Children may have to take ‘diagnostic tests’ when they finally return to school

Pupils could be given ‘diagnostic tests’ when they return to school later this year in order for teachers to ‘identify gaps’ in their learning, according to a Government document. The tender document by the Department for Education, entitled In-Class and Catch-Up Curriculum Resources, states the tests will allow teachers to ‘identify next steps’ and ‘assign a … Read more

Celebrities back great lockdown laptop drive to help disadvantaged children

This time last week, they were thrilled to receive life-enhancing Mail Force laptops which will make all the difference to their education and their prospects. Now pupils of Manchester’s Moston Fields Primary School have another reason to smile. For they find themselves starring in a video alongside David Beckham, David Walliams, Helena Bonham-Carter, Stephen Fry … Read more

Covid UK: Children may be given vaccine by end of year

Professor Jonathan Van-Tam has claimed it’s ‘perfectly possible’ the UK will be giving coronavirus vaccines to children by the end of the year.  England’s deputy chief medical officer revealed that ‘several’ trials were about to get underway to test whether the current crop of Covid jabs are both safe and effective in youngsters. The approved … Read more

Rebecca Judd lets her children play cricket indoors at $7.3m mansion

What could possibly go wrong? Rebecca Judd lets her children play cricket indoors at her $7.3million Brighton mansion By Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 20:48 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 20:51 GMT, 9 February 2021 House-proud football WAG Rebecca Judd surprised fans on Tuesday evening when she revealed she lets her children … Read more

Ivanka and Jared take their three children to a Florida alligator park

Ivanka Trump got well and truly stuck in to Florida life this weekend when she took her kids to visit an alligator park, where the family enjoyed an airboat tour of the Everglades in the hopes of spotting some toothy reptiles.  The 39-year-old former First Daughter and her husband Jared Kushner, 40, were pictured enjoying … Read more

Sixth of children aged between 10 and 15-years-old have spoken online to someone they have never met

Sixth of children aged between 10 and 15-years-old have spoken online to someone they have never met, figures show Office for National Statistics found 89 per cent of children use internet every day Children aged between 10 and 15 were surveyed before the Covid-19 pandemic Majority said they only exchanged messages with people they already knew  … Read more

Von Trapp children actors on filming Sound of Music with Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews

Actors who played the Von Trapp children in The Sound of Music revealed what it was like filming with the late Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews.   Debbie Turner, 64, who was seven when she played Marta in the film, Angela Cartwright, 68, who played Brigitta at 13, and Nicholas Hammond, 70, who was 14 when he portrayed Friedrich appeared on This Morning … Read more

Alyson Hannigan reveals her two children have NOT seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer

While it’s been 18 years since Buffy the Vampire Slayer went off the air, star Alyson Hannigan revealed her kids have still not seen the show. The 46-year-old actress has been married to Alexis Denisof, who played Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the series, since 2003, and they share two children, 11-year-old Satyana Marie and eight-year-old Keeva … Read more

Just 19 children and staffers out of more than 6,800 were infected at NC summer day camps

Summer day camps should be considered the perfect place for coronavirus infections to multiply with children playing in close quarters for several hours at a time. But a new study suggests that when most activities were held outside and mitigation measure were followed such as masking and social, there were few infections. Researchers from Duke … Read more

Child Trust Fund proposals offer hope to families of disabled children

The parents of as many as four in five disabled children currently unable to access their Child Trust Fund savings may no longer have to go to court to get access to the money after a way of avoiding the costly and time-consuming process was greenlit by savings providers. A majority of Child Trust Fund … Read more