Win a winter’s worth of logs worth £220 with Certainly Wood!
Oct18

Win a winter’s worth of logs worth £220 with Certainly Wood!

So – have you lit yours yet? I’ll admit it – we gave in to the temptation last weekend, and lit our woodburner for the first time since last winter. Naturally it wasn’t really cold enough outside, and within an hour we were opening all the windows and stripping off jumpers and socks in an effort to cool down again! But even so… nothing bits that crackling warmth, does it? But of course, that means the sad...

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Be quick, and you can nab a Galaxy S8 for your teen (or yourself!) for under £20 a month!
Sep20

Be quick, and you can nab a Galaxy S8 for your teen (or yourself!) for under £20 a month!

Trade in any iPhone and get the new Galaxy S8 or S8+ for just £533 and £666 respectively, spread across 24 monthly payments. That’s just £19.99 a month (24 month term with 0% APR). The conditions? The traded-in iPhone Must be able to power up Must be an iPhone 4 or newer Must not be a blacklisted device (not registered as lost, stolen, barred or blocked on the national GSMA database) So no nobbling a kid in the street to get...

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Win a £200 luxury Forest Holidays escape
Sep20

Win a £200 luxury Forest Holidays escape

Have you seen Forest Holidays yet? If not, you’re missing out. I *love* them. They have 9 stunning locations spread across the country, all exclusively on Forestry Commission land. Forest Holidays are for everyone, from the very young to the very old; they’re for families and couples and groups of friends and obviously they’re perfect for dogs (owners welcome, natch). Because you’re deep in forestry land,...

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Zappar – the app I wanted to hate, but actually love.
Sep19

Zappar – the app I wanted to hate, but actually love.

My kids are all keen readers – and the idea of an app that makes reading ‘more fun’ was frankly wrong on every level for me. I honestly said no, we wouldn’t even look at it. I mean, come on. What in the world is more fun than reading? But of course not every child is as lucky as mine. Not every child finds reading fun and easy and exciting. Books aren’t always the window into a new world; sometimes...

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Do your kids love Minecraft? Get a whopping 50% off in the Code Kingdoms Back to School sale!
Sep01

Do your kids love Minecraft? Get a whopping 50% off in the Code Kingdoms Back to School sale!

We’ve got something special this school year for Minecraft fans!   With computing now featured heavily on the school curriculum, it’s becoming pretty clear that coding is an essential skill for kids to learn. In tomorrow’s world, skills in coding and computational thinking will be needed even more than they are now, and kids who get ahead on this stuff will have access to loads of incredible opportunities in the...

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Win a £50 Back To School KS3 Bundle with Collins
Aug19

Win a £50 Back To School KS3 Bundle with Collins

Right now Collins are offering a 40% discount on selected books for Back to School until 10 September 2017 when you use code BTS17 at www.collins.co.uk/Collins4Parents Day SIX in #BackToSchoolBooks fortnight – and this one’s a hugely important bundle for those first years in high school – it’s the KS3 bundle. It’s such a big transition at the end of Yr9 – moving into the ‘serious’ years, where exams...

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