Homeschooling and activity levels – why I’m worried.
Here we go again with the homeschooling. Like everything in this pandemic it’s not easy but it has to be done. I’m a mother. I worry about my children. It’s…
Project Allotment – an update
I blogged back in May about how we had taken a space on our village allotment during lockdown. It was a way to get us active, working together as a…
Project Allotment
Keeping your children active is sometimes easier said than done. I’ve always found that it helps massively if you do things together as a family. You’re setting a great example…
Dancing Through Lockdown
My daughter loves to dance (I too lived to dance when I was her age). Lockdown has been a difficult time for dancers. Long practised-for exams postponed and dance festivals…
What's your perfect family holiday?
The ‘family summer holiday’ is a big event in our calendar. We work hard to make sure we have two weeks away because we find this makes all the difference;…
What is exercise teaching my children?
I’m a big advocate for #activekids. I really encourage my own children to take part in all manner of exercise, from family walks through to formal sports coaching. I spend…
Active Half Term Update
It’s been half term holiday for us this week and at the start of it I suddenly decided to set myself and the children a challenge. Shockingly, excluding activities which…
Join Us In Our Active Half Term Challenge
We’re at the start of half term week in this house. I know for some of you it’s not until next week. It’s February, it’s cold, windy, wet and generally…
Top Six Essentials for a Cross Country Kit Bag
My name is Thomas. I am 12. I go to cross country races quite a lot now and have created a list of essentials that I need before, during and…
How To Make Exercise FUN!
My son said to me, ” I don’t understand why people don’t exercise when it’s so much fun. Why would you not want to do it?” He has a really…