I am so sorry for not blogging in ages, but here is a very belated school nativity blog for you: The Christmas term ended on a high with the Christmas Show. I put on a production of the Nativity with my grade 4's using the script from the book Jesus' Christmas Party which tells the story of a grumpy sleep-deprived innkeeper constantly being woken up to facilitate the birth of Jesus is his stable and all the guests that cheerily turn up at the door, only to be sh...

I flew!! I flew in a microlight plane! For those who don't know, a microlight plane is like a hanglider with an engine. It was incredible! There's nothing like it!I felt like I was actually flying, not just sat in something that was flying. It's nothing like being in a big, bulky plane, you can feel the wind flapping your clothes and the spray of the sea making your flip-flopped feet salty. You can look all around you. Up, to watch the wing soaring in a blue blue...

Firstly, I apologise to all those who are reading my blog often enough to notice that I haven't updated it in a while. I've been incredibly busy recently. In fact, even now I should be marking a stack of grade 6 "Adaptations" Science quizzes. Let me explain why I'm so busy. I am a grade 4 homeroom teacher. This means I teach them 5 lessons a day: Maths, Science, Reading, Grammar and Spelling. I also teach grade 6 Science four times a week. All these lessons t...

Over the past three weeks I have become a ruthless killer. I track down my victims like a detective, watching them from afar, thinking through where they might hide from me, what they might do next and how best to sneak up on them. I usually lay bait. Sometimes I use a leg, sometimes an arm, just as long as it is something with enough exposed flesh on it to attract sufficient attention from my victim. I wait, poised and still, for the victim to notice the bai...

Firstly, I got into Southampton University to study Oceanography!!! Well done to everyone who made it into your chosen universities! And if you didn't, well, if this experience has shown me anything so far, it's that there is MUCH more to life than A Level grades and university places. Keep trying if you want, but re-evaluate if it's worth it. Why not give starting a job a go? Earn some money and go travelling (maybe even to Honduras?) You'll probably be laugh...