Woke up too early, went back to sleep, woke up again
Had Cheerios for breakfast
Watched the last episode of The 4400 series 3 - it was awesome! Watched all the bonus features too.
Went on the internet, spent less than 10 minutes on Facebook, which is good, but also quite sad as an achievement.
Wrote the Weekly Quote
Walked the dog, stopped to watch the ostriches.
Looked at a book for my PDE essay on Inclusion
Watched an episode of Doctor Who with my Uncle
Had lunch
Just in case you were wondering what I'm up to!
Word of the post: Implement – verb (used with object)
4. to fulfill; perform; carry out: Once in office, he failed to implement his campaign promises.
5. to put into effect according to or by means of a definite plan or procedure.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Weekly Quote W/E 28/02/09
"Crowley remembered what heaven was like, and it had quite a few things in common with hell. You couldn't get a decent drink in either of them, for a start." - Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Key Stage 2, ironically
I just thought I'd let you readers know about some of the things I've been getting up to recently.
As most of you know I'm doing PGCE teacher training, which is a hard slog I tells ya, but there are some perks, such as the opportunity to get creative and have fun with mates. As we do occasionally get to make cool things, especially on the D/T and Art side of things I thought I'd actually share some of the things I've made and done with y'all on here.
This is actually something I made in Science. we were given a making task, with the brief of designing and making a plant. Above is my result - can you guess what it is? And yes it is finished!
It's grass!
I found a piece of pipe cleaner and some string for the roots and voila - we have a blade of grass, made in about a minute and seen here proudly perched on my Science folder. Despite my laziness and cunning I actually got smartest child in the class award for it because I'd ignored the common preconception that all my colleagues and fallen for and not designed a flower.
Fun eh? I'll try and remember to show you some more stuff soon(ish)
Word of the post: Prolific –adjective
2.
producing in large quantities or with great frequency; highly productive: a prolific writer.
3.
profusely productive or fruitful (often fol. by in or of): a bequest prolific of litigations.
4.
characterized by abundant production
As most of you know I'm doing PGCE teacher training, which is a hard slog I tells ya, but there are some perks, such as the opportunity to get creative and have fun with mates. As we do occasionally get to make cool things, especially on the D/T and Art side of things I thought I'd actually share some of the things I've made and done with y'all on here.
This is actually something I made in Science. we were given a making task, with the brief of designing and making a plant. Above is my result - can you guess what it is? And yes it is finished!
It's grass!
I found a piece of pipe cleaner and some string for the roots and voila - we have a blade of grass, made in about a minute and seen here proudly perched on my Science folder. Despite my laziness and cunning I actually got smartest child in the class award for it because I'd ignored the common preconception that all my colleagues and fallen for and not designed a flower.
Fun eh? I'll try and remember to show you some more stuff soon(ish)
Word of the post: Prolific –adjective
2.
producing in large quantities or with great frequency; highly productive: a prolific writer.
3.
profusely productive or fruitful (often fol. by in or of): a bequest prolific of litigations.
4.
characterized by abundant production
Weekly Quote Double - W/E 21/02/09
Looks like I might have missed one, oh well lucky for you I decided to pick a quote to grace the cover of my English folder so you can have that in addition to the latest book one.
"So now they have made our English tongue a gallimaufry and hodgepodge of all other speeches." - Edmund Spenser
"This is our island. It's a good island. Until the grown-ups come to fetch us we'll have fun." - Lord of the Flies, William Golding
There, honour is satisfied.
"So now they have made our English tongue a gallimaufry and hodgepodge of all other speeches." - Edmund Spenser
"This is our island. It's a good island. Until the grown-ups come to fetch us we'll have fun." - Lord of the Flies, William Golding
There, honour is satisfied.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Ancient Artifacts
This is a genuine olden days document from a forgotten time, this is history in our hands folks and we should never forget the day the sun closed on an epic era.
If you're wondering about the aeroplane it's my mouse mat!!
Word of the post: Rarity - –noun, plural -ties.
1.something rare, unusual, or uncommon
If you're wondering about the aeroplane it's my mouse mat!!
Word of the post: Rarity - –noun, plural -ties.
1.something rare, unusual, or uncommon
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Weekly Quote - W/E 07/02/09
"Ah! He wanted to have that scent...to peel it from her skin and make her scent his own..." - Perfume, Patrick Suskind
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Well done iTunes
I've managed to make a another foray into the world of music that I don't already know of thanks to the canny slyness of iTunes. Generally speaking I don't really go in for this download lark and I still haven't so iTunes haven't actually succeeded in getting any financial gain out of me as when I did make my purchase I went and bought one of those discs that come in a shiny plastic box from Zavvi, whose financial plight makes the shop in Chester a sad sight to see- with a big brand store that has half the shelves gathering dust, but at the same time does provide us with incredibly cheap stuff to get!!
I digress, anyway - I do like downloading some stuff - on the condition that it's FREE! I started enjoying this possibility when Feeder released a free track from their new album Silent Cry and not long after Coldplay let us download Violet Hill for a brief period before their new album's release. Not long after I found that you can get the "Single of the Week" for free from iTunes, giving you a brand new song for nothing every week...naturally!
The tracks aren't from massive chart topping bands, but they are from proper signed acts that do have CDs out and that you might hear on the radio and stuff. It's a good way to get a feel for the diversity of the current music out there and I've enjoyed sampling lots of different tracks, from instrumental Jazz group The Neil Cowley Trio to singer/songwriter Jessica Hoop. Some I've liked some I got bored of quickly, but one has stuck with me and caught my interest until it was actually the favourite song on my playlist. It got so good I just had to find out more.
The song was The '59 Sound by "The Gaslight Anthem" from the album of the same name. I'd had it sitting on my playlist for weeks but every now and again it's come up and I'd play it again until I realised that I really liked it. I hunted for the band's website to listen to some more stuff and like that as well and made a decision - I was going to use some money and buy the album.
And I haven't regretted a penny - well I slightly regret not using student discount, but I honestly felt so sorry for them I couldn't do it!! The band have a great set of songs that are very catchy but also have thought behind them. I found the album in the metal section, but I'd hardly describe them as such, though they are perhaps a little bit heavier than you average Indie band. What I like about them is their songs are kinda sad ('59 sound is about death) but they have a context (it poses the question of what song we might hear, with reference to an incident of someone dying at the same time they were playing or somesuch) but they aren't depressing or Emo and are actually quite uplifting.
I've listened to the album over and over and it still delights - I'm very grateful to iTunes as I'd probably not have come across this fantastic group, and certainly not bought a brilliant album.
Word of the post: Aplomb - noun
I digress, anyway - I do like downloading some stuff - on the condition that it's FREE! I started enjoying this possibility when Feeder released a free track from their new album Silent Cry and not long after Coldplay let us download Violet Hill for a brief period before their new album's release. Not long after I found that you can get the "Single of the Week" for free from iTunes, giving you a brand new song for nothing every week...naturally!
The tracks aren't from massive chart topping bands, but they are from proper signed acts that do have CDs out and that you might hear on the radio and stuff. It's a good way to get a feel for the diversity of the current music out there and I've enjoyed sampling lots of different tracks, from instrumental Jazz group The Neil Cowley Trio to singer/songwriter Jessica Hoop. Some I've liked some I got bored of quickly, but one has stuck with me and caught my interest until it was actually the favourite song on my playlist. It got so good I just had to find out more.
The song was The '59 Sound by "The Gaslight Anthem" from the album of the same name. I'd had it sitting on my playlist for weeks but every now and again it's come up and I'd play it again until I realised that I really liked it. I hunted for the band's website to listen to some more stuff and like that as well and made a decision - I was going to use some money and buy the album.
And I haven't regretted a penny - well I slightly regret not using student discount, but I honestly felt so sorry for them I couldn't do it!! The band have a great set of songs that are very catchy but also have thought behind them. I found the album in the metal section, but I'd hardly describe them as such, though they are perhaps a little bit heavier than you average Indie band. What I like about them is their songs are kinda sad ('59 sound is about death) but they have a context (it poses the question of what song we might hear, with reference to an incident of someone dying at the same time they were playing or somesuch) but they aren't depressing or Emo and are actually quite uplifting.
I've listened to the album over and over and it still delights - I'm very grateful to iTunes as I'd probably not have come across this fantastic group, and certainly not bought a brilliant album.
Word of the post: Aplomb - noun
| 1. | imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance. |
| 2. | the perpendicular, or vertical, position. |
Monday, February 02, 2009
Weekly Quote W/E 31/01/09
"Apart from the curfew and manning the gates, the Night Watch didn't do a lot. This was partly because they were incompetent." Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
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