Friday 19 September 2014

Five For Friday

Well here goes - joining up with


Firstly, seeing as how September is a real birthday month in my family I decided to create these birthday candle numbers to celebrate.  There are lots of festivals of light coming up so I thought they might be useful - please feel free to use :-)


I have now completed everything on my list from the Sunday Scoop challenge (two Sundays ago) thanks mainly to the good weather I have been able to get into my jungle (I mean garden!) and do some weeding and tidying before autumn arrives.  A huge sigh of relief.  Plus I got my TpT stuff posted, I sorted out my fonts folder and finally this posting which should be going live due to me figuring out pre-scheduling - hurray!


I also got around to actually having a go at making my own font for something I need to help those children I work with who have special needs but I also think it will have a beneficial effect for others as well.  More will be revealed later on this month I'm sure ;-) 


I have decided to take up the challenge of reading 100 books during this school year and yes although this does include books for older children I hope to be equally reading adult fiction too.  So why not join in and take the challenge - all you need to do is to create a "100 Books Challenge" page on your blog and write a brief synopsis of each book you read, giving it a rating and hopefully we can all increase the amount we read and find some new authors and books that can inspire us :-)  This all ties in with me trying to promote the September Literacy Campaign - maybe you would like to, too?



Had a lovely day last weekend visiting a huge car boot sale as well as going around an antiques centre.  Managed to indulge my vintage children's learning games obsession along with my love of 1950's kitsch without spending too much on either - bargains all round - yipee!!








6 comments:

  1. Sounds like a good week all round :) I love boot sales - there's always some gem to be found. And I love your candle numbers - this is a birthday month in our house too. Have a lovely weekend.
    Fil
    PS I spotted in my reader your spoiler alert the other day :) :) So I didn't read any further, but I have to go back now and catch up on all the blogs I've missed this past few weeks.

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    1. Yes - I am now all ready to send my "piece" for the challenge to you so if you could let me know your address via pempispalace@yahoo.co.uk you can look forward to receiving something!!

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  2. I love the numbers and how you are always trying new things, and I definitely want to do the 100 books challenge! I have not written in my blog recently because it looks like they might drop the med/frag program at my school due to low numbers, so I have put in job applications at other schools, all of which are primary (k-2) and I've never done it before. So I continue to be a little stressed, but also excited at new opportunities. Will start posting again once I know what I'm doing. I love to read what others are doing, though. Wish me luck!

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    1. Wishing you lots of luck but wondering what will happen to your students if they close the program at your school?

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  3. The numbers look great and good luck with the reading challenge.

    I used to aim for 100 books a year but since I changed job (and don't get to sit around reading all day as much) I aim for a modest 52 books, one a week. I think I'm a little behind at the moment but it's my own fault for constantly picking 700+ long monsters, hehe.

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    1. Well yes, I think I won't be including any Tolstoy in my reading list if I actually want to get through 100 books. However, I still think your contributions would be really good as you could also post links to your posts on chapter reviews/recounts. You could make your's the 50 book challenge so what about it, hey?

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