03 Jul 2016 26 Comments
in Children, Family, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Children, cricket
Well, the Cricket Cup Final was a huge success for Lil Man and his team!
They batted first, and scored some good runs, then when it came to bowling and fielding, they did fantastically!
So now the Under 11’s team are now the Medway League Cup winners! Go Boys!
So proud!
Here are a few shots of the team, and my very proud Lil Man!
02 Jul 2016 7 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories
Please show your support for our very own Story Reading Ape who has helped so many of us Indie Authors realise our dreams. He has published a book too! I shan’t say much more but check out the original post please!
“But…but…but…THAT”S not YOUR name as the Author!” I hear you declare indignantly…
That’s TRUE – I’M not the AUTHOR, my Mother is, but unfortunately she is not alive to publish it herself, (she died in 2000), so I’ve published it in her name.
Today would have been Mum’s 90th birthday if she’d still been alive, so my sister and I felt that this book would be a nice way to celebrate Mum’s life and memory.
What’s it about?
As stated in the book description:
We all have dreams, loves and hopes; but what if you are a girl growing up in 20th century Northern Ireland before, during and after the ‘Troubles’?
From the poetic thoughts of our Mother, we get a sense of what it was like, ranging from humour, sadness, wistful thinking and sometimes just downright nonsensical, these are the words of one such girl.
Each poem tells a story.
My sister…
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02 Jul 2016 18 Comments
in Challenges, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Long, Socs
Linda’s prompt for #SoCS this week.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “long.” Use the word “long,” any definition. Enjoy!
It’s been a long day, no week, actually month, no, sod it, a LONG year, in school!
But has it? Seriously, I can’t quite believe that my first full year of teaching is due to come to an end.
At the beginning, as I got to know the children in my classes, I despaired. There was a class of angels in the morning, and a class of devils post lunchtime!
Literally!
Even my co-teacher said she felt for me, that this first year for me was like a baptism of fire!
I would end each day with my hair all over the place, like I had been dragged backwards through a hedge, and quite possibly, I had been, such were the kids, and their behaviours. This year was going to be LONG!
I had never been one to drink, but I found myself nursing a long drink or a glass of wine on several occasions during the first half of the year.
The first few weeks passed slowly, and in a haze. I was unable to believe the mix of children we had in one classroom, at the same time, and I despaired. The whole team did. This year seemed like it would never end. Most of my staff are older than me by 20 odd years. Full of experience, but at the ends of their tethers, dealing with this particular class. I was worried that I would come in one day, and be confronted by the news that one of them had handed in their notice
That was how bad it was.
It’s better now, marginally, but not perfect. They still aren’t where I would have hoped they would be, but still, it’s nearly time to say goodbye to them, and get ready to greet the new intake.
And now I am sat at the tail end of the year, and I look back, I realise that it wasn’t actually that long, really. In fact, the year has really sped by!
01 Jul 2016 36 Comments
in Children, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Children, new experiences, taster day
Oh yes it’s Friday!!!!
I’m so happy, my Lil Man is back!
He had a fantastic residential trip, and didn’t miss home at all!
In a good way though, he said!
His birthday was great with his friends waking him up with choruses of Happy Birthday, and him getting chosen to do lots of things first, as the Birthday Boy!
And so we awake to a Friday full of new things.
He is spending a day, a taster day, at his new secondary school.
I’m more nervous about this, than I was about him being away for 4 days!
But again, he is relaxed, chilled, and looking forward to a new adventure!
I have an adventure of my own too… We’ve done the class trip, I’ve written my first ever end of year reports, and now we will be getting to know our new students. The first half are coming to nursery to visit today.
Will they be like my first ever class, a true baptism of fire?? Or will next academic year be a year of smooth sailing?
Who knows, but I’ll be finding out. We also have home visits starting soon, so we get a good idea of what the children are like!
Then to top the day off, Lil Man has another cricket match!
I can’t wait for the weekend!!!!
Have a wonderful Friday Peeps!!
29 Jun 2016 52 Comments
in Children, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Crab, Seaside, Stowaway
Yesterday I took my class to the seaside for a family day out. It was lovely, aside from one unpleasant incident. The weather was pleasant, the children and parents were happy, and I got to eat ice cream, always a good thing!
One of the children caught a crab. She was so excited, she ferried this thing around in a bucket for hours!
As we neared the time to get the train home, we encouraged her to let it go back in the sea. She’s a good girl, and went off with mummy, no problem, and found a safe place to let it go… only for it to promptly be eaten by a seagull that was hovering!
Nature’s way, I know that, but not nice for her to see it close up, like that!
Anyway, we were on the platform, waiting for our train, and her mum came to me. “We have a stowaway!” I wasn’t sure what she meant, but was soon shown what she meant. deep in one of the little turrets of her bucket, there was still sand lodged, and in that sand was a teeny little baby crab!
Mummy didn’t know what to do with it, so she took it home, then sent it in to us at Nursery today!
What are we to do with a baby crab? No sea water for him, not tank to keep him… the safest place, we decided, would be the Promenade, though it is not salt water… it’s the closest thing.
But, me being me, I had to bring it home to show my children!
Here is Cyril the Crab!
Excuse the lined hands, but isn’t he teeny, and cute!
Look at his little face!
I’m keeping him for another day, so Lil Man gets to meet him, then we will set him free.
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