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A big thank you to Iona for sending us her drawings about school :)
Fame! Get your art put online
Howdy blog readers, Enquire have got a cool new online gallery where you can upload your photos and pictures. I am really looking forward to hearing from you budding artists out there. We’ve already had some fab pictures sent in by Anna, a girl who recently won an art competition. The gallery is called Your [...]
Love storybooks but find reading hard? Maybe you need a reading buddy!
Lots of people find reading hard. It’s really important to tell your teacher or your parents if you’re getting stuck with reading. You may need some extra help. There are different ways you can get help with reading. One thing that can help is having a reading buddy. Reading buddying is where an older pupil [...]
Author Lynne Rickards talks to Enquire about Pink penguins and other wonders
Hello there blog readers, How’s school going? Looking forward to half term break? Last week I met up with Lynne Rickards, her daughter Anna and her son Cameron. Lynne has written some awesome books for children. Her latest book is called Pink. It’s about a Penguin called Patrick who wakes up one morning to find [...]
Feeling down in the dumps at school?
What do these famous people have in common? Drew Barrymore Jim Carrey Kurt Cobain from Nirvana They’ve all had depression at some point in their lives. Some people think that ‘mental health’ is just something other people have. But we ALL have mental health – its to do with how we feel inside, and that [...]
What does bullying mean to you? Respect Me competition
Hello there blog readers, How are you? I am just back from lovely holiday in France. Thought I would blog about Anti-Bullying Week, which will be from 16-20 November. Respectme and the Scottish Government are running a competition for young people between the ages of 9 and 16. The theme of the competition is ‘What bullying means to [...]
Need something fun to do this weekend? Check out the cool stuff going on for Refugee Week
A refugee is someone who has had to run away from their home country because it’s not safe to be there. It may be that they have had to leave because of war or because armed gangs or corrupt people in power are making it very dangerous for them. There are lots of cool [...]
Enquire talks to writer and artist about their fab new book
This week I had a lovely chat with a writer and artist who have made up an adventure story ‘Meeting Milligan’. The story is about two young people Jamie and Shabana. Jamie is a wheelchair user, Shabana uses makaton – a type of sign language. Just when they think they’re having another ordinary day out [...]
Rock on… young people with learning disabilities want to party too
Dear blog readers I heard about a cool punk band today called Heavy Load. They are a bunch of guys, some of whom have learning disabilities. And they like to rock out! The band have a campaign called the Stay up Late Campaign. They think its not fair that people with learning disabilities have to go [...]
Dear blog readers Hello, how’s life? Looking forward to half term holiday? This week I wanted to tell you about a cool new website ChildLine have got. Its called the Idea Creative Agency, and its an adult free zone! You can visit it on Bebo, Piczo and Habbo. Idea Creative Agency want to find out your [...]
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