In this month's Kids in Mind, Dr Rebecca Weber looks at the variety of learning difficulties kids may experience - and how to treat them.

In this month's Kids in Mind, Dr Rebecca Weber looks at the variety of learning difficulties kids may experience - and how to treat them.

On this week's edition, Sean Power - Director General of the Institut Florimont explains how teaching has changed to prepare students for the future - when no one is really sure what it will look like.

This time of the year for me is all about bringing the outdoors indoors. I like to cut the odd branch of winter flowering shrubs like Viburnum, or pot up some snowdrops to put on a key windowsill to enjoy at close quarters. Another way is to put a bulb, like a hyacinth, tulip or amaryllis in a bulb vase and enjoy the development of the stems and roots as the flower begins to open. Bulb vases have a long and glorious history, reaching their peak in the 1700s, and are a perfect way to show off a prize bloom. Rahel Koller is a scientific glass blower by trade, but has managed to combine her trade and her love of gardening by producing a range of modern bulb vases. She was showing lots of surprising plants in her bulb vases, carrots, beets and sweet potatoes as well as the more traditional flower bulbs. You can check out her work on www.glaslabor.ch

We’re now in January and for many people a New Year’s resolution would be to get fit, healthy and lose weight – it’s no coincidence that this time of the year is a busy time for gyms.

Harmony is a chain of top class gyms around the Suisse Romand – and they have a special offer this month to persuade you to get pumping weights and pounding the treadmill.

Mark Butcher spoke to the marketing manager at Harmony, Guillaume Charles, who has hints on how to get fit and how Harmony’s trainers can make sure you get the best out of your time training.

But Mark started off by asking him – January is your busiest time?

If you're short of inspiration for new garden-related outings for 2018, then Roger Beer's new book "Des arbres remarquables, 41 histoires enracinées à Genève" ("Remarkable Trees, 41 stories rooted in Geneva") may be the perfect solution. For good days, you can arm yourself with the pull out guide of 14 superb trees and walks around them, jump on a bus or a tram and get visiting. For wet or snowy days, you can stay indoors and enjoy Thierry Parel's magnificent photographs. If you want to find more Cedars, head to the City of Geneva's excellent website and track them all down!"

http://www.ville-geneve.ch/themes/environnement-urbain-espaces-verts/arbres/decouvrir-arbres/cedre/cedre-liban/

On this week's McKay Interview, Michael speaks to BBC Radio 4 presenter and former BBC political editor, Nick Robinson.

On this edition of Learn More, Sean Power, Director of the Institut Florimont in Geneva, looks at the difference between private and public education in Switzerland and examines why ex-pats tend to go private.

A hotline to Santa 3 days before Christmas by WRS

Every year we call Santa in the run up to Christmas. This year we even caught up with Timmy the Elf who took some time out from managing the Santa Claus Residence Hotel & Spa in the North Pole especially to speak to Katt & Mark.

Catching up with Santa tomorrow morning on the TalkTalk Breakfast Show at 08:40.