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How to celebrate Halloween with young children
Education & Development

How to celebrate Halloween with young children

...family practices, can participate comfortably at this time of year. Ways that we can achieve this is ensuring there is no pressure to take part in Halloween activities or games; some families may not celebrate Halloween for cultural or religious reasons. Make sure non-participatory activities are available and equally fun, so no child feels excluded or singled out. For...
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Victory through resilience: how England Vitality Roses adapted to setbacks
Health, Sports & Psychology

Victory through resilience: how England Vitality Roses adapted to setbacks

...family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors. It means ‘bouncing back’ from difficult experiences. Resilience is not necessarily a trait we’re born with – it can be developed through experiences, mindset shifts, culture, and support systems (Chemaly, 2024). A key factor in resilience can be having caring and...
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Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone
Education & Development

Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone

...families, reducing their involvement in violent crime and disorder”. The government hoped to see “a reduction in the number of youth fatalities and serious injuries caused by gang or youth violence”. But in 2015, the Home Affairs Select Committee reported that that the Home Office had failed to properly evaluate the effectiveness or value for money of the project....
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Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...family, as I said, were keen for a Catholic baptism. My wife's family are not religious at all. It took us a long time to decide what to do. It wasn’t until my son was one that we ended up finding, eventually, the Christchurch Cornerstone, which is an ecumenical church, and we met with the pastor at that time. And we finally had a place where we felt that we could have...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German
Languages

Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German

...Familie von der Osten mit unseren drei Kindern. Mein Name ist Yvonne Zehner. Mein Name ist Antje Schollweck. Henning Haarhaus 1. Wolf Schmidt 2. Stefanie Korte 3. die Familie von der Osten 4. Yvonne Zehner 5. Antje Schollweck 6. Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 6 items in each...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate
Society, Politics & Law

Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate

...family leave, debt-free college attendance, and the need to ensure the wealthy pay their fair share of tax. Trump, also invited to open on the economy, accused China and Mexico of stealing American jobs. It wasn’t coherent by any normal standard, but he did sound a clear anti-trade note consistent with a core campaign theme. This seemed to set the stage for exactly the...
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How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...family!” he exclaimed. The potato provided ideal nourishment. “Some of the stoutest men we know, are brought up on milk and potatoes,” he reported. Buchan maintained that once people understood the advantages they would personally derive from a potato diet, they would happily, of their own free will, embrace the potato. The benefits would accrue both to the...
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The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...history of industrial strife. Although extremely quiet and orderly there was something extremely dramatic about the whole scene” (Glasgow Herald, 27 March 1911) It should be noted that both the SLP and the IWGB were advocating non-violence and the Singer Company did not attempt to introduce replacement "blackleg" labour (that is, working despite an ongoing strike)....
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