Yesterday we launched our #backtoschoolsafely campaign to help parents and young people prepare for returning to school and college.

Visit gov.uk/backtoschool for information and practical guidance on getting back to school safely.

Hope you are all having a lovely summer holidays. Just to let you know Mrs Morton had her beautiful baby boy last night, weighing 8lb 6oz. Both are very well and coming home today. We thought you would all love to see some photographs.

Parents and carers, looking for some holiday activity inspiration? Check out six challenges for family fun from BBC Bitesize 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvjtqfr

International Youth Day aims to shed light on the need to engage youth by making institutions at all levels more inclusive.

This year’s theme is Youth Engagement for Global Action.

Click below 👇 to learn more

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Your child might be spending a lot more time online at the moment, so it’s important to know there are lots of things you can do at home to keep your child safe when using the internet🏠

Kidscape share 10 top tips to help keep your child safe 💻👇
https://kidscape.org.uk/…/10-top-tips-for-keeping-your-chi…/

Looking for fun holiday activities for your children? Check out
Place2Be’s “Art Room at Home”. 🎨

At Place2Be believe that art is a creative tool to develop resilience and connect with others. 🖌️

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Kids should aim for 60 minutes of activity each day.

Change4Life have loads of Disney inspired indoor games and 10 Minute Shake Up activities to help them stay active 🏃👇

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities

Do you want some healthy lunchtime inspiration for the summer holidays? Change4Life has tasty lunch ideas for 5 days under £15. Especially useful for Covid Summer Food Fund vouchers.

Visit 👉 https://www.nhs.uk/…/recip…/lunch/cheap-holiday-lunch-ideas/

Parents and carers, if your kids are obsessed with unicorns, we have good news – BookTrust have put together a list of books about these brilliant beasts! 🦄🌈 👇
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/booklists/u/unicorns/

Every week this summer National Literacy Trust will be releasing a new video featuring some of their favourite storytellers, poets, writers and illustrators telling exciting stories. 📹

Each video has a different theme and a fun challenge to complete.

Watch 👀 the latest film and then complete the challenge.👇

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