Destination Anywhere: what do you do when you're so lost you don't even know where to find yourself? "Sometimes you have to leave your life behind to find your place in the world... After five years at secondary school spent bullied and alone, Peyton King starts sixth form college determined that things will be different. … Continue reading BOOK BLOG: Sara Barnard
Last Lesson: Tense, gripping and thrilling "Last year, Ollie Morcombe was a star pupil, popular and a gifted musician. Then, after the accident, everything changed. Now he's an outcast, a prime target of the school bullies who have made his life a living hell. Today - the last day of the school year - he's … Continue reading BOOK BLOG: James Goodhand
Hello fellow teachers all over the world! Hi, I'm Steph. You might never have visited my blog before, but rest assured you are most welcome here. There's a lot going on in the world at the minute, isn't there? It's all a bit crazy and a bit sad and a bit scary. On both a … Continue reading Letters to… teachers up and down the land
Hello pals! It's #SixforSunday time! You know what that means... it's also time for "prompts Steph set herself that she had TOO MANY answers for so spent too long whittling down her responses to 6 and then regretted it and changed her mind multiple times". Yep. That's what we've got this week. This week I … Continue reading S4S – The perfect date…
Hello! I don't normally post at 7pm, but I've been working on a little something for the school website in light of school closures. I wanted to create something for our school website for recommendations for parents to use to support their children being active and staying healthy in the coming weeks. It's a collection … Continue reading Home learning PE recommendations
Hello friends!!! I came across the “Amazon’s 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime” Tag a while ago and stored it in my tag vault... now I figured was as good a time as any to get it out of storage and share with you what I've read! "recommend reads" lists always fascinate me. I … Continue reading ThursTAG: Amazon’s 100 Books To Read In a Lifetime
Hello! Now... for those of you who are new around here, there is an important message I need you to take from today: I am a MASSIVE Matt Haig fan. I think he writes BRILLIANTLY. He's one of the few authors who I read ANYTHING they release (non fiction, adult, MG). In fact, I'd go … Continue reading BOOK BLOG: Matt Haig
The Ghost Garden: Historical fiction done splendidly "SUMMER 1914. When Fran unearths a bone in the garden of Longbarrow House on the same afternoon that Leo breaks his leg, it must surely be just a coincidence. But Fran can't shake the uneasy feeling that the events are somehow connected, and there is a shift in … Continue reading BOOK BLOG: Emma Carroll
Scribble Witch: Funny and beautifully illustrated! "When Molly's best friend announces that she's moving to a new school, a blue Wednesday becomes the Worst Wednesday Ever. That is until some unexpected magic brightens up Molly's day. Notes, a secret paper witch, springs to life from her pen pot - and into action! Some of the … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Scribble Witch
Morning #SixforSunday-ers! How are you this fair Sunday? As I type this, I am sitting at home, but as this is posting I will be in London having a wonderful time. This week's prompt sees us thinking Six characters we'd like to have in our families This is one of those prompts that once I … Continue reading S4S – Family fortunes?
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