JustPickOneUK

I was always a reluctant camper. Why have a thin piece of canvas over my head, sleep on the floor and be cold and wet the whole time when there is a lovely hotel with a comfy bed, shower and toilet in the room with you and a TV? Because it's fun! My husband would say.  Back in the mid 2000's we went on a camping trip with our smallish tent around the south coast of England. The journey was fine, seeing lots of nice places and everything but we only camped once in 10 days because the weather was seriously against us. Biblical wet springs to mind. Noah may have thought about putting more provisions on the Ark if he saw it.   We decided to give it another try, given the 2 year hiatus from overseas holidays and the costs of going on one now. Camping seemed like a good alternative.  Well I said, if we are doing this then we doing this properly. I want a big tent and comfortable mattresses. So we bought this... A *Coleman Vail 6 man tent which according to tenting companie...

Being a parent is hard work. That's a simple fact. Getting children ready and out the door to come to school can be a challenge. When your child gets to school, I hope they are greeted with a warm welcome so they feel they are in a safe environment with people they can trust. I try to create that environment for the children in my classroom.  Sometimes children can have a bad morning due to a variety of reasons. A bad sleep, a relative or pet passing away, a fall out with friends, family divorce, a house move or even a toy going missing are all examples of things outside school which can significantly impact their behaviour, concentration and friendships within the classroom.  Sometimes children take a different approach to dealing with tragedy than adults do (yes, a toy being lost for 10 minutes can be tragic for them). They are still learning to cope with emotions and do not have the logic as a back up to work out how to deal with them. Sometimes the reaction to bad news or ...

When I decided to write a blog, I had a few ideas about things to write. Mostly about things to do with being a parent and school as these are the biggest things in my life right now. They are both eye opening experiences every day. But what should I call it that is individual and connected to a niche but generic enough so that I can write about anything and everything? (As the advice columns tell you to do).  Making decisions is not something that comes very naturally to me. In a world when growing up as a millennial means that the world is at your feet, you can do anything with your life. For some it's very freeing "I can do anything- WOW!" But if you are like me then it's more "I can do anything - that's too big, how do I choose?"  I struggle to make decisions about most things, which holiday shall we go on, do I want this item of clothing or not or even just what shall we eat for dinner tonight? Mostly my indecision is about a silly first world probl...