Lazy morning doing puzzles with Lina Bagging some stationery Playing with Photoshop to design party invitations for Lina's 3rd birthday party Afternoon tea with in-laws Flying shop round Sainsbury's Fancy three course dinner Episode of Blacklist Vanilla coffee
Jitterbug
Tonight I feel so proud of my work bezzie and me: we sang Wake Me Up Before You Go Go in front of a theatre full of kids and didn't make a complete fool of ourselves. I am sure it wasn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination but it was so much fun and… Continue reading Jitterbug
Nerves
This evening I am a bag of nerves. Tomorrow I have a meeting with a teaching mentor which I am not looking forward to, I have volunteered to perform with another teacher at the school Children in Need show for the students and I have my first observation on Monday. I am not sure which… Continue reading Nerves
Penultimate
Tonight was the penultimate sew make believe meeting at Berylune. Whilst others cross-stitched, knitted and crocheted, took my laptop and wrote student reports. I didn't have time to not work and I didn't have time to get something together to make. It was still lovely to catch up with my ladies, laughing, drinking tea and… Continue reading Penultimate
5 films I can’t believe I’ve not seen yet
Man of Steel Much Ado About Nothing The Wolverine Les Misérables (and I even have this on Blu-Ray - roll on Christmas break!) Jack Reacher (which I am bound to hate but need to at least see it for myself although Tom Cruise is just getting more nutso)
Lest We Forget
I happen to be teaching World War I poetry at the moment so today has taken on even more significance for me than usual. Here are some of my favourite poems: ‘Suicide in the Trenches’ by Siegfried Sassoon I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the… Continue reading Lest We Forget
Reading Challenge Update
One of my 37 things was to read 50 books this year but I don't think I am going to make it (unless you let me count all the books I read to Lina which would most definitely be cheating). I am currently on my 37th book, Divergent by Veronica Roth, which means I am… Continue reading Reading Challenge Update
Avoidance
It's Saturday night and instead of marking, I'm draining my iPad battery reading the whole of Buzzfeed and taking freaky selfies. Love my job. Hate the homework.
6 Weeks
Time at this time of year seems to move more quickly than during the rest of the year. There are only 6 school weeks until Christmas break and we have the small matter of my first observations at work and a third birthday to prepare for before then. I always want to relish autumn but… Continue reading 6 Weeks
Work Eat Sleep
Today has been one of those days where it's non-stop. A long day at work including a three hour open evening (in which I talked to two of my year 11s and realised they actually like my subject and me as their teacher - a revelation!) has been followed by a fantastic dinner out with… Continue reading Work Eat Sleep
Notes From My Day 