11 Plus and beyond: Russian maths anyone?
After his 11 plus exam my son told me ‘Mum, thank you for the Russian Maths’. As we learned later he scored within the top 5% at the Altringham Grammar School for Boys. .
Read MoreAfter his 11 plus exam my son told me ‘Mum, thank you for the Russian Maths’. As we learned later he scored within the top 5% at the Altringham Grammar School for Boys. .
Read MoreDue to popular demand, the Manchester Children’s Book Festival is back a year earlier than expected, and now an annual event.
M&D asked the Creative Director of the festival – Poet Laureate, Dame Carol Ann Duffy – about the festival, poetry and love of books.
Businessman and former pupil Leon Howard has donated £1 million to The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) bursary fund as the School sets out its target to raise £100 million in the coming decades.
Read MoreFoodies Festival comes to Tatton Park on 17-19 July. Mums&Dads have 3 sets of 5 adult day tickets to give away and children under 12 go free. Enter the competition use the widget in the article. You could use all the ways to increase your chance of winning.
Read MoreBoth acting and staging come together to bring alive a script that is quintessential Kafka, a grotesque satire of humanity, a probing of forced assimilation, and a questioning of the value of freedom, in a way that makes you laugh as you watch, but cry when you remember.
Read MoreFoodies Festival with top chefs returns to Tatton Park in Cheshire 17-19 July for their 10th anniversary celebrations with extended food and drink theatres and longer opening hours. This year 2015 MasterChef winner Simon Wood from Chadderton joins the festival.
Read MoreThe long summer holidays – the closer we get to the last day of school, the more we feel worried. How to entertain our offspring and how to afford adequate childcare for our precious darlings, while we’re still at work? Look for the answers in the latest issue of Mums and Dads Family Magazine.
Read MoreDidsbury Arts Festival is back with a nine-day programme packed full of fun and surprises for all the family! With more than 100 artists involved in 80 events and exhibitions at venues all over Didsbury, there will be something to entertain festival-goers of all ages.
Read MoreOrganising childcare during the long Summer Holidays is a stressful business… Junior Sport Stars is one of the companies in South Manchester that provides holiday camps in Stockport and Manchester every school holiday and have a range of courses available… M&D readers a chance to win five weeks
Read MoreKids’ Country Day Nursery invites parents to attend the forthcoming open day on Saturday 27th June 2015, 11am to 3pm. Parents will be given the chance to explore the unique nursery in its beautiful rural setting and talk to the staff about day to day life at the nursery.
Read MoreIf you’re sick and tired of your and your little one’s feet getting wet through inadequate footwear then BOGS® Rainboots offer the ideal solution for damp and soggy feet! As well as looking good, BOGS® wellies are practical and more durable than many other “fashion wellies”. .
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