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ArticulaTe those Ts!!
In my classroom, these elocution lesson generally happen during a Maths lesson. The mental and oral starter is a great time to practise counting in multiples of any number. In my class, we range from being able to count in 12s to 144, all the way down to only being able to count in 1s…
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🎶Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…🎶
We all love a good school trip. We all have those delightful parents who we love to invite along on the school trips with us. However, we also have those nightmare parents who we suddenly have to take on a school trip and by the end of the day, wish we hadn’t bothered, but suffered…
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Tonsillitis tears.
In the 7 years that I have been teaching, I’ve never had a day off work because I am sick. I’ve always pulled myself together and mastered through. I hate having the feeling of letting down my teaching team, leaving them in the lurch, but I also hate feeling like I’m abandoning my class. I’ve…
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The Evil Easter Bunnies
It feels like this has been the longest term ever. Probably because I had an entire week of being absent with tonsillitis in the middle. My TA then had a few days off with tonsillitis before we had a residential trip the week after. My class are a nightmare right now. I just want the…
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“Mum,”
I am called “Mum” by the children in my class, on average, once a week. I don’t remember ever calling my teachers mum when I was at school. It’s possible that I did, without realising, and my teachers were kind enough to just ignore my mistake. As a teacher, being called mum is either a…
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Synchronised bladders.
As a newly qualified teacher, more experienced Jedis in the school will warn you of children who will dare to try and ask to go to the toilet at the same time, or one after the other. When they ask at the same time, it easy to recognise what they are doing and put an…
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The tea leaf.
Did you know that a teacher’s job also includes looking out for light fingers? Nothing is sacred in a primary classroom. Nothing. From rubbers, to pencils, to paper, to paper clips. Anything can mysteriously go missing from a classroom at any given moment in time. The gold dust inside the classroom though, is blu tak,…
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Night Nurse Nightmare (episode 2)Â
I’ve started sneezing and suffering with a runny nose, so I took some Night Nurse medicine before bed last night. (Only 3 or 4 hours ago in fact!) In my dream…I arrived at my house, after a long, tiresome day at school and a quick dash to Tescos supermarket for a quick tea. A…
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PPA antics
This academic year, I’ve recently discovered how productive I can be during a PPA day! Why? Because I’m no longer distracted by somebody! 🙊 Two years ago, I started working with one of the best colleagues I’ve ever had. I knew working with her was going to be fun, when she introduced herself on our…
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10 Reasons why I might have a soft spot for Tigger…
He hasn’t been with us for very long, but he’s already stepped into some very big shoes. (And won my heart in the process.) He isn’t as demanding as his lordship ever was, but at least I can smile when he’s misbehaving. Sometimes I even have to have a little chuckle with my back…
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