“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, Children, children in care, deprived children, early years, early years foundation stage, ella fitzgerald, England, Family, giving up, inspiration, Kids, looked after children, Marriage, mother, Motherhood, Mum, nursery, pre-school, preschool, quotes, reception, stay at home mom, stay at home moms, stay at home mum, stay at home mums, teachers aid, teachers aide, Teaching, Teaching Assistant, UK, united kingdom, Wedding, weddings, working mom, working moms, working mum, working mums on June 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Roll On October!
Posted in Books, Childcare, Children, Everybody's Talking About, Teaching, growing up, inspiration, tagged Books, childhood, Maurice Sendak, Movies, October, Spike Jonze, Where The Wild Things Are, WTWTA on June 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I haven’t been this excited since my Mum bought me a Cindy doll in 1988.
Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are is my favourite book of all time. My Granddad bought me it when I was five years old, and a few months later I had listened to the story so many times that I [...]
Quarter of a Century..
Posted in Love, Motherhood, Personal, Relationships, Teaching, growing up, men, parenting, tagged 25, birthday, Family, Life, mother, secret, teacher, twenty five, wife on February 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I am a quarter of a century old today.
(And coincidentally, this is also my blog’s 100th post)
I have done nothing I had planned to do before I hit this milestone.
And I am nowhere near.
I have done little I am proud of, and little that I regret.
My mistakes make me who I am, and my achievements [...]
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 [...]
This Post Does Not Deserve a Title…
Posted in Teaching, Work, blogging on January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s been nearly three months since I posted anything on here! I don’t know where the time went :-\
I’ve been working far too hard, I’ve been promoted, and I’ve been accepted onto a post graduate teaching course. I’ve (unfortunately) been promoted to Head Bridesmaid for the nightmare wedding of the year ™ – due to [...]
Christmas Wishes..
Posted in Blog Pimping, Childcare, Children, England, Everybody's Talking About, Eye Candy, Family, Rant, Relationships, Secrets, Sex, Teaching, Weird and Wonderful, blogging, culture, growing up, humour, women, tagged Alan Rickman, apologies, Baby, Best Friend, Blog Pimping, Blogs, Burton Hillis, Cars, Childcare, Christmas, Christmas List, Christmas Wishes, Dear Santa, Education, Family, Fantasy, Forgiveness, Genie, Gina, Granddad, Have The T Shirt, humour, Jimmy Choo, Magic Lamp, Marriage, Mel Gibson, Mid-Life Crisis, Mother In Law, Multiple Orgasms, quotes, Santa, Shar Pei, Shoes, Teachers, Teaching, Thank you, Threesome, Unrealistic, Wedding, Wishes, Xmas on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Have The T-Shirt’s recent post has inspired me! With the dismal cloud of Christmas looming over us, I’m going to follow in her footsteps, and make a list for Santa!
This isn’t a list of presents I’m going to buy other people, nor is it a list of presents I’d like. It’s a list of (mostly [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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