Thursday, 16 June 2022
New Baby Essentials gift guide
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Home office essentials for dealing with back pain
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Friday, 1 April 2022
Why Poetry?
Why poetry?
Why poetry? You may but ask
As you tire of another thankless task
The words they mingle in your mind
Grabbing any emotion they may find
And as your thoughts they wander on
You find despair has been and gone…
Taken from inside your head
To burn through paper notes instead
And when those words are shared around
You find yourself on breaking ground
For you were not alone in this
Those thoughts that opened the abyss
So many others felt the same
And now they let go of the shame
As they read the words you’ve written down
You gave them air, now they won’t drown…
Drown with the weight of all they feel
You wrote it down and made it real
And they breathe a sigh of great relief
Their burden halved: “it’s not just me”
The pain I feel … it’s not just me
The thoughts I steal…it’s not just me
The things I’ve seen …it’s not just me
The depths I’ve been … it’s not just me
Your words translate, “it’s not just me”
And this is why…poetry
Sunday, 27 March 2022
EYFS Writing | Success Criteria grid for Self Evaluation
This blog post includes a video demonstration and a free print to download (including a cursive option) so that you can use this sentence writing success criteria grid within your setting, or at home with your child for home-learning. I introduced this to my own Reception class towards the end of the year in the Summer term, and have done the same for my own Reception aged child at home...
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Covid symptoms before vaccines vs after when pregnant
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
DIY Sensory activity mat for babies
Thursday, 17 February 2022
Mixing the colours of the Playdough
Monday, 14 February 2022
We bought a rat infested house
Monday, 10 January 2022
Playing Catch Up | Helping With Your Primary School Child’s ‘Lost Learning’
“Lost learning” is a term that has been thrown around a lot for the past year. Since being in lockdown, the government have been very keen to stress how important it is to help the millions of children catch up on the lost hours in the class room. A lot of valuable time has been lost and this generation, particularly the younger ones, have suffered setbacks in their academic progress, their social development and most importantly their mental health.
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
Planning a gallery wall with Desenio
Planning a gallery wall can often be the tricky part, trying to imagine how all of your images might fit together, whether the sizes will work next to each other and then of course, finding the right sized prints to fit the frame! This is where the Desenio’s gallery wall tool makes it super easy to plan your wall art. Read on for more info on how we used the tool to plan our gallery wall and how this compares in real life too!