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Category Archives: children
World Book Day
Yesterday, 6th March 2014, was World Book Day, my daughter’s last at primary school. As usual, the school invited the children to dress up as book characters. In the past she has dressed as Peter Rabbit, Mrs Tiggywinkle, Mary Poppins and … Continue reading
Posted in books, children, reading, school
Tagged book characters, Peter Rabbit, reading, The Hungry Caterpillar, World Book Day
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A happy ending
I want to tell you a story. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. Once upon a time there was a primary school. In general the children were very happy but there were pockets of behaviour issues and it had … Continue reading
Posted in children, reading, school, spelling, Uncategorized
Tagged children, Ofsted, reading, school, spelling, storytelling, teachers
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New Year’s “revolutions”
What a year 2012 was. It was quite patriotic. Every single class at my children’s school went to London at least once – ON THE TRAIN. Even the EYFS Reception children. We had a barbecue to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond … Continue reading
Posted in apostrophe, children, family, history, Holidays, Olympics 2012, proofread, punctuation, Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Uncategorized
Tagged apostrophe, children, family, history, patriotic, proofread, punctuation, school
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Giraffe bread (no giraffes were harmed in the writing of this post)
Do not underestimate children! I loved a news story that I read this week on the Daily Telegraph’s website. Eight months ago, three-year-old Lily Robinson wrote to Sainsbury’s to point out that the company’s tiger bread actually looks more like a … Continue reading
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Tagged bread, children, marketing
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