One other thing...

Just to say that it hasn't all been crochet, crochet, crochet. I have also finished my first assignment.

3240 words (to be precise). To be submitted on Friday by midday.






I am quietly pleased with it... let's hope the marker's are too.


With that out of the way, I am now on my first placement in a school. I am in a Year 6 class and my first day nerves have disappeared, in spite of feeling that I had been thrown into the deep end. As of next Monday, I will be expected to teach the class for 40% of the week...


The school is in a fairly deprived area and the children have a lot of social and emotional difficulties, so where as I initially felt scared that my subject knowledge wasn't really up to scratch, I can already see that teaching is not going to be all about curriculum and statistics. It's taking a lot within me to rise above the emotional side of working with these children and hope that I can make a bit of a difference to their lives, even if it's in the tiniest way.

I've got 2 more assignments to hand in by the 19th December, so bear with me for a bit. I'm sorry I haven't been visiting as much as I'd like to... I will get there... eventually...

When will I ever learn...

Just in case you think I've been idle these last couple of weeks, I have got photographic evidence of things other than regular blogging that has kept me busy.

The baby blanket I started weeks ago, has been finished. And with a lesson learnt:

Don't leave all the sewing-in of ends to the last minute...

When you do that, these become your best friends:

And then you get left with a little pile of colourfulness on the sofa beside you...

The end result? What I would consider a fairly funky baby blanket for a hippy mum!

She had a boy, by the way. Un-named as yet, but with a Christmassy-looking blanket to warm his toes.

Jewels...

On these grey days of autumn, I look out of my windows and smile at these little jewels of colour that make pockets of colour on dull days.

Will you forgive me if I do one big thank you for all your lovely comments on my last 2 posts? I have added all your book suggestions to my literature log. I even got given a bag of books by the owner of No.9 when I visited again for some coffee and cake! How lucky am I? Thank you, Anna.

As you can probably tell, I have neglected this blog of late...it's not intentional, just a lack of time able to spend in front of a screen without my neck and shoulders screaming out for a break! The remedy? I'm off now for a hot stone treatment. A little treat for myself and my aching neck.

And relax...