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Some things sound like a good idea but are not...

Some things sound like a good idea but are not…

Hi Readers! As stated in my previous blog post about new plans other than America, you know i went over to Portugal for the month of June with someone i was due to go to camp with. To get to the point of this blog post I lasted just under 2 weeks away in a foreign country with a stranger I met over the internet. Throughout this trip we had beach days, did a couple boat tours where we saw…

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Some things sound like a good idea but are not...

Some things sound like a good idea but are not…

Hi Readers! As stated in my previous blog post about new plans other than America, you know i went over to Portugal for the month of June with someone i was due to go to camp with. To get to the point of this blog post I lasted just under 2 weeks away in a foreign country with a stranger I met over the internet. Throughout this trip we had beach days, did a couple boat tours where we saw…

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Hard decisions...loss of Parker

Hard decisions…loss of Parker

Hi Guys, This blog post is one I didn’t think I would be having to even talk about for a long while. As you have all read I adopted a little fur baby called Parker in March 2018. Throughout 2018 to currently he has not had the best health history from his injury causing the amputation of his tail to his asthma diagnosis. When I thought nothing else could happen to the little guy, other than…

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#Adoption #asthma #attack #awareness #cats #coughing #Discussion #pets #vets

Change of plans for Summer 2021...

Change of plans for Summer 2021…

Hi guys! So you have not heard from me in a long while. So the basic update on my life plans is that my travel plans to attend my summer camp job has had to be put on a (hopefully not) permanent stand still. Due to lack of information coming from the US London Embassy on the J1 visas millions of exchange participants from the UK have not been able to make it over to their jobs in the USA; and…

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#Americamp #Camp #covid-19 #international #Travel #trip #worldwide

Jigsaw Making

Hi guys! I have been busy planning different activities to teach at camp. I came across the idea of creating jigsaws from drawn or painted pictures. I loved this idea and wanted to give it a try myself! All you need for this craft is… Cardboard (cereal boxes are great material for this)Paper PensPencilsPaint/paint brushesGlue stickScissors How to… Glue the paper to the cardboard…

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#activity #Arts and Crafts #Crafts #jigsaw #summer camp

Christmas Game

Hi Readers, I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! This will be a short post covering a game I created for the toddlers (under 2s) at my nursery. I came across this game when flicking through pinterest for inspiration for under 2s because I was literally at a lost. The game that I chose was pin the nose on the reindeer. I thought it was a fantastic simple and educational game for the kiddies…

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#education #eyfs #game #kids #Nursery #planning

New role for camp...

New role for camp…

Hi readers! Sorry I have been quiet on here. I have been snowed under with uni work, nursery work, running the craft business and now I have a new role to get ready for at camp. A couple of weeks ago, camp approached me with a new opportunity for camp. They offered for me to be on the program team. Being on the program team means I now have to plan all the activities for the daily sessions and…

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#Americamp #Arts and Crafts #Camp #Crafts #friends #international #learning disabilities #special needs #studies #technology #Travel #trip #work #zoom

Let’s talk Vet Hospitals...

Let’s talk Vet Hospitals…

Hi Readers,

For this blog post I have decided to discuss the need for vet hospitals.

You may think “what is the need for a hospital when I have my local vet down the road?”

Well the hospital as you could probably guess does so much more than your local vets. They have many of the same things a human hospital would have from operation theatres to CT scanning machines.

You would…

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Classrooms around the world

Hi Readers!

For this post I have decided to look at something I am doing for university this year.

My course this year is called Comparative and international studies in Primary education.

One of the first activities given to us was to look through a series of videos and pictures showing an insight into classrooms around the world.

Some were very similar to what I have seen in…

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#experience #international #open University #schooling #studies

New Obsession turned into a little side business

Hi Readers,

This post is going to be about my new machine that has taken over my life and my room.

Last month I came across loads of crafting videos on YouTube and Tiktok, all about a crafting machine called a Cricut. I became obsessed with watching the videos and within days made the spontaneous decision to purchase one.

I looked at all the different types of machines and the prices.…

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#Crafts #Cricut #Etsy #machine #obsession #seller #small business

Dyslexic...

My diagnosis of being Dyslexic...

Hi Readers,

As stated in my previous post about the Open University I was diagnosed with dyslexia in Summer 2016.

It has been extremely hard to get a diagnosis as all throughout my childhood the doctors and teachers at school always said to my parents “don’t worry she will catch up” when they requested for me to be tested for dyslexia.

Therefore, all throughout high school I had…

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#diagnosis #dsa #DST #dyslexia #dyslexic #learning disabilities #me #open University #special needs #student finance #unique

Open University

Hi Readers,

Have you heard of the Open University?

You have probably heard the title mentioned on a TV advert or even when your sitting through the cinema adverts.

The Open University is a university that is solely focused on those who are working full time, have families and other commitments.

They allow you to gain qualifications even if you have literally no GCSEs or A-Levels.…

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#degree #open University #ou

Baking Rainbow Cupcakes!

Hi Readers!

This week I am writing up about the time I made rainbow cupcakes with the kiddies at work.

This activity was actually requested by a parent one morning as a way to encourage her child to come into nursery. At first I was unsure of what a rainbow cupcake was but after a quick google search I was all on board!

The first thing I had to do was check that the kitchen had the…

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#baking #cupcakes #eyfs #rainbow