Children around Wales are being offered free coaching as part of the legacy of Great Britain’s victory in the Davis Cup. A total of 38 courses under the Tennis for Kids programme are taking place in North, South, and Mid Wales during the summer. Details vary from club to club, but generally involve six free, fun sessions with an expert coach; a free racket to keep, if you attend regularly; the chance for parents or guardians to get involved; and…

After celebrating another record breaking season with thousands of junior players participating in football activities and over a hundred children progress to join professional football clubs.   PG10 Coaching the FAW/UEFA football accredited football provider which has development centres across Wales and also linked and endorsed by Premier League giants Everton FC, have announced its plans for its academy status for the 2016/2017 season.   From next season PG10 will play its home games at the new Vale Sports Arena in Penarth on…

We took our children to see The Cat In The Hat based on the much loved book by Dr Seuss at The New Theatre, Cardiff. The age guidance is 3+ so our children aged 5 and 7 were suitably aged. Two children are fed up on a rainy day, having nothing to do whilst Mum is out, but this doesn’t last for long because a Cat in a Hat suddenly turns up at their house. Their goldfish starts to talk…

  Bio:  Dawn Evans (pictured above) is the owner of training services company Ajuda based in Cardiff Bay. In early December, Dawn gave gifts worth £1,000 to the Noah’s Ark Charity which supports sick and injured children in and around the city. This is the second year she’s been a ‘secret Santa’. Dawn was born and brought up in Cardiff and had a successful career in the fitness industry. However it an incident with her daughter Bethan which led her to…

Cardiff based company, JacDo, hope to encourage more children in the area to learn through play and learn by doing with their brand new Crafternoon workshops.  Available for children aged between 3 and 8 years, the arts and crafts sessions will be held each Saturday throughout January in the Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, and will offer parents a much deserved break as their little ones get creative. Primarily a subscription based service, JacDo offers busy parents monthly boxes, full to…

Children are helping spread the Healthy Schools message in a new video. Josh, Tia, Ellie and friends from Plascrug Community School in Aberystwyth explain about how being part of the Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes (WNHSS) is helping them and their families be healthier. WNHSS involves nursery, primary, secondary and special schools and works towards a whole school approach to improving health which means they look at everything from the policies adopted, the school environment, the curriculum and the…

Sustrans Cymru is calling for the next Welsh Government to transform the way children travel to school. On the day the Children’s Commissioner launches a report showing that almost half (48%) of primary school children in Wales would like more help to be able to walk, cycle and scoot to school, the charity is calling on all the Welsh political parties to pledge their support to an ambitious programme to help make our children happier and healthier. We want to…

MRS. CLAUS BROUGHT IN BY WESTQUAY, HIGHCROSS AND CABOT CIRCUS TO REVEAL THE TRUTH BEHIND ALL THOSE DIFFICULT CHRISTMAS QUESTIONS Research has revealed that 52% of parents fib when asked difficult questions from their children at Christmas time, whilst a fifth of parents turn to Google to help out. Other surprising statistics included: Fifty-two per cent of parents will fib when asked a difficult question; Seventy-four per cent of parents believe the magic of Santa is the most important part…

Explore Learning, the popular provider of maths and English tuition for children aged five to 14 is opening the doors to its first centre in Cardiff, Wales. Explore Learning has a growing presence throughout the UK and just this year has opened 11 new centres. The new education centre will bring Explore Learning’s unique and affordable tuition to Wales and create 20 jobs in the area. Local MP Craig Williams will be attending the centre launch at 2:15pm on Thursday…

We recently had the pleasure of attending Steve Backshall`s Wild World Tour show at St. David`s Hall, Cardiff with our two children. This was the last show on his nationwide tour, which had started in Scotland in October and taken in 21 different locations in total. Steve is now very well-known through his television presenting, writing, not to mention his appearance on Strictly Come Dancing in 2014! The show itself was a mixture of Steve talking about his encounters with…