🌼Your May Half-Term Guide
Days out, kids eat free, M&S style edit & a date for your diary
Half-term is back again and suddenly there’s a week to fill, weather to second-guess, and a vague feeling you should’ve booked something if you haven’t already.
So this is your slightly-organised, low-pressure guide to making it through — with a few good days out, some easy outfit wins, and the things that quietly make the week feel a bit lighter.
👕 M&S Style For The Kids
The clothes you’ll keep reaching for all week.
M&S kidswear has properly come into its own. Soft jersey sets, easy linen-mix shorts, lightweight dresses, and those everyday trainers that just work. The kind of pieces that wash well and layer easily — which is really all you need from a half-term wardrobe.
👗 M&S Easy Pieces For You
M&S have nailed it this season (they are totally trending across social right now!). Floaty dresses, soft tailoring, lightweight knits for those weirdly cold mornings, and trainers that look pulled together but actually get you through the day.
🍽️ Kids Eat Free
A proper round-up of where the kids can eat free this half-term — perfect for those slightly aimless days when nobody can decide where to go but everyone’s hungry.
Save it. Share it. Future you will be grateful.
🎢 Days Out Worth Leaving The House For
If you fancy a proper day out, there’s plenty going on this half-term.
🧱 LEGOLAND® Windsor — turning 30 this year, which feels mad. They have brand-new shows, LEGO® characters, plus a GIANT 8-foot LEGO birthday cake, character meet-and-greets, and 55+ rides for all ages.
🧗 Go Ape — zip wires, treetop obstacles, forest adventures, and Nets Adventure for the smaller ones. Brilliant for burning off some energy.
🍴 Foodies Festival, London & UK-wide — family-friendly food stalls, live music, chef demos, and properly fun for adults and kids.
🐷 Paultons Park, Hampshire — Peppa Pig World, 70+ rides, plus the newer Valgard: Realm of the Vikings. One of the best parks for younger kids. Easy to tag onto a New Forest or beach trip.
🚆 National Rail Days Out Guide — always worth checking before you book anything. Loads of 2-for-1 deals and discounted entry to places like SEA LIFE, Warwick Castle, Alton Towers and London Zoo.
🏖️ Outdoor adventures — if the sun sticks around, lean into it. Bournemouth, Camber Sands, Broadstairs and Folkestone are all easy escapes from London. Beach walks, fish and chips, sea air.
🎭 Set Your Alarm! Kids Week Theatre Tickets
A little diary nudge for the summer holidays.
Kids Week is back — a child aged 17 and under goes free when accompanied by an adult paying full price, plus two more kids can come along at half price. Genuinely one of the best deals of the year for a family trip into town.
This year’s performances run from Monday 20 July – Monday 31 August, and tickets go on sale at 10am on Tuesday 9 June. Shows get announced nearer the time, and some performances run pre- or post-show activities too, which feels like a proper treat.
Set the alarm. Add it to your calendar. Tell a friend.
(As you can see, my daughter is a big theatre fan!)
🌳 Slow Days Count Too
Just a little reminder — not every day has to be a Big Day Out.
Some of the best half-term moments are the slower ones. A walk somewhere new. A pyjama morning. Letting them watch TV for an hour whilst you have a snuggle.
You don’t have to fill it all.
✨ Thanks A Million
I just wanted to say the biggest THANK YOU for all the support lately…
Mama Still Got It has officially reached 1 MILLION Instagram followers, which honestly feels completely surreal.
Whether you’ve been here from the beginning or you’ve only just found me recently - thank you for following along, supporting the brand, reading the newsletters, listening to the podcast and being part of this community.
Stay tuned for my way of saying thank you…👀
I’ll shortly be launching a VERY exciting all-expenses-paid holiday giveaway with Neilson Holidays to celebrate ✈️
More details coming very soon, so make sure you subscribe for when it drops 🤍
💛 Small Business Shout Out - The Scottish Soul Sister
This week’s small business feels like the perfect one for half-term — because if you’re already feeling the overwhelm, this is for you.
Meet Nikki, the founder of The Scottish Soul Sister. After her own experience of postnatal depression and anxiety, and years of living across four countries far from home, she became a coach, speaker, and author of Homebird — helping parents cut through the noise and raise their families on their own terms.
Honest, funny, no sugarcoating, no scaremongering. Just real support for the messy, beautiful reality of parenthood.
She’s also got a free download on her website — “What are the Six Human Needs and Why the F**K Should You Care as a Parent” — and honestly, the title alone tells you you’re in the right place.
🎙️ Podcast Drop - Amy Childs
We’re joined by the legendary Amy Childs — TOWIE original, mum of four, newlywed, and one of the most refreshingly honest guests we’ve ever had in the room.
Emergency C-sections, prolapsed cords, potty training disasters, the £400 Amazon sprees, and why she just cannot be bothered after a long day. Then there’s surgery regrets, the chicken fillets stuck to the wall of a nightclub, the vajazzle that made her a national icon, and the wedding dress that nearly didn’t happen two days before her ceremony.
Funny, emotional, completely unfiltered. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the chaos of motherhood, second-guessed every decision you’ve made, or just needed someone to say it out loud — this one's for you.
Half-term doesn’t have to be a project.
A few good plans, a few slower days, a snack in your bag and a backup plan for the weather — that’s plenty. And if you’re going away, be sure to check out my last minute packing guide next week or last weeks Swimwear Edit here!
Louise x
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