Introduction I’m actually writing this late at night in order to get it scheduled for today! No one can ever say that I have not been completely committed to this challenge. I have spent some time thinking about this word and I have started and binned several attempts. As the minute hand passes the twelve,…
Introduction With today being Friday, I will be trying and writing the blog posts for the weekend today after work so that they will be scheduled to be posted over the weekend. I’m trying to get into a routine with the writing and posting so that I maintain the challenge, but I am not going…
Introduction I’ve come to the conclusion that some of these posts might be shorter than others. You need to remember that I am trying to maintain my focus on this challenge while working full time and creating content on the evenings so blogging is just a casual pastime. but rather than giving up, I have…
Introduction For the first two days of this challenge, I have been posting the same blog post to both my professional blog (this one) and my content creation blog (not this one). However, I have decided to challenge myself even further and start to separate the two! In this blog, I want to relate the…
Introduction Yesterday, I vowed that I would do better with my blog writing and this challenge, but yet again, I find that it is nearly the end of the working day and I am frantically scraping together something to write. I woke up this morning, looking forward to the day and this writing challenge, and…
Introduction I’m not sure why I do this to myself. There I was flicking through my Twitter feed, engaging with tweets when I see a post for a blogging challenge! These are the two words that actually motivate me into action. So, I quickly signed up and decided to give it a go! The first…
There again! Last March seems a long time ago, but with the current change in the spread of the COVID-19 virus, it might be that soon we will be again back at March but just one year on. However, I want to be more prepared this time round and use what I have develop to…
Introduction: Christmas is a great time for everyone but especially for the children within school. One of the things which I always tried to achieve was the decorations up on the first of December in order to enjoy the whole of the end of the autumn term immersed in the feel of Christmas. As we…
Hi everyone! My name is Katie and I am a former York St John student. I am also the author/illustrator of the book, Miley’s Mind. Miley’s Mind is a children’s book which addresses the concept of a ‘poorly mind’ and aims to help children reach out for support. Through the main character (a dog called…
Introduction Vocabulary is so important. Using it effectively allows everyone to describe better what they are thinking and makes explanations more concise. Within the area of mathematics, there is a wealth of vocabulary which children need to be introduced to. There are probably a multitude of thoughts and opinions related to this but, in this…