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The importance of a good breakfast If you’re a parent you’ll know how difficult it can be to get children to eat breakfast in the morning. Whether it’s because there’s no time or the children simply aren’t hungry, the fact is 1 in 6 children unfortunately miss breakfast everyday.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day as it provides you with the engery, vitamins and minerals to fuel your day.

A good breakfast sets you up for the day ahead, providing energy and essential vitamins and minerals to fuel your body after a night’s sleep.

The government, nutritionists and the Food Standards Agency all agree on this. But in Britain today an alarming number of people still choose to skip breakfast.

Scientific studies show if you skip your morning meal you, and in particular children, are statistically more likely to snack on high calorie, high fat foods mid-morning. What’s more, if you don’t eat breakfast scientists say you are unlikely to make up the nutrients missed through others meals of the day.

What really concerns us though is the number of children who start the day hungry. Our research tells us everyday in Britain 190,000 children don’t eat breakfast before they leave for school. So, give your children the best start to the day with a healthy breakfast.

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High Littleton beavers sleepover Beavers from High Littleton recently visited the emergency response centre at Stanton Drew.

They learnt how to give heart compression using resuscitation models, and also how to stop bleeding by applying pressure and a bandage. They looked at the rescue vehicles which included an ambulance, an ambulance car, and a boat pulled by a quad bike. Beaver Leader Tricia Horwood said, “The boys loved hearing the sirens and switching on the flashing lights. Each Beaver attending was awarded a first aid badge.”

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The Olympic Torch arrives at Welton Primary School Keith Masdin from Bathford visited Welton Primary School along with his Olympic Torch and talked to the children about the fantastic work he does for the charity Hope and Homes for Children. Keith has raised over £250,000 for the charity and was selected to run with the Olympic Torch in Oakhampton in Devon. Keith had his picture taken with each child at the school so they would each have a memento of the occasion.

The children photographed with Keith are Josh Casling, Shannon Kingman, Jessica Smith, Harry Tomkins, Jenson Brown and Emily Parrott-Pentreath.

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Radstock cub gains silver award

Alice, a ten year-old Cub Scout from 1st Radstock Group, was presented with a Chief Scout’s Silver Award by District Commissioner Janet Turner at a recent ceremony. To gain the award, Cub Scouts have to complete six challenges.

Janet Turner said, “This is the highest award made in the Cub Scout section, and only a small proportion of Cubs manage to achieve it.”

Eighteen months ago Alice’s older brother, Jamie, was the first Radstock Cub ever to have gained the award. He is now a Scout, working towards his Gold Award.

Alice said, “I really enjoyed working towards my Silver Award and feel proud to have earned it during our Group’s centenary year. My favourite Cub Scout activity is camping, especially when we all sing around the campfire.”

The final Midsomer Norton Beaver meeting of the term culminated in the presentation of Chief Scout’s Bronze Awards to four Beavers.

The inclement weather had forced a change of venue from the Scout Group’s campsite at Wellow, back to their Headquarters in Radstock Road, but the children still enjoyed an evening of fun during which they cooked marshmallows over a barbecue.

The award presentation was made by Jon Stell, the Assistant Group Scout Leader, to seven year-olds Jack, Che, Ben and Sophie. Afterwards the youngsters spoke about what they like best about Beavers.

Ben: “I like it when we play with the parachute.”

Sophie: “I like playing the games with my friends.”

Jack: “I like playing Budge-up Beaver.”

Che: “I like everything about Beavers.”

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Circle Of Life

A seven year-old Beaver Scout from Paulton was presented with the Chief Scout’s Bronze Award last week. Jenson is an enthusiastic and committed Beaver Scout, who has worked hard to complete all the necessary requirements of all twelve Beaver Activity Badges.

Jenson said, “I’ve had lots of fun and made new friends by being a Beaver.” One of his favourite projects was working towards the Beaver Healthy Eating badge, although he did say that he was allowed treats now and again.

On the same evening Jenson, and four other Beavers ‘swam up’ to Cubs: a short, ceremony involving a large blue sheet representing the river with the Beaver Scouts disappearing underneath one side dressed as a Beaver Scouts and emerging the other side dressed as a Cub Scouts.

All the pupils at Longvernal Primary School put on a spectacular performance of The Circle of Life with the leavers taking the main roles as they showed off their superb acting skills.

Lexie Parfitt aged 10 played Sarabi, Harry Kilburn aged 10 played Mufasa, Josh Kelsey aged 11 played Banzi and Rosie Williams aged 11 played Young Simba.

Parents of the pupils showed their support for the production as they involved themselves in the creation of the main backdrop, a wonderful African sunset, which was greatly appreciated by everyone at the school.

Pupils put their creative skills to use as they each made wonderful animal masks for the performance. Masks were fantastically made and decorated which set the stage alight with colour.

Head teacher Jane Richardson said the production had been a great community success with everyone working together. She said “The Circle of Life is a story of change and we used the story to support that idea. It was a celebration of our year as a school and was a lovely way to end the year”.

Well done to all the pupils a fantastic performance!

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District Olympic Beaveree The wet weather of June did not stop 108 Beavers from the district having a fabulous fun packed day on Saturday 30th June as they all met at Chelwood campsite, which is owned

by Keynsham Scouts, for an Olympic themed day.

Beavers from Keynsham K2, Keynsham Rocky, Paulton, High Littleton, Clutton, Radstock and Midsomer Norton all joined together for a day full of fun activities including arts & crafts, cooking, singing and games. Each group of Beavers made their way around the various bases in order to complete each fun activity.

Luckily the rain held off long enough so that the Beavers could sit out in the open air and enjoy the bonfire which was lit by the Olympic torch. Mr.Elkington who has been involved in the scouting movement since the age of 8 and was one of the torch carriers and the boys were thrilled that he had brought the torch along to the Beaveree and watched in delight as the torch was used to light the bonfire. The children sat and listened to stories and joined in a good old fashioned sing along led by one of the group leaders, Alan Rosewell, with some of the more enthusiastic parents also joining in.

As the boys listened to the stories and enjoyed the picnics that they had made earlier on in the day, they were completely exhausted as well as covered in mud. A fantastic day had been had by all!

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15-23 North Somerset Arts Showcase Exhibition at Sidcot Arts Centre see www.northsomersetarts.org for more information ......................................................................

22 Keynsham Youth Festival at Keynsham Memorial Park

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23 Grand Pier Half Marathon in Weston Super Mare

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23 The Great Bath Feast 2012, taking place across the City until 31st October ......................................................................

28 Bath Festival of Children’s Literature across the City

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Children’s Clubs

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Clubs and classes for school-age children are not only after school, but can run at weekends and during holidays.

Are you wondering how your child might benefit by joining a club? This list is simply a starting point, but it certainly gives you 10 reasons to investigate sports and other clubs in your area for your children.

Getting Out

Many children spend a lot of time in front of the TV or playing computer games. Club’s can give children an opportunity to explore more varied and healthier activities.

Meeting People and Making Friends

Joining a club gives children a comfortable and appropriate place to meet others with similar interests. This environment can form the basis for lifelong friendships.

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Keeping them Out of Trouble

Studies show that after-school, the twilight hours are more risky to children than night-time hours. Participating in an after-school club reduces the risk of children becoming involved in things that parents would prefer them to avoid.

Learning New Skills

Children who participate in a variety of activities are introduced to new skills and are given a chance to develop them. As children realise they “can do” these things then their self-confidence grows.

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Learn Teamworking

Many activities require children to work together towards achieving a common goal. Whether they are trying to win a game or complete a community service project, children learn to work as a team.

Developing Independence By participating in clubs, young children learn to exist and thrive ‘outside of their family’. Older children learn skills and values that will carry them through to their adult lives.

Civic Mindedness and Values

Some organisations exist as service organisations. Others participate in community service as part of a larger scope of activities. Either way, children can get the chance to learn to look beyond themselves and experience how they can make a difference.

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Leadership and Responsibility

Children have the opportunity to make their own decisions – they learn to lead, follow and carry their portion of responsibility.

Improving Selection Prospects

In addition to solid academies, employers and further education establishments like to see well-rounded applicants. Club participation demonstrated over a period of time will help to enhance any application.

Playing a game, camping, singing whatever the focus, children participate because they enjoy the activities, and sometimes fun is as good a reason as any other to join a club.

This isn’t the end of the list, we are sure you could add more ideas of your own, but they are 10 great reasons to see what is out there!

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P U S ’ T A H W How to Hide a Lion Written by: Helen Stephens Illustrated by: Helen Stephens Aged 3+ This is one of the loveliest picture books of the year. A wonderful warm-hearted story of friendship with plenty of humour thrown in.

The Grunts In Trouble Written by: Philip Ardagh Illustrated by: Axel Scheffler Age 5+ Meet the Grunts! Mr and Mrs, their cat Ginger Biscuit, two donkeys Clip and Clop and Sunny, a child Mr Grunt stole off a washing line as a present for Mrs Grunt. The Grunts roam the land in a ramshackle and unlikely looking home on wheels.

Their adventures are as unsavoury, unlikely and entertaining as they are as Axel Scheffler’s illustrations wittily show; fans of Andy Stanton’s Mr Gum and Roald Dahl’s The Twits will delight in this disgusting but amiable pair their terrible antics.

Four Children and It Written by Jacqueline Wilson4 Age 9+ The new bestseller from Jacqueline Wilson, creator of Tracy Beaker , Hetty Feather and The Illustrated Mum , is a funny, moving and heartwarming story of four children who discover a way to make wishes come true. Echoing the classic E Nesbit novel, Five Children and It , this new story from this mega-selling author, winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, is a brilliant read not just for those familiar with the original book but for any of Wilson’s millions of fans.

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My Hamster is a Genius Written by Dave Lowe Age 7+ When Benjamin Jinks is given a hamster he isn’t best pleased, until he realises his Stinky the hamster is a genius! A hilarious tale of one boy and his hamster and the mischief they create. New talent Dave Lowe’s first adventure is brilliantly brought to life by illustrator Mark Chambers in this hilarious read.

Barbie: The Princess & The Popstar Due for release on 03 September 2012 In this sparkling musical adventure, Barbie stars as Tori, the kind-hearted princess of Meribella who would rather sing and dance than perform her royal duties. When her favourite pop star Keira visits the kingdom, the girls discover they have much in common, including a magical secret that lets them look like one another. At first, swapping places seems like a great idea, until each girl realizes that the other’s life isn’t as easy as it seems! But Meribella also has a magical secret, and when it’s stolen, the whole kingdom is put in danger. Will true friendship save the day? Filled with fantastic songs, fabulous fashions, and fun new friends, it’s an exciting musical celebration that shows the best thing you can be is yourself.

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists Due for release on 10 September 2012 Set sail for a fun-filled voyage of hilarious pirate antics with the biggest Band of Misfits on the seven seas! When the infamous Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) is shunned once again by his rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Liz Cutlass (Salma Hayek), he sets his sights to win the coveted Pirate of the Year Award!

With his trusted “parrot” Polly and rag-tag crew at his side, Pirate Captain will need to battle Queen Victoria, save a young Charles Darwin and never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: Adventure!

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Create exciting lunchb oxes for your children!

• a good portion of sta rchy food, e.g. thick wholemeal bread, cha patti, pasta or rice sal ad?

• plenty of fruit and veg etables?

• a portion of milk or dairy food, e.g. individ ual cheese portion or pot of yogurt?

• a portion of lean me at, fish or alternative e.g. ham, chicken, bee f, tuna, egg, hummus or bean/lentil salad?

• a drink?

Learning is fun!

“A good education is like a savings account; the more you put into it, the richer you are.”

The new school year is always an exciting time and sometimes a scary time, too! You can make a real difference to how your children feel about it and how quickly they settle in. Children of all ages retain more information if it is taught in a fun and exciting way. We have created the following ideas to help you to work with your children at home to develop their skills and generate an excitement around their school work.

Learning about money

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Encourage your child to use money as soon as possible. Allow them to hand over the cash for payment in the shop and also to collect the change. Once they have been given the change, ask them which coins they have been given and how many of each etc.

Hand writing

The alphabet

Recognition and learning through tracing - get your child used to the shapes of letters by finger tracing or by colouring some outline letters in.

AbCDEF Early learning skills

To help your child to get used to controlling their pencil, draw a series of squiggly lines on paper and ask them to draw over them. It can be fun to draw some very basic animal figures and even faces and around hands and feet.

To encourage story writing find a family photograph or a picture from the internet and ask your child to write a story around what they can see. It may be about a family visiting the zoo and the things they see there or even a trip to the moon. The possibilities are endless.

Time tables

Here are some rhymes to help with some times tables reminders: 56 = 7X8....remember 5 6 7 8 It’s great to be really sure 8x3 is 24!

It’s heaven to be completely done, now 7x3 makes 21!

If it adds up to 9, it is part of the 9 times table...

18...27...36...45...54...63...72...81...90 He ate and ate and stuck in the door, 8x8 is 64!

12 = 3 x 4....remember....1 2 3 4

September is an excellent time for students to join our Study Centre, as it encourages concentration, perseverance and determination that is needed at the start of a fresh academic year in school. The programmes dovetail into National Curriculum and support the sterling good work carried out by all our schools.

Whether your child needs to revisit some of those basic skills in maths and English, or simply whether they wish to pursue their studies to a high level, Kumon promotes both study and academic skills, nurturing independent learning and giving our students confidence, as well as developing that ‘I can’ attitude to their own learning.

Kumon’s maths and English study programmes work to develop your child’s confidence and independent study skills so they excel throughout the new term and beyond.

To unlock your child’s potential, contact your local Instructor for a Free Assessment: Midsomer Norton Study Centre Janet Russell 01761 453720 kumon.co.uk

Based on worksheets, by doing a little work every day, students quickly advance to higher levels for their age. Over 80% of our students are now working ahead of their academic year. Students work through the school holidays, ensuring learning is continuous throughout the year. Our parents like the programmes because they are constantly kept in touch with their child’s learning. They receive reports and face-toface consultations twice a year, as well as a student Progress Goal Graph which sets out clear target levels to achieve over time.

The Study Centre is now in its fifth year and operates from Somervale School, Midsomer Norton. We are open twice a week: Monday and Wednesday from 3.30 – 5.45pm. If you are interested in a FREE ASSESSMENT, give Janet a ring on 01761 453720 or email midsomernorton@kumoncentre.co.uk. You can also visit her website by googling Midsomer Norton Kumon Centre, to gain a flavour of how the study sessions work.

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GAMING ZONE Welcome to our Gaming Zone, here we will give you some reviews of the top selling games.

Nintendo Wii: New Games Just Dance 4 Release date 2nd October The world’s number one dance game brand is back with Just Dance 4! The latest edition of the record-breaking franchise takes the party to a whole new level of fun, with over 40 allnew hits, the coolest dances and brand new features. Just Dance 4 is your ticket to the best new music with over 40 tracks from a variety of top artists, popular genres and hot billboard songs like “Good Feeling” by Flo Rida, and “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera. The track list also features legendary artists such as Barry White and The B-52’s to get the whole family up and moving.

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We are looking for people with child care experience and the time and energy to care for young people especially those aged 11 and over.

Carers receive an excellent support and training package, as well as a competitive allowance those caring for older teenagers are likely to receive up to £400 per week.

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Xbox 360: New Games FIFA 13 Ultimate edition Release date 28th September The FIFA Ultimate Team is a massive online community where over 5 million fans build, manage and compete with their dream football team against their fellow players, and FIFA 13 takes this beyond the game for a truly immersive experience.

Buy, sell and trade players with other Ultimate Team Members around the world, and access your account online to continue managing your team outside of the game – and beyond the confines of your console!

PS Vita: New Games Little Big Planet Release date 21st September In LittleBigPlanet for PlayStation Vita, join Sackboy on a completely new adventure, filled with exploration and competition.

Customize Sackboy and the world around you with unique touch and camera create tools that let you play with more freedom that ever before. LittleBigPlanet for PS Vita is a miniature development kit in the palm of your hand that will allow players to create a multitude of different experiencesthe possibilities are truly endless!

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Boot Tidy

Here is an original way to keep your pens and pencils organised - and it makes a great keepsake gift too!

You will need: An old (clean!) pair of welly boots Alphabet buttons or beads, or other decorations White (PVA) glue

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Make a special box in which to keep your best pieces of work this school year. If you have a class mascot why not take inspiration from them to make your box unique and special to this school year.

You will need: A plain box file PVA (white) glue Pictures (can be drawings, colourings, cut-outs from comics or photographs) Chose some pictures to decorate the lid of the box file.

These could be photographs of your child in school uniform, or magazine cut-outs of favourite characters, or anything else that takes your fancy.

If you have any brothers or sisters, it may be an idea to add your name to the side of the box in the same way. This will make it easier to find on the shelf.

Make sure your boots are sparkling clean and then set about decorating them! Our example were heavily patterned already so we just used alphabet beads to spell out “pencils” down one side, but if you start with plain boots you can really go to town, using glitter, sequins, or acrylic paint!

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Izzy and Jenson Harris both won awards at their school sports day, Izzy winning silver in KS2 and Jenson winning gold in KS1, fantastic achievements, well done.

Neal Pun has achieved his gold Kumon award for maths, well done Neal.

Georgia Boulton has achieved her bronze Kumon ASR award for maths, well done.

Joe Griffin has achieved his bronze Kumon ASR award for maths, well done Joe.

Salome Chivers has achieved her bronze Kumon ASR award for math, well done Salome.

Chloe Chivers has achieved her Bronze Kumon ASR award for Maths, well done Chloe.

Jason Dai has achieved his silver Kumon ASR award for maths, well done Jason.

Finley Rogers has achieved his gold Kumon ASR award for maths, well done Finley.

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Let us know your ac hievements, both inside & outside of schoo l and we will includ e you in our next edition of WOW! Email your ph otos and text to: hey@ ignyte-uk.co.uk or call us on 01761 41 0141

Finn Miners has achieved his gold Kumon ASR award for maths, well done Finn.

Jenson Harris has moved up to Cubs at Paulton Scout Group, a fantastic achievement Jenson, well done.

Sarah Cooper has achieved her bronze Kumon ASR award in both maths and English, well done Sarah.

Jasmine Chivers has Josh James has achieved her Bronze achieved his gold Kumon ASR award for Maths, well done Jasmine. Kumon ASR award for maths, well done Josh.

PETS R E N COR My name is Bertie and I am a Dachshund,

Hello, my name is Bertie

I live at home with my family and love playing with them.

I know that I can be stubborn at times and don’t really like being trained but I do love having fun chasing balls and sticks.

I sleep in the house but some of my dog friends sleep in kennels in their gardens but we all love our families and are very grateful for all of the love and attention they give us.

We all know that having a dog as a pet is hard work and can sometimes be expensive too but we do offer loads of love in return.

My owner is very careful with flea and tick protection for me as I love to walk in long grass and run in the woods and this can sometimes cause ticks to stick to my fur. I go to the vets regularly for my health check ups.

It is best to feed us dogs a grain-free diet. While the better quality dog food may cost more, we can eat less of it since our bodies use more of what we are eating, producing less waste. Not to mention the vet bill if we develop issues from consuming a low quality food.

I eat twice a day and have a meat based diet at all times, I eat at the same times every day and this helps my owner to know when I need to go for a walk too but I also love a treat every now and then when I have been well behaved.

I am going to curl up in by dog basket now and have a little snooze.

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The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year

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Tomato Ketchup Ketchup was sold in the 1830’s as medicine

A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second

The sentence “THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG” uses every letter in the alphabet

GOLD!

The Olympic flag’s colours are always red, black, blue, green and yellow rings on a field of white.

This is because at least one of those colours appears on the flag of every nation on the planet.

An ostrich’s eye is bigger that it’s brain