I just recently started using this hashtag on twitter and it's been SUPER useful to me as a review tool to see all of the different lessons I teach and seeing the year groups I interact with. Here is my review of the week using #whatItaughttoday (sorry they're not in order! Silly twitter) Just looking at … Continue reading #whatItaughttoday
It’s that time again…
IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME AGAIN. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. To celebrate this month's wonderful release of 'A Quiet Kind of Thunder' the winner will get a copy of A Quiet Kind of Thunder AND a copy of Beautiful Broken Things. Two wonderful books by the absolutely magical Sara Barnard. You'll find my review of AQKOT here: BOOKBLOG: Sara Barnard. It … Continue reading It’s that time again…
To the one who got away…
Hello, yes you, hello. I bet you weren't expecting to hear from me. To be honest I wasn't ever expecting you to feature here. My life has none of you in it. Part of me knows this is for the very very best, but there's a tiny little part of me that wants to know … Continue reading To the one who got away…
Books I meant to read…
YA books in 2016! My wonderful friend Jess posted this idea on Twitter and I thought "that's a brilliant idea!" so I decided I would share with you guys some of the books from 2016 which I meant to get round to buying/reading but never had time for! 2016 was filled with so many incredible … Continue reading Books I meant to read…
This week…
Was the longest week in the world. It's been a lovely week however. We started the week with my birthday on Monday. I get the joy of teaching a challenging Year 6 class on Mondays and it wasn't a great start to the week, or a great way to spen my birthday but it was … Continue reading This week…
BOOKBLOG: Tom Becker
I'll Be Home For Christmas: honest, frank and emotive. This collection of poems and stories by some of the leading UK YA authors is a brilliant book and it's for a BRILLIANT cause - with each book that's bought a donation is given to Crisis. Lovely idea. Well done Stripes publishing! This collection is all … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Tom Becker
#ViewFromABook
One of my favourite hashtags on twitter is #ViewFromABook. I love seeing what people are up to as they're reading. I'm not sure where it started or how it came into my life but I am pretty glad it is! My views from a book are generally Starbucks, on a bus or on a metro … Continue reading #ViewFromABook
What We’re Reading!
When I asked on Twitter what people wanted to see on my blog, my lovely friend Aimee suggested I had some kind of kids book input. I obviously can't get the kids on my blog but they can help me with kids books! So this week I asked them all to write on a post-it … Continue reading What We’re Reading!
Back to school!
So here we are, back to January, back to work and back to the usual week review! I am going to try a new format for the next few weeks to see how I prefer it! Let me know if you have anything to add/want to ask because I'm happy to asnwer questions and add … Continue reading Back to school!
BOOKBLOG: Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls: heart breaking, emotional and incredible. During #SundayYAthon I read this amazing book and I couldn't let it go without giving it its own blog post. It is SUCH an incredible story. And now that it's a film, I may have to go see the film! I'm sure people have been telling me to … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Patrick Ness
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