It's Saturday! You know what that means! It's guest blog time! This time, our guest blog comes from the wonderful Darran. I have followed Darran on Twitter for a while now and I recently got to meet him at YAShot and he's lovely. He's northern, he likes books and he's funny - what more would … Continue reading Christmas magic!
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD One of my favourite stand alone (or can be woven into other subjects) Christmas lessons to do is Christmas around the world! I am very lucky in that I have lots of friends in a few different countries around the world who are willing to share their country's Christmas traditions with … Continue reading Christmas lessons #2
Yep, it's that time of year again everyone... the time of year when everyone goes into their lofts, gets a bit dusty, fights with some boxes... to put up, assemble, decorate, redecorate, untangle and gaze in awe at our CHRISTMAS TREES. Now, controversially, putting up the Christmas tree is not my favourite job of the … Continue reading O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree!
So, it's Wednesday and you know what this means... GUEST BLOGGER TIME!! In this week's blogmas I get to feature one of my favourite people! My absolutely glorious friend Sarah. Sarah is a publicist for Puffin books and she sends me wonderful books! She is absolutely my book fairy! You can find her @xpectopatronerd on twitter … Continue reading Simple Having A Grown Up Christmas Time!
Picture the scene... sitting by an open fire, drinking hot chocolate, some soothing music playing in the background and a festive favourite in your hand... how idyllic. Imagine something like this... (thanks Pinterest!) I can't provide you with this scene... but I can provide you with a book to read as you IMAGINE that is … Continue reading BOOKMAS: 12 Days of Christmas
Yes. Working in a school. At Christmas. With 30 children. I know. Imagine. IT'S AMAZING. I love a Christmas craft! This post will take you through 2 of my favourites, 2 very simple but 2 effective and quick crafts! All you need is paper, hands and scissors! This is my Christmas tree in Year 4. … Continue reading Classroom Christmas!
Hello there readers! Welcome to my first Blogmas. I don't think this will be a blogmas like any other blogmasses. The others will be much better, but please stay with me. There are some exciting things coming up in the next few weeks. I have a competition coming. There may be 2! The first will … Continue reading BLOGMAS
October 8th this year was #BookshopDay so NATURALLY I visited a bookshop and BOUGHT BOOKS. What else would I do? I mean I can't say that every day isn't bookshop day with me but I need to celebrate it PROPERLY! I have lusted after BooksAreMyBag bags forever and I never managed to get my hands … Continue reading Bookshop Day
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