“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”
- Ella Fitzgerald.
I’ve always been good at giving up. First came ballet and horseriding, then meat, and church and God. At times I’ve given up trying, given up my self respect. [...]
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Good at Giving Up..
Posted in Childcare, Children, England, Family, Personal, Relationships, Teaching, Work, parenting, preschool, tagged Childcare, nursery, Children, preschool, mother, inspiration, Family, Marriage, England, Mum, Kids, Motherhood, Wedding, UK, Teaching, weddings, quotes, Teaching Assistant, pre-school, reception, early years, early years foundation stage, teachers aid, teachers aide, deprived children, looked after children, united kingdom, children in care, stay at home mums, stay at home moms, stay at home mum, stay at home mom, working mums, working moms, working mom, working mum, ella fitzgerald, giving up on June 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Finally! A Curriculum We Could Learn To Love…
Posted in Childcare, Children, England, Teaching, culture, preschool, tagged Children, Creative, Creative Curriculum, KS1, Learning, music, National Curriculum, Oxford Comma, preschool, school, teacher, Teaching, Vampire Weekend, video, you tube on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The school I work in has started introducing The Creative Curriculum. To cut a long story short, let me explain..
The Creative Curriculum is a thematic approach to learning and teaching, designed to support children’s natural curiosity and stimulative their creative abilities. It puts a high value on direct experience and the learning experiences that the [...]
Working Girl..
Posted in Childcare, Children, England, Relationships, Teaching, Work, preschool, tagged behaviour, Behavioural Problems, career, Childcare, Children, Education, job, kindergarten, Money, nursery, Primary Education, Primary School, quotes, Relationships, school, SEN, Special Educational Needs, teacher, Teaching Assistant, Tom Brokaw, Work on October 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference. ~Tom Brokaw
The other-half had become quite accustomed to me not working. He came home from work to find his dinner on the table, his lunch packed up for work the next day. His washing and ironing was [...]
The Un-employed Un-mum..
Posted in Childcare, Children, England, Motherhood, Work, parenting, preschool, tagged Childcare, childfree, Children, discrimination, hopscotch, job, kindergarten, mom, mommy, Motherhood, Mum, mummy, Nursery School, preschool, primary school teacher, school, teacher, temping, unemployed, unemployment, unfair, Work on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am s l o w l y losing a grip on reality.
I walked out of my job after I saw one too many kids being left with fifteen year old students, with no CRBs, no qualifications, and absolutely no common sense. I saw staff being reduced to tears by a manager [...]
Boys Will Be Boys..
Posted in Childcare, Children, Family, Motherhood, Rant, Teaching, Work, behaviour, parenting, preschool, tagged behaviour, Children, discipline, mother, nursery, parenting, preschool, The Simpsons on May 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
There’s a child in my class who very clearly has behavioural problems. He bites, kicks and pushes the other children, and sticks his tongue out at adults when they speak to him. His mother seems to think this is all perfectly normal behaviour, replying with “Oh, haha, boys will be boys!” whenever anyone [...]
New Beginnings..
Posted in Childcare, Children, Family, Motherhood, Teaching, Work, growing up, inspiration, parenting, preschool, tagged career, Childcare, childhood, Children, employment, freedom, growing up, inspiration, inspire, job satisfaction, kindergarten, kindergarten teacher, muhammad ali, nursery, nursery teacher, Work on April 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Muhammad Ali said that children make you want to start life over. That quote sums up exactly how I feel about my new job.. It was a chance to start over, and I certainly feel as though I have and I do, every single day.
I get up at 6am every morning to be [...]
One Step Closer..
Posted in Childcare, Children, Family, Teaching, Work, parenting, preschool, tagged career, change, Childcare, childhood, Children, job satisfaction, kindergarten, preschool on March 6, 2008 | 8 Comments »
It took many a shitty job (and ‘career’) for me to realise that I had, naturally, always been right.
When I was about ten years old, after getting past the “I want to do what my Daddy does” stage, I announced to my mother that I wanted to be a teacher. She was horrified. [...]
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