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Teaching Kids about Money It is difficult to manage on a tight budget but whilst doing so you can take solace that you are probably teaching skills to your kids that will be valuable for the rest of their lives. Helping them to distinguish between a “want” and a...

Effortless Essentials for Everyone. When it comes to putting together a wardrobe that is easy and effortless, less is always more.  A carefully curated collection of pieces that you know you can reach for and rely on - essentially a capsule wardrobe. Seven Sundays is...

Christmas Books to Please Every Taste If dinosaurs, skeletons, ballet dancers, little creatures, poems, advent calendars, or Christmas around the world is your thing, there’s a Christmas picture-book here to please you.  The dinosaurs book is not so much a Christmas...

The news that nine children have tragically lost their lives due to the infection Strep A has us all worrying and wondering why the strain is circulating. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has reported cases are higher this year due to high amounts of circulating...

A SPOOKY CHARCUTERIE If you aren’t familiar with the term Charcuterie, it is essentially a fancy way to describe a meat and cheese board. This fun and spooky twist on a classic elegant cheese board is an impressive appetiser with meat, crackers, fruit, spreads and...

Have you come across the new Stortford Performers yet? Stortford performers classes focus on the LAMDA syllabus for speaking verse and prose. Acting and Musical Theatre (singing) content. So what is a LAMDA  exam? LAMDA stands for London Academy of Dramatic Art, and...

I have to say Hatters Pumpkin Patch is fast becoming one of our favourite local farms to visit with the children and here's why. Hatters Farm is a family-run pumpkin patch producing thousands of pumpkin squash each year. Having farmed near the village of Takeley for...

Livewire Rock Academy - The School Of Rock for 6 and up Livewire Rock Academy is a Herts and Essex-based rock school with outlets in Saffron Walden, Great Dunmow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Established 14 years ago by Uncle Funk front-man Simon Baker, the schools...

Helen Aldridge has joined the Little Monsters Team. Her reputation as an award winning class leader is exceptional, and many of you will recognise her from her classes in and around Essex over the past ten years. Helen studied Early Childhood Development and is a...

Youth today spend more and more of their time living sedentary lives staring at a screen. This despite studies, suggesting that young people should spend at least half an hour each day being active. Boxing can be an excellent way for your kids to stay active and give...