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The National Trust's Gibside launches national competition for families to design a new adventure playground based on the park's most intriguing mystery(07/01/2011)
Gibside is an 18th century forest garden and has been under restoration for the last thirty years, but there is one part of its historic design that it simply can't restore, yet. According to historical records in the Durham County Archive there was once a structure on the estate called Strawberry Castle. However Gibside's staff and volunteer researchers have absolutely no idea where Strawberry Castle was located or what it might have looked like. The National Trust's Gibside in Gateshead, Ty... [more]
If you want children to eat more fruit and veg, let them grow it themselves(26/05/2010)
Frustrated parents everywhere will take heart from the findings which reveal that 72% of children in the UK would like their own space to grow fruit and vegetables and, outside London, 63% of children would rather eat fruit and vegetables they have grown themselves than buy them from a supermarket. New research commissioned by the National Trust has hit upon what might be the perfect way to get children to eat more fruit and veg – letting them grow it themselves. The Trust has created the Sow... [more]
Green Energy book brings green issues to life(22/05/2009)
Earlier this week, thirty children aged eight and nine from Rothbury First school met Lord Armstrong at Cragside near Morpeth, to explore his pioneering house – the palace of a modern magician – in a very special event. Francis the Frog, Lord Armstrong & local children’s book museum Seven Stories joined forces with the National Trust and npower to teach kids that being green has been around for longer than we think. Reading from a brand new Green Energy book created specially for children by ... [more]
Exciting outside activities that do not even cost a penny(16/03/2009)
A recent survey by the National Trust highlighted the fact that many youngsters could identify sci-fi characters but couldn't name a magpie. Little Terra is dedicated to inspiring children and their families to enjoy, explore and learn about the outdoors. The website offers a host of fun tips and ideas on getting kids active outside including 10 things to do before you’re 10. Stuck for ideas what to do with the children every weekend? Fed up with seeing them spend too much time on the compute... [more]
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