As December begins, so does the countdown to the last section of this 365 project. I can hardly believe that 11 months have gone by. Today has been a whirlwind of Christmas preparations. We now have a tree in the house along with modest decorations: The rest of the day has been spent getting things […]
Now, I can’t say I’m unhappy to see the end of Movember. My moustache growing experiment hasn’t been brilliant at all. However, I have raised just under £200 (with more promised donations to come) as I write, and that is way above my own personal target of £50. I am thrilled that my friends have […]
I have only just realised that I’ve left my laptop charger at school and I have a long list of very short jobs to do. I have to organise a solution. In the morning, I shall purchase a spare universal laptop charging device – such a thing will always come in handy… Today has been […]
Day 28 of Movember is here which just leaves two more to go. Forgive the hastag in the title – it’s a silly attempt to garner some Twitter attraction! I have smashed my initial, secret target which I still won’t reveal yet, but would really like to use this blog to ask one last time […]
Today it was decided that the next few weeks are going to be Christmassed up to the max – tinsel everywhere, baubles hanging from whatever possible hook and lights flashing incessantly. It’s unavoidable in schools. It is relentless. Not always for the best as everything else gets swept aside, but it’s all fun. Tonight has […]
Another important lesson is being taught tomorrow. I need to make amends for producing something less than great last week. I think I am being reactive to the needs of my class, something I haven’t quite nailed in the past and that is one area I really need to show off tomorrow. Midweek lessons are […]
It’s back, not working 100% yet, but it’s back. I am really looking forward to having a normal day in class tomorrow with it. It has been a very frustrating few weeks without it, mostly because the alternatives in my classroom aren’t really useful at all. Anyway, today flew by and was altogether rather lovely. […]
154 years ago today, a ground breaking document was published in this country. A scientific work which instantly sold out. I am, of course, referring to On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, by Charles Darwin. Darwin had spent five years aboard HMS Beagle in the 1830s touring the Galapagos Islands and New Zealand, […]
The 50th Anniversary Doctor Who Special was, in one word, amazing. By far the best episode for a long while and answering many questions yet setting up things for the future. A whole planet is now missing for the Doctor to hunt for – and while that might not take 50 years, there’s the […]
Fifty years after his death, people are remembering where they were when it all happened. I was minus twenty and therefore have no clue. All over the radio – because that’s my main source of news as I travel from work to a geocache – there were people who were there, or were children at […]