Big Hopes Big Future

There are lots of ways you can help your children be ready for their first day at school.

Our Big Hopes Big Future pages and downloads will give you some tips, activities you can try, and games you can play with your children. All of them will help be ready for school, and make that first day less scary.

We’ve created activity cards you can download and print off, and we’ve split them up into four categories so it’s easy to find the one you’re looking for. The activity cards have extra information on them, like the names of books you could borrow from the library or buy from a bookshop.

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