I really recommend this. I attended this a while back and the Whole Class Reading approach that Ashley shared has completely changed how we teach reading at ks2. Great food for thought.

Since my eldest was 1, she has decorated the tree with grandma. She came home from uni this weekend so that the tradition continues!

Very proud to have completed couch to 5k in 9 weeks. Thanks to the Jesus and Mary Chain and The Cure for being my running partners!

I have spent some time planning this holiday but will adapt once I start. As a teacher with some years under the belt I find most plans I am given hard to teach with as they do not give the option to adapt to the needs of the children. I also find many quite dull but that may be me!

I pretended I was not watching alongside my older teenagers but gave up and watched along. Enjoyed it immensely!

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Yay!

Just finished this in one go! A great read and loved it as much as Brooklyn!

Oh dear. Love to say someone really cool but it was Huey Lewis and the News ( I believe Bruce Hornsby supporting) when I was about 12. Went with my friend Tessa at the Royal Albert Hall. Seemed like a good idea at the time...

That is quite a collection! I had one of those picture discs but no where near as many as that. Makes me wish I had kept my vinyl as had made a huge investment...

I had many of these and a very similar stereo system.Most of mine were vinyl but remember having some singles on cassette. Loved PWEI !

The Easter holidays are here, so I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away.

Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win.

The winner will be selected 19th April.

Great work...what year is this from please?

I'm running a little competition to give away one copy of my Science Fix book to my social media followers. All you need to do is follow this account, like and share this post. The winner will be chosen across all my social channels. Competition will close on 21st March and I'll announce the winner shortly after. Good luck!

I'm running a competition to give away a copy of my Science Fix book to my social media followers.

All you need to do is follow this account, like and share this post.

Competition will close on 21st March and I'll announce the winner shortly after.

Good luck!

#primaryscience #edusky #uked

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Got the maths question wrong....

I have this on my wall next to my desk. Look at it every so often to remind me why I am there. Great quote.

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Happy with that. Dropped 1 as I know nothing about football!

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Passed my NPQLL ! Pleased as I was not sure...task was a bit confusing..but yay!

Radiohead. The only one of my friends at the time who did not get the hype!

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Well chuffed

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Yay!

Interested but the link does not work?

Yes!

Y3 The Wild Robot
Y4 The Firework Makers Daughter
Y5 The man who walked between the towers
Y6 The Final Year

Haven't taught ks1 for a while...

Have been doing this approach after training from Ashley and we have found that it really is an effective way to teach reading. Love the fact that I sometimes plab lessons based on children's or my interests.

Really excited about the first year!

I would swap them straight away !!! Love ironing and hate cleaning bathrooms ....

Goldfinch as I have so many on my london bird feeder