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northyorkshirenews<br />
Do you have news to celebrate? We’d love to hear! Email niki.ince.green@primarytimes.co.uk<br />
www.primarytimes.co.uk/nyorks<br />
Summer Reading Challenge<br />
There are plenty of pranks <strong>and</strong> a ton of fun waiting for you at your local <strong>East</strong> Riding<br />
Library – it’s Mischief Makers, the Summer Reading Challenge 20<strong>18</strong>!<br />
Read library books over the summer holidays, join in with our fun themed weekly<br />
activity sessions, collect special stickers <strong>and</strong> explore your map of Beanotown to find<br />
clues, but watch out – Dennis is usually up to all kinds of mischief. He’ll make sure<br />
some of those stickers are extra stinky!<br />
Just pop in to your local <strong>East</strong> Riding Library to sign up but hurry<br />
– places are limited!<br />
www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk<br />
Rabbit Awareness Week<br />
20<strong>18</strong> asks owners<br />
to ‘Move Away<br />
From Muesli’<br />
Rabbit Awareness Week (2nd – 10th June)<br />
offers owners <strong>and</strong> schools a chance to get<br />
involved with the biggest campaign of the<br />
year aimed at improving<br />
the welfare of rabbits<br />
across the UK.<br />
This year we are<br />
encouraging owners<br />
to ‘Move Away From<br />
Muesli’. Many owners<br />
still feed their rabbits<br />
muesli based diets<br />
which allow selective<br />
feeding. Research has<br />
shown that selective<br />
feeding can increase the risk of dental disease <strong>and</strong> digestive<br />
problems in rabbits.<br />
You can find out more about our<br />
Move Away From Muesli’ mission <strong>and</strong> lots more about rabbits at<br />
www.rabbitawarenessweek.co.uk <strong>and</strong> why not download your<br />
FREE owners or schools pack while you’re there!<br />
Viking FM<br />
Viking FM’s Cash for Kids aims to make a real difference<br />
to the lives of children <strong>and</strong> young people across <strong>East</strong><br />
<strong>Yorkshire</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>North</strong>ern Lincolnshire who need a<br />
helping h<strong>and</strong>.<br />
Are you 1 in 500? We are looking for people to sign up,<br />
be a Face <strong>and</strong> raise £100 by the end of the year to help us<br />
with our mission to alleviate poverty, support<br />
disability <strong>and</strong> improve quality of life for the children<br />
who need it most.<br />
Visit www.vikingfm.co.uk/faces or call the team on 01482<br />
593077. Please help us make a real difference to the lives<br />
of local children.<br />
Walk to School<br />
Week 20<strong>18</strong><br />
Thous<strong>and</strong>s of teachers <strong>and</strong><br />
children will celebrate the<br />
benefits of walking as they take<br />
to their feet during this year’s<br />
Walk to School Week (21-25 <strong>May</strong><br />
20<strong>18</strong>).<br />
Walk to School Week is<br />
organised by Living Streets, the<br />
UK charity for everyday walking<br />
<strong>and</strong> takes place during National<br />
Walking Month each <strong>May</strong>. Last<br />
year, over 14,000 classes took<br />
part – that’s around 400,000<br />
children walking to school.<br />
Experts advise that children are<br />
active for at least 60 minutes a day to stay healthy but<br />
only one in five 5-15 year olds are achieving this. Rather<br />
than competing for time in the busy school day to<br />
encourage children to move more, the journey to school<br />
provides the perfect opportunity for children to achieve<br />
part of the recommended daily amount of physical<br />
activity before they’ve even reached the school gates.<br />
Find out how you can help your pupils be healthier<br />
<strong>and</strong> happier this Walk to School Week at<br />
www.livingstreets.org.uk/wtsw<br />
Beverley Puppet<br />
Festival 13, 14, 15 July<br />
Enjoy a fun packed weekend of<br />
ginormous Saurus, Moomins,<br />
meadow sprites, mermaids <strong>and</strong><br />
cloud travellers.<br />
Shows <strong>and</strong> workshops for children<br />
<strong>and</strong> adults plus free outdoor<br />
performances, free interactive<br />
shadow theatre, facepainting, food,<br />
bar <strong>and</strong> lively Festival Hub.<br />
Book tickets <strong>and</strong> get group<br />
discounts<br />
www.beverleypuppetfestival.com<br />
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<strong>Primary</strong> <strong>Times</strong> MAY HALF TERM Issue | www.primarytimes.co.uk/nyorks
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