Peace, Calm and Positivity

Howdy Peeps! There's lots of doom and gloom around Coronavirus, but I want us all to take a moment to see the positives...so if you need cheering up, keep reading. We're working with other nations- communicating and planning and seeking a solutionCommunities are pulling together- small businesses are adapting, people who need help are getting [...]

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If Life Gives You Lemons… Make Lemon Water

Morning Peeps! No, I haven't got the quote wrong, it is actually a description of my life at the moment. The dentist trip last week was successful but the new dentist said I have a lot of enamel wear for someone my age. Apparently it's because of the terrible diet coke habit I had before [...]

Good for the Mind, Body and Soul

Morning Peeps! I recently went on a Young People's Mental Health course because it's good for my career development and, more importantly, it may help my daughter during exam season. There are several things that can help with stress, anxiety and depression so I thought I'd share in case anyone out there needs the support [...]

Getting Children To Read

Morning Peeps! I don't know about where you are, but here it's the last week of school before half-term holidays! 🙂 We're all looking forward to a week off, so I thought I'd focus on the education stuff while I'm still thinking about it. I struggle with the primary school compulsory books, like the Biff [...]

Fun With Learning

Hey-ho Peeps! Monday means one thing...school. But before you all groan, I've got some ideas here for making learning more fun: Maths Little ones like to pretend by copying adults, so get some toy money and let them set up shop with your tinned goods, toys or just about anything else! Simple money maths, like [...]

Round-Up Day

Happy Friday Peeps! (Whoop whoop!) So, today is a bit of a round-up day: I've had a mental, but enjoyable week... I appreciate that I've got today at home to do housework and other mundane jobs. (yes, that busy I'm willing to hoover for relaxation!) All has gone well, mostly to plan; had a lovely [...]