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Day 52: OMG I made the baked feta pasta that is everywhere and it was amazing! I used a tin of chopped tomatoes to make life easier and quicker and I think this is now my favourite recipe! Day 53: half term gone but Zach was happy to be heading back in to school to […]

Day 17: a bit of a wet muddy walk but it was good to be outside and enjoying some fresh air Day 18: 8am and straight to work! Day 19: cup of tea and some vegan chocolate for breakfast? Yes, why the heck not! (Me obviously, not the kids! They’d never get away with it […]

So we are back to home learning. This time the schools have prepared more work because remote learning plans needed to be in place. But as a teaching assistant in an infant school, we were not expecting last week’s Prime Minister statement. We were in school on Monday and instead of being able to plan […]

Should schools reopen in January? This question was asked in a local group and is one that the nation is eagerly awaiting the answer to! In light of the new variant, the Christmas mixing of households, our struggling NHS, is it ethical to open schools?   Is it ethical to keep them closed when our children […]

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 […]