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Easter is a busy time with many Showmen families turned out for a long period. Our homes move with our businesses and of course our children come with us. Education is very important and we try to make sure our children keep up while we are away. Some schools provide work packs and some children […]

I know it’s a long post and I’m sorry I can’t explain it in a shorter way but please read to the end. – Education statistics are used every day and affect all children. They are reliant on tracking monitoring and data collection. Usually grouped by Ethnicity or FSM or EAL for example This information […]

Happy World Book Day! F4F together with co author of The Show Must Go On Michelle Russell and The Activity Bus have launched a competition to celebrate books. we asked our friends on the facebook page to share their #WorldBookDay photos with us. We were overwhelmed with entries but these were our winners #YouAreAReader we […]

Things you might not know about your local Visiting Funfair The people who own and operate the fairs in the UK are Called “Showmen” Showmen are a unique and distinct travelling community. Showmen travel with their homes because their business is mobile. Showmen have a rich heritage and culture as a group of people and […]

Future4fairgrounds are a group of 6 lady Showmen who came together in September 2020 because of our concerns surrounding the issues Showmen were facing due to the impact of the pandemic. Our initial focus was to highlight the fairs that were unable to open during 2020 and create a better understanding of the amount of […]

We were delighted to hear we have been nominated and shortlisted for an award for our work award in education. we have been invited to the Irish Embassy in London for the event! How exciting and overwhelming to realise that there are others who can see the importance of what we are doing for our […]

Another 1000 copies of The Show Must Go On have been gifted to more schools around the UK. Schools that understand the need for this book to be on their reading list. Teachers that recognise that Showmen children should be better represented And who are doing more to make sure that is happening.

Michelle Russell – co author of The Show must Go On speaks eloquently to Early Years TV about the importance of positive representation in books in this inspiring video. View it here.

More information to additional teaching resources based on the ground breaking book – The Show Must Go On produced by the co author Michelle Russell. Please take a look at this link. Let us know what you think!

No, neither did we but the amazing Samantha Heeson (Leeds Beckett University) has created this one for us! Please take a look it puts all the information that you might find useful in one place. perfect 👍🏼 Look at here!