Essentially Local March-April 17

Children’s Page
Word wheel
Try to find as many words of 3
letters or more, only using the
letters in the grid. You can only
use each letter once in the words
you make and you must always
use the letter in the middle.
No proper names are allowed.
Can you find the 9 letter word?
Good: 8+, Excellent: 10 +, Outstanding: 12+
Charlotte’s Joke Corner
How did the barber win the race?
He knew a short cut
Where do sheep get their wool cut?
At the Baa Baas
Why do bees have sticky hair?
They use a honey comb!
Send your jokes to info@essentiallylocal.co.uk
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Wordsearch: The missing city is York. It was attacked by the Vikings on 1
November 866. The city was called Jorvik. Vikings came from Scandinavia.
Word Wheel
3 letter words: Doe, Dog, Egg, Ego, God, Hoe. 4 letter words: Does, Dose,
Edge, Eggs, Egos, Ghee, Goes, Heed, Hose, Seed, Shed, Shod. 5 letter words:
Edges, Egged, Hedge. 6 letter words: Hogged, Hedges.
8 letter word: Hedgehog • 9 letter words: Hedgehogs
Mar-Apr wordsearch
E L T S A C W E N
D U N D E E C U J
K B D R O F X O B
B R I G H T O N U
L I V E R P O O L
E S F F I D R A C
E T B E L F A S T
D O M A H X E R W
S L O N D O N B Q
Find the cities in this wordsearch. There is one city that
cannot be found, which one is it?
Which group of people attacked this city? What did
these people call the city? Where did they come from?
BELFAST BRIGHTON BRISTOL
CARDIFF DUNDEE LEEDS
LIVERPOOL LONDON NEWCASTLE
OXFORD YORK WREXHAM
30 hours of free childcare from September – how will it work?
The Government announced that free
childcare for 3 to 4 year old children
will increase from 15 hours to 30 hours
per week from September this year.
The eligibility rules are complex as the
scheme aims to help working parents.
A summary of some of the main points
are listed below however a more in
depth question and answer review has
been posted on the Essentially Local
website:
• 30 hours are free for 38 weeks or
1140 hours for the year
• Parents must earn the equivalent of
16 hours a week at the minimum
wage
• Each parent must earn less than
£100,000 a year
• Applications for funding can be
made from the term following the
child’s third birthday
• Each funded session cannot be
longer than 10 hours
While parents must work exceptions
may apply if one parent
is on disability benefit, is
a carer or on statuatory
sick pay. Zero hours
workers and the selfemployed
have to earn
an equivalent of 16 hours
at the minimum wage,
meaning some may work
less hours but earn more.
Some childcare
settings will only offer
stretched or all year
round calculations.
Funds can also be divided between
more than one provider if they are
registered. Parents will be responsible
for any funding shortfalls that the
grant doesn’t cover, such as food and
other sundries.
To find out more visit https://
childcare-support.tax.service.gov.
uk and remember to read the fuller
summary on www.essentiallylocal.
co.uk/articles/Acorn-30hours
Finally if you are not eligible for
the 30 hours your 3-4 year olds will
remain entitled to the 15 hour of free
childcare.
Thanks to Zoe Raven
from Acorn Childcare for
supplying this information.
www.acornchildcare.co.uk
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