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FREE Bingley History Activity

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Bingley is a pretty interesting place, and I’m trying to put together a booklet with the key historical facts about Bingley in – but I need some help! I’ve put together two templates – one for ages 5-7 –  My Facts About Bingley Ages 5 – 7

and one for ages 7 – 11 – About Bingley Ages 7-11.

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My son insisted on writing “the Par(c)k” so we didn’t confuse it with St Ives in Cornwall…
Ask your child to complete their own research either from your collective knowledge or through researching, and when you’re done, please photograph and send to my inbox at the Bingley Mums Facebook Page.

This not only gives your child an actual reason to write, but they stand a chance of being featured in the finished (printable) booklet! If you don’t want your child’s name to be used, please let me know when you send the message, if not, I’ll include it. The booklet will be available to download from this website, and will not be professionally printed or anything, just so you know!

I’ve only included Five Rise Locks and St Ives, but feel free to do further research on other aspects of Bingley too. Your child may find it helpful if you write out key spellings for them on some paper for them to copy as they complete the activity. Enjoy!

 

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Holiday Enemy – Screen Time

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One of the biggest battles we have in the summer holidays is trying to get our kids off screens and actually living in the moment. I know we’re to blame, as we’re the ones who bought the screens in the first place, but they’ve become an obsession, not just for our children, but for all our friends’ children too. Every day of the holiday this year, I’ve set my children a challenge to start living their lives and get off devices and I’ve created this checklist for them to complete each day. You can download yours for free here –  Before Screen Time I Must Checklist.

I have told my sons that they will get 10 minutes screen time for each of the challenges they complete, but it might be better to have an open discussion with your own children and come up with timings that work for you. You can of course, think of your own checklist, but this is something that I thought was quite generic that would work for most people.

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Free Bingley Treasure Hunt Activity

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Quite often on a weekend we’ll pop into Bingley, spend £17 in Home Bargains (standard), get brunch, have a stroll in the park etc, and have a nice time. But the Type A in me sometimes thinks, what’s the purpose of our visit? Now, highly strung types like myself need fear no more, as I’ve created a Bingley Treasure Hunt which is free to download and do! Start in Bingley market square, and find the answers to the questions as you stroll around. Be warned though, question 3 doesn’t have an easily obvious answer, but you can just ask someone locally in the town and hopefully they will know the answer!

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We had a go today at some of it just before the storm started, and my sons loved it! Take a look…

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Even better, our friends at The Coffee Lounge, conveniently situated just next to the market square, are offering everyone who mentions Bingley Mums a 10% discount on completion (ok you don’t need to do every single question…) of the hunt. Download yours here! Bingley Treasure Hunt

*I didn’t have time to do the whole thing, so if you spot any glaring errors please let me know.*

If any local businesses would like to offer spot prizes for completion, I’d be glad to hear about it also.

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FREE Bingley Summer Holiday Activity Sheet

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If you’re out of ideas already, download this FREE summer holiday ideas activity sheet (made by me!) for things to do in and around the Bingley area – click here to download –Bingley Summer Holiday Activities – print (black and white will work fine), stick on your fridge and cross out each activity as you go along! Here’s how we’re coming along so far…

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Get printing and see how many you can do!