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May in books

June 5, 2020May 31, 20203 Comments

Good morning everyone! So May has come and gone... I don't really have much to say about it haha! It went how it went. It was up and down! I reflected on my May experience the other day so if you'd like to know what I got up to, you are welcome to check out … Continue reading May in books

BLOG TOUR: Elle McNicoll

June 4, 2020May 28, 20201 Comment

A Kind of Spark: a wonderful main character delivering an incredibly important message "A KIND OF SPARK tells the story of 11-year-old Addie as she campaigns for a memorial in memory of the witch trials that took place in her Scottish hometown. Addie knows there's more to the story of these 'witches', just like there … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Elle McNicoll

BLOG TOUR: Jennifer Bell

June 3, 2020May 31, 2020Leave a comment

Good morning bookish loves! Today is an exciting day! Today is my stop on the Wonderscape blog tour: a blog tour with a difference! I was REALLY excited when I got the invite to this blog tour... and I had to get my thinking cap on!  We have been challenged to think about our heroes: … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Jennifer Bell

A month in the life of me… May edition!

June 2, 2020May 31, 20203 Comments

May was another bizarre-o month. It was being a teacher from afar. Replying to emails from children. Smiling at their lovely comments. Setting pieces of work remotely. Watching TTR tournaments. Beaming at some of the scores. Commenting on homework. Working through reports. Going into school for a meeting. Seeing my classroom all set up for … Continue reading A month in the life of me… May edition!

Empathy Day blog tour: Alice Oseman

June 1, 2020May 28, 2020Leave a comment

Empathy is a vital human force. One that creates happier children, stronger communities and a better world. It’s come into sharp focus during the pandemic and right now, we’ve never needed it more. Empathy is being able to imagine and share someone else’s feelings. Empathy Day on 9 June focuses on how we can use books to … Continue reading Empathy Day blog tour: Alice Oseman

S4S – Favourite series

May 31, 2020May 15, 20203 Comments

HOLA AMIGOS. As if it's the final week of May's #SixforSunday posts. I've had an absolute blast celebrating all things series this month and am so sad to see this is over, HOWEVER it does mean that we have a whole other month of prompts to come next week AND I'll post the prompts for … Continue reading S4S – Favourite series

The things I miss…

May 29, 2020May 24, 20201 Comment

It's funny, I'm quite a solitary person. I'm not normally one to need other people around me. I'm quite happy with my own company.  I'm more than happy to spend time by myself in a coffee shop planning school work, doing blogging stuff or reading. But I guess when your hand is forced, it really … Continue reading The things I miss…

ThursTAG: The Greek Myths

May 28, 2020May 15, 20205 Comments

Morning ThursTAG friends. How are you all doing? I hope you're all safe and reading delicious books! It is once again ThursTAG. I stole this from Charlotte's blog (she posted it a few weeks ago and I figured it was high time I tried it!). You shouldn't check out her post, but I mean, go … Continue reading ThursTAG: The Greek Myths

FREE-DAY: Active June

May 27, 2020May 24, 20201 Comment

Hello, I’m back again! After a resounding success of my May active calendar and after requests from a few people, I come bearing free gifts today!  Like the May calendar, this one is set it up as a Bronze/Silver/Gold kind of thing to try to show different levels of difficulty. I've tried to vary the … Continue reading FREE-DAY: Active June

FREE DAY WRITING: A word a day for June!

May 26, 2020May 26, 20202 Comments

Hello! Last month, I started to post some calendar/a prompt a day type resources and people seemed to like them, so I thought I'd create some for June! This is a writing one which could be used for children of all ages - it could be used as a writing or oracy based thing! However … Continue reading FREE DAY WRITING: A word a day for June!

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