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Archive for July 2020

Summer 2020 bucket list

I hadn’t planned to write this post. After all, we have just endured 18 weeks of lockdown, so another 6 shouldn’t be too hard, surely?! Thursday, the first official day of the summer holidays, and boy, did it DRAGGGGGG! Time for my favourite thing: write a list! Here is what I want us to do […]

#DreamTeam 214

Thank you for being so welcoming as I join #DreamTeam with 3 Little Buttons and Navigating Baby as a permanent host, yay exciting! Happy Sunday and the last #DreamTeamLinky of July! Hope life is treating you kindly 🙂 Things will be slightly different next month so pop back next week for our month-long link up. […]

#Project366 2020 week 30

Day 201: some Sunday relaxation with Matthew’s train set Day 202: Anya wore her uniform for the first time in 4 months to go in to school for the final time (she moves up to juniors in September) Day 203: while Matthew had a Google Meet with his class to say goodbye to his teacher, […]

Farewell to the 2019-2020 school year

How little we could have imagine back in September 2019 how much life would change just 6 months later. Matthew and Anya said goodbye to their teachers and friends on 20th March 2020 and I expected them back after 6 weeks: that was the expectation amongst staff in the schools I work in. No one […]

The Child Across The Street, by Kerry Wilkinson

  Abi arrives back in Elwood to confront her past after the death of her father. Minutes after she sets foot in her hometown, she witnesses a hit and run. The victim is her former best friend’s son, 8 year old Ethan. Abi has personal issues due to her family situation. Her mum abandoned the […]