20 raring2go.co.uk Raring2go! Raring2go! 21 British Science Week 5th - 14th March Moonflight By Gill Lewis Reviewed by Thomas, aged 9 from London Raring2Read! BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FAMILIES Does your family enjoy reading? Then join our Facebook group, to share ideas, tips and recommendations. www.facebook.com/groups/raring2read This book is the gripping tale of dastardly young rats going on adventures to free a city from a deadly curse. Will they fail drastically or save the day? I literally couldn’t put this book down. I read it in one weekend. My favourite parts were how the plot kept twisting, and then twisting again – so you could never quite guess what would happen at the end. The mood capturing illustrations really bring the story to life. The story shows that rats can be real heroes. Most people hate rats, you may well love them by the end of this tale. I was surprised by how many rats were killed on their heroic adventures, and how they manage to befriend Marmalade, a big cutie of a cat. If you think you like the sound of epic ratty twisting adventures this book is for you. Read it now! Raring2go! would like to thank LoveReading4Kids, for this wonderful review. LoveReading4Kids, the UK’s leading children’s book recommendation website, is now a bookstore with social purpose, where 25% of the cover price can be donated to a school to buy books. Because books change lives. Buy a Book. Support a School. Make a Difference. Click anywhere on this page to buy this book or visit: www.lovereading4kids.co.uk Thomas is one of their children's book reviewers. Top tips for choosing a holiday camp or class In a third of all households in the UK both parents work so, unless one of you is a teacher, managing the school holidays could be difficult. Even if one, or both of you, are at home you still need to find ways to keep the children occupied during the holidays. HERE ARE SOME OPTIONS: • Local council run playschemes • Managing a rota with friends to share childcare on each other’s days off • Days out with/or holidays to visit grandparents • All day private playschemes – often covering the whole holidays, • Private nurseries open year-round for pre-schoolers • Holiday courses, clubs or camps The main trick is to be organised and think ahead. Book courses and playschemes in advance to avoid last minute stress. Make lists covering what each child is going to do and keep it simple, so you are not running all over the place. This is where general holiday clubs can hold their own as they often have a wide choice of activity so all the children can find something they like to do. School holidays also give the opportunity to brush up on skills, like swimming, or develop passions and hobbies where there isn’t enough time during normal term time, like a week’s dance or drama workshop with a show at the end. A mixture of organised indoor and outdoor activities, along with time with friends or family members and some time with you plus the all-important down time to just do nothing is ideal – planning ahead is the key! Here’re our top club or camp: a holiday course, tips for choosing 1. What type of activities do they enjoy the most? 2. What will keep their interest? Is their enough variety? 3. Indoors or outdoors? Or a mixture of both? 4. What are their friends doing? 5. Have you had any recommendations? 6. Do they need to brush up on any skills? 7. Is there an activity or club they want to try out in term time that offers a holiday scheme so you can try it out first? 8. How flexible are the classes? Can you do a few days or just the whole week? 9. Is there early morning drop off and a later collection time? 10. Are the classes cost effective? Work out the hourly rate and check if they offer a sibling discount.
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