Letters From the Lighthouse: spies, sea and secrets "February, 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, twelve-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother Cliff are evacuated to the Devon coast. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. But he's not used to company and he certainly doesn't … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Emma Carroll
It's Monday again! As this post goes live, I am back in school, after 2.5 weeks of training at university and the training centre who are running my SCITT. If I'm being honest I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL. My block training weeks were incredible and intense and overwhelming - I learned a lot … Continue reading SCITT update – week 3
Last week was week 2 of my SCITT training (teacher training) and since my SCITT: how did week 1 go?! post went down so well, I figured I would keep blogging tell you all tell me you either don't care or don't want to read about it! Ha! Monday Monday was spent looking over the teacher's standards … Continue reading SCITT: 2 weeks down!
So last week I completed week 1 of my SCITT. How mad is that?! I'll try and remember to do a weekly reflection (this will help me to remember to fill in my reflection log in my handbook too! If I have notes then I'm BOUND to remember) So how did week 1 go? Monday … Continue reading SCITT: how did week 1 go?!
I know they'll never read this, but it only feel right that now the year is over I get to say thanks to them myself. Hello you lot, We've been through a lot this year haven't we? It's not always been easy, we've not always got on, but it turned out alright in the end. … Continue reading Letters to… my kids
Hello! It's Sunday again. How? Where did that week go? Are you enjoying #SixforSunday? Have you joined me yet? What has your favourite post been so far? This week on #SixforSunday I'm talking: Reasons I love teaching Kids - my kids are the absolute reason I do my job. Making a difference - I may … Continue reading S4S – #loveteaching
Hello! It's #SixForSunday time again! This week, the 6 books topic is: Six books I've used in the classroom Books I've used in the classroom come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and for a multitude of reasons! Girl of Ink and Stars - Kiran Milwood Hargrave The Christmasaurus - Tom Fletcher Perijee and … Continue reading S4S – Books in the classroom
"Miss, can we do writing again?" NOW THERE'S A PHRASE I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HEAR. But hear me out... So I love teaching writing. I think, alongside reading, that writing is one of my favourite things to do. I will never be an author - I have huge amounts of respect for authors but … Continue reading “Miss, can we do writing again?”
Behaviour is a MASSIVE thing in schools and it can be as small and as irritating as low level disruptions, to massive scary things like fights and bullying. It all affects the way classrooms work, how kids feel and the dynamics of a room. We all know, even those who aren't teachers, that one person … Continue reading School days: dealing with behaviour!
Here we go, the final half term of the school year and the final half term of being a HLTA. From September I will officially be a trainee teacher. That's pretty scary to say the least. Am I ready for it? I think yes. I'm probably NOT but I'm ready to do the thing I … Continue reading Back to school
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