It’s amazing how, when you have some free time, creativity and thoughts are allowed to unfold. So, as it’s summer and I’m getting into my summer reading (although a bit behind at the moment) I …
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Reading with your kids
Spending quality time together as a family is great! Make reading part of your family’s fun times! Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which …
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ROALD DAHL – Introduction
I feel that whatever I write about Roald Dahl and his books will be an understatement. However, I will do my best to portray my view of his amazing work. Roald Dahl is by far …
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Skellig
Skellig is a children’s novel by the British author David Almond, first published by Hodder in 1998. It won the Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year as well as the Carnegie Medal from the Library …
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The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a high fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It was the first published of seven novels in The Chronicles …
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Holes
Holes is a 1998 young adult novel written by Louis Sachar and first published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It won the 1998 U.S.National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and the 1999 Newbery Medal …
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It’s official!
Today it was officially announced that I will be working in Year 6! I’m so happy and excited! Looking forward to it. Lots of preparation and work (rolling up my sleeves) …here we go! Upcoming …
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Classroom theme
In preparation for next year, I have already decided upon my classroom theme. As you can see I have a soft spot for dots. This is the first year that I will have a ‘themed’ …
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Blogging Bloom
They say that when one door shuts, another one opens. Just like that, we’ve come to the end of another school year and to the beginning of this blog! Wishing everyone a happy summer holiday …
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Mind bloggling
The best way to predict the future is to create it.