Scandinavian Cool Backpacks for Nursery and School

Stand out rom the crowd with these children's backpacks, ideal for Back to School. The Kanken by Fjallraven is perhaps the most sought after backpack for children and teens in the UK at the moment. But there are more practical school bags from Scandinavia you should be looking out for. These retro and fun children's rucksacks are ideal for pre-school and primary as it is lightweight & small,...

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Back to School – Getting off to a good start with helpful tips and ideas

With school start only a few weeks away, are you all set? Uniforms, school shoes, packed lunch? Here's our list of things you perhaps would like to consider to ensure a smooth start! So what to consider before the school run is back on? Starting Primary? If you have a 4 year old, ready to start 'Big School', do check out our Best tips for a soft start to school life. Uniform & School shoes...

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Back to School -are you ready? Our best tips for a soft start!

Sorry to break it to you but the Summer holiday is coming towards an end and before you know it's that time of the year again, when they are completely out of sizes in the school uniform section and the shoe fitting queue is beyond horrendous. Well, this is a little heads up to avoid a situation with first school day meaning no PE kit and a Tesco lunch in hand. So, to take it slowly, step by...

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Back to school and kids dressed for Crisp Spring days

Back to School Winter by thescandinavianmum on Polyvore School is back on for Spring term, even though it's clearly still early January and frosty days ahead. Here's a quick guide and a heads up on how to send of your school child to school when frost can still occur. It's all about staying warm and yes... dressing in layers. From top to toe in quality. Uniform policy is often strict, but it's up...

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Back to School -how to settle your child and keep on top of homework

It's end of September and memories of the Summer holiday seem already to fade. It's back to school, new term, settling in, lots of homework and everything that goes with it. It's a big transition, especially for the 4 year old starting reception, and their parents. Will they get friends? Listen to their teacher? And eat all their lunch? It's as much worrying as it's exciting. Especially to the...

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Healthy packed lunch for Budding foodies Back at School

First of all, start with real bread. Honest, homemade delicious bread. Here's a ‘chuck it in a bowl, work until smooth and stretchy, leave to rise, shape, leave to rise again and bake’ recipe from the Real Bread Campaign. I'm planning on having a bake bread routine. And whilst I'm at it I'll also make sure to make some bread rolls. What you easily could do then is to throw in some chopped...

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Tips for Packing School Lunches – Back to school

Over the next days we'll be sharing our back to school lunch tips, hints, and recipes for delicious healthy packed lunches. Meanwhile, first step to a popular packed lunch, that your child will look forward to bring to the lunch table is these fun lunch boxes, by Norwegian design label Blafre. Already known for the retro lunch boxes, the designer is now also introducing a sweet owl and a very...

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Children’s school uniform and shoes – Back to School

In the middle of the uniform fitting, in an overheated and congested uniform shop, 45 minutes drive out of London, I came to think that I'd wish I was back, living in Scandinavia. There's no uniform in the Scandinavian (state) schools. No uniform shops, what-to-get-lists and endless fittings. There's no black leather shoes and no tights and socks. Children would wear a sweater, a pair of...

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Back to School Shoes by Danish Footwear brand, Angulus

Danish premium footwear brand Angulus has launched its very first collection of school shoes for Autumn Winter 2013, just in time for back to school. Already a best seller in Scandinavia, known throughout the world for its focus on quality and design, Angulus is introducing the new school collection this summer, in stores from August 2013. Drawing on the Danish tradition of design, Angulus styles...

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Are you part of it, do you do the school run(way)?

Is it a fashion catwalk on your schoolrun? The newspapers and glossy magazines constantly covers stylish celebrity mums on the school run in and around London. Are supermodels and yummy mummy's really turning the school gate into a catwalk? There's even blogs covering school gate style, like schoolgatestyle.com I admire her fashion sense, but would hesiate to call her a Yummy Mummy as I think...

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