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Disney Junior Cinema Club Comes to the Big Screen This October!
14th October 2024
Join Mickey Mouse and your favourite Disney Junior characters for a fun-filled interactive cinema event designed especially for families with young children Grab your Mickey ears and get ready for the ultimate interactive Disney family cinematic adventure! During the weekends this October, Disney...
McGovern Park's Annual Family Fireworks Display returns to London
9th October 2024
McGovern Park’s Annual Family Fireworks Display in London to Feature MONSTERS Theme and Exciting Entertainment! 1st November 2024 | Sponsored by Kearns Residential Get ready for a monstrously good time as McGovern Park hosts its Annual Family Fireworks Display on Friday, 1st November 2024,...
Comic creations and visual storytelling with Liz Pichon
9th October 2024
Primary Times speaks with multi-million selling writer and illustrator Liz Pichonto find out more about the newest Tom Gates title, ahead of this year’s Dyslexia Awareness Week. What can readers expect from this exciting new Tom Gates comic story? Lots of Ants In Pants – there’s...
Animal Adventures with Hamza Yassin
5th October 2024
Venture into the animal kingdom as Primary Times speaks to wildlife cameraman, presenter and Strictly Come Dancing winner, Hamza Yassin, about educating children and the fun they can have exploring the great outdoors. What are your top three favourite animals to film and photograph? Gorilla, golden...
Children For Change: Inspiring Kids to Protect the Planet
4th October 2024
Climate change is one of the biggest threats future generations face today. 70% of children worry about the world they will inherit, with some 60% of children thinking climate change and inequality are affecting their generation’s mental health in the UK. (Source: Save the Children survey 2022.) We...
Masterchef Finalist Teams up with Housebuilder to Liven up Children’s Lunchboxes
3rd October 2024
Larkhall-based TV Masterchef finalist Laura Michael has created a series of easy-to-make healthy recipes to liven up the lunchboxes of Scottish schoolchildren through a collaboration with housebuilder Living by Robertson. Laura, who appeared on Masterchef in 2021, lives in Living by Robertson’s...
Research from UK’s leading children’s charity, BookTrust reveals fewer children are reading for pleasure
2nd October 2024
New research from the UK’s leading children’s reading charity BookTrust has revealed that childhood reading enjoyment declines as children progress through primary school. The findings from BookTrust’s family survey data published this week, found that while 33% of seven-year-olds...
Daring Disguises
29th September 2024
Primary Times shares some wicked and wonderful Halloween costume ideas for families this 'spooky season' Autumn has arrived! It's time to enjoy nature walks and trails in the fresh air, pumpkin picking, cosy evenings and all the fun and frights of Halloween and...
Fostering Future Environmental Stewards: A Guide for Teachers
5th September 2024
The Chester Zoo Conservation Education and Engagement Team Our formative school years can be transformative in our approach to the world around us. For this generation, and subsequent ones, the largest existential question will be their approach to environmental stewardship. Through all the noise...
Magical mischief and mayhem with Joseph Elliott
4th September 2024
Primary Times talks with CBeebies star and award-winning author Joseph Elliott about his spectacular new children’s book, ‘Nora and the Map of Mayhem’. Best known for his role in the BAFTA-winning CBeebies series Swashbuckle, Joseph Elliott is also a successful scriptwriter and author....
Learn a new language as a family
23rd August 2024
Primary Times explores some of the benefits of language learning and fun ways for the whole family to get involved Calling all budding linguists! If you’ve been considering learning a second language as a family, now’s the perfect time to get started! European Day of Languages takes place...