock Enclosure and £12 for the Course Enclosure. For more...
The majority of Plymothians (63%) believe that children should be ready to start school at the age of five, according to a poll from Action for Children.
A survey of 4,000 adults across the UK, including 116 from Plymouth found that most people agree with evidence that suggests a good level of emotional, behavioural and physical development by age five is associated with success in...
As part of Free Comic Book Day (FCBD), an international event taking place on the first Saturday of May every year, children staying on level 12 were left surprised after receiving a visit from Superman, Poison Ivy and Batman, as well as being given free comics, to celebrate the day.
A comic book fan himself, Rathan Yarlagadda, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Derriford Hospital,...
Remarkable Television – makers of Pointless (BBC One) and Deal or No Deal (Channel 4) – is looking for brilliant children to spell some big words in an exciting new TV competition.
‘Spelling Star’ follows a number of children as they take on various word-based competition rounds, from speed spelling to identifying incorrectly spelled words, and clue-based questions to relay-style...
Better together – Ridgeway School and Devonport High School for Girls combine for the Ten Tors event in 2016. Once again the combined Ten Tors training group from Ridgeway School and Devonport High School for Girls have entered a strong set of teams at every distance for this year’s event. It is now thirteen years since former Ridgeway School Headteacher John Didymus introduced the Ten Tors event...
Over half (55%) of South West parents are worried their child will not be ready to start school at the age of five, according to a poll from Action for Children.
The survey of over 1000 parents across the UK also found that of these worried parents from the South West, 63% were concerned that if their child started school behind their peers, they would remain behind – which can...
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has announced that an additional 5,000 places have been made available for their biggest ever grass roots initiative, Tennis for Kids in partnership with Highland Spring. The initiative was launched to establish a genuine tennis participation legacy, following Great Britain’s historic Davis Cup by BNP Paribas win.
Motor insurance specialist, Churchill Insurance, has launched a nationwide campaign to identify schools in need of a Lollipopper and have pledged to recruit and deploy 50 in areas of need for the next school year.
The campaign, launched by actor and father-of-two, Robert Webb, will give the public the opportunity to nominate a primary school they feel is in need of a Lollipopper before...
The Local Government Association has today published a report that states that around 100 children and teenagers a day are being admitted to hospital for surgery to remove rotten teeth.
The report says that £35 million was spent in 2014-15 on removing children’s rotten teeth, a 66 per cent increase since 2010-11. In all, 40,970 surgical procedures were carried out on children for their...
The youth of today are a whole lot more sedentary than ever before, with more children than ever classified as obese throughout the UK. With rapidly evolving technical trends and a huge increase in foods and drinks with high sugar/ fat content, we are heading fast towards an obese generation.
As parents and professionals we know that exercise and a healthy lifestyle is good for both...
