We recently had a seminar day at university, and this video is written and performed by my friend Elizabeth... Her brief was to teach French colours using non-ICT based props / visual aids and amazingly this is what she created... Enjoy the magic.
Sadly, due to the fact that Elizabeth has now started at a new school, we have decided that it is prudent to remove the video... bye bye and good luck!
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Sorry! It's been too long...
Sorry that it has been so long since I last posted... I have been manic; after filling in all those applications, I have visited one school informally (in Middlesex, wanted a teacher of Italian post) and had two interviews (for Teacher of French posts).
At the weekend, my fiance and I went to a wedding in Wrexham, which was great fun (no photos, sorry) and I even managed to get him up and dancing for about 30 seconds.. progress! Then on Sunday afternoon, I drove to Middlesex to visit the school. That evening I drove to Southampton to stay with my sister before an interview on Tuesday. I had to get up at 0600 to be at the school by 0815... but it was all worth it in the end; I GOT THE JOB! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
You might have noticed that I am really quite excited; I will have my own classroom, and I will teach French to Key Stage 3. It is a lovely school, in the middle of no-where near Southampton. The staff seem so friendly and the head mistress even made us a cup of tea! I can't wait... Oh, and I am going to be a year 7 tutor, so I will grow as they do!
Tonight I am lesson planning for tomorrow... and at the weekend, my Mum and I are going to the Good Food show in Birmingham to meet up with some fellow foodies from Violet's Pantry. I can't wait! Now I can really relax, and focus on my last few weeks as a student teacher!
For all other PGCE Students out there; keep going with the silly applications; I had almost given up hope but got there in the end!
At the weekend, my fiance and I went to a wedding in Wrexham, which was great fun (no photos, sorry) and I even managed to get him up and dancing for about 30 seconds.. progress! Then on Sunday afternoon, I drove to Middlesex to visit the school. That evening I drove to Southampton to stay with my sister before an interview on Tuesday. I had to get up at 0600 to be at the school by 0815... but it was all worth it in the end; I GOT THE JOB! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
You might have noticed that I am really quite excited; I will have my own classroom, and I will teach French to Key Stage 3. It is a lovely school, in the middle of no-where near Southampton. The staff seem so friendly and the head mistress even made us a cup of tea! I can't wait... Oh, and I am going to be a year 7 tutor, so I will grow as they do!
Tonight I am lesson planning for tomorrow... and at the weekend, my Mum and I are going to the Good Food show in Birmingham to meet up with some fellow foodies from Violet's Pantry. I can't wait! Now I can really relax, and focus on my last few weeks as a student teacher!
For all other PGCE Students out there; keep going with the silly applications; I had almost given up hope but got there in the end!
Monday, 2 June 2008
Teaching applications
No-one ever said that life as a PGCE student was meant to be easy, in fact they always said it would be hard, but when they mentioned it, they tell you about the hours of planning, they tell you about the endless paperwork and they tell you about the lack of social life (life, what's that?)
What they don't tell you about is the endless application forms that you fill in for jobs... Thus far, I have filled in 19 applications, I have had 3 interviews and I am fed up of it! I keep being told that the right job is out there for me, but it is gutting when I fill in form after form, turn up at interview and they give the job to a girl who works in the school already and has never had another interview....grrrrr
Over the past week, I have filled in 4 application forms (each taking 2+ hours) and tonight I have done another 3....Fingers crossed...
Sunday, 1 June 2008
More on the challenge
Well, so far we have bust our budget... we went to Tesco last night to get the bits that we needed, and they had free range chicken breasts reduced. As they never ever have free range stuff reduced, we decided to stock up... and spent £18 on chicken alone... but it has all gone into the freezer and we will have it over the coming months. We did save £12 in reductions though!
Also, isn't it always the way that when you are trying to save money, you run out of everything expensive; we were out of tea (an absolute essential but costs £5 per box!) and also olive oil (another essential, but £4 odd per litre.)
So, if we really take just what will be used this week only, we are still within our budget having got the following:
(£7 left of the £10)
Bread flour - 42p
Yeast - 60p (we are going to try Tesco's own brand... it'll be interesting to see if that works as well as Hovis)
Pate (for packed lunches) - £1 (*on special so we got a nice one)
Sausages - £5 but most of these will go in the freezer - again on special 20 sausages for £5, we will use 4 this week, we will have spent £1.
Total spend for this week: £3.02!
I know that it sounds odd to say 'well we've not spent that, and we've not spent that' but in the long run, by budgeting that to another week, and including what we have in the freezer for this week, we will have saved ourselves money...
Also, isn't it always the way that when you are trying to save money, you run out of everything expensive; we were out of tea (an absolute essential but costs £5 per box!) and also olive oil (another essential, but £4 odd per litre.)
So, if we really take just what will be used this week only, we are still within our budget having got the following:
(£7 left of the £10)
Bread flour - 42p
Yeast - 60p (we are going to try Tesco's own brand... it'll be interesting to see if that works as well as Hovis)
Pate (for packed lunches) - £1 (*on special so we got a nice one)
Sausages - £5 but most of these will go in the freezer - again on special 20 sausages for £5, we will use 4 this week, we will have spent £1.
Total spend for this week: £3.02!
I know that it sounds odd to say 'well we've not spent that, and we've not spent that' but in the long run, by budgeting that to another week, and including what we have in the freezer for this week, we will have saved ourselves money...
Friday, 30 May 2008
£10 challenge - supper tonight
Supper tonight was leftovers from last night; we had cottage pie last night, and there was still some bolognaise, so we had it with spaghetti. Don't tell my aunt though (she's married to an Italian and would have a fit if she saw my version....)
Bolognaise
400g Minced beef - bargain corner, £2.12
2 Onions - about 30p?
2 cloves garlic, crushed - 10p
Squirt tomato puree - 5p?
Pudding spoon of marmite (LOVE IT!) - 5p?
Can value baked beans (yes, horrid I know) - 20p
Can value chopped tomatoes - 21p
Box passatta - 29p
Dried mixed herbs - 5p?
Finely chop the onions, when they are soft, add in the crushed garlic. Fry this all off for a minute, being careful that the onions don't catch.
Add the mince, stir well, and fry until it starts to colour. Add the tomato puree and the herbs and stir. Add the marmite and the other ingredients. Use a little boiling water to rinse the marmite spoon and the tins (I rinse the marmite spoon into the bean tin, and then swill it and pour it into the passatta etc. This means that you get all of the flavour and your tins are clean enough to recycle.)
Stir well, then cook on a low heat (so it is simmering - gently bubbling) for 1 hour at least (I often bung it in the oven on a low heat all day.)
This made 7 portions of slosh, so:
Total cost for entire dish: £3.32
Total cost per portion: £0.47!
We served this with mash (for cottage pie - baked in the oven till crispy on top) or with spaghetti...
After supper, I realised that we were running out of bread, so I decided to make a loaf! I used Jamie's Kitchen's recipe for Basic White Bread... It rose and rose so much that my tin over-flowed and this mutant dough took over the oven!
I'll write up the recipe and try to add some photos tomorrow....
I also did a little bit of food shopping today:
4 pints skimmed milk - 2 bottles = £2 (this was on special, but I have frozen one for next week)
Haggis - 73p in reduced box... Sunday dinner here we come!
Carrots - 300g = 22p
If you have read this far, well done. You deserve a medal! Even my OH won't!!!
Sorry this was so long, but I thought that if I am going to try and do the £10 challenge properly then I need to note everything down as I go...
Bolognaise
400g Minced beef - bargain corner, £2.12
2 Onions - about 30p?
2 cloves garlic, crushed - 10p
Squirt tomato puree - 5p?
Pudding spoon of marmite (LOVE IT!) - 5p?
Can value baked beans (yes, horrid I know) - 20p
Can value chopped tomatoes - 21p
Box passatta - 29p
Dried mixed herbs - 5p?
Finely chop the onions, when they are soft, add in the crushed garlic. Fry this all off for a minute, being careful that the onions don't catch.
Add the mince, stir well, and fry until it starts to colour. Add the tomato puree and the herbs and stir. Add the marmite and the other ingredients. Use a little boiling water to rinse the marmite spoon and the tins (I rinse the marmite spoon into the bean tin, and then swill it and pour it into the passatta etc. This means that you get all of the flavour and your tins are clean enough to recycle.)
Stir well, then cook on a low heat (so it is simmering - gently bubbling) for 1 hour at least (I often bung it in the oven on a low heat all day.)
This made 7 portions of slosh, so:
Total cost for entire dish: £3.32
Total cost per portion: £0.47!
We served this with mash (for cottage pie - baked in the oven till crispy on top) or with spaghetti...
After supper, I realised that we were running out of bread, so I decided to make a loaf! I used Jamie's Kitchen's recipe for Basic White Bread... It rose and rose so much that my tin over-flowed and this mutant dough took over the oven!
I'll write up the recipe and try to add some photos tomorrow....
I also did a little bit of food shopping today:
4 pints skimmed milk - 2 bottles = £2 (this was on special, but I have frozen one for next week)
Haggis - 73p in reduced box... Sunday dinner here we come!
Carrots - 300g = 22p
If you have read this far, well done. You deserve a medal! Even my OH won't!!!
Sorry this was so long, but I thought that if I am going to try and do the £10 challenge properly then I need to note everything down as I go...
£10 challenge
First meal of the £10 challenge:
Houmous and Pitta bread (all ingredients from the freezer / storecupboard)
It doesn't look beautiful, but it does taste good...
I can't do any photos at the moment (sorry) as my camera is flat and so is my phone... now where did I put the chargers?
Houmous
Handful frozen chickpeas
1 clove garlic
Olive oil
2 teaspoons ground cumin
Sprinkling salt
First, bung the chickpeas in the microwave to defrost for 2 minutes.
Now stick everything in a blender, and blend until you think it is a good texture (I like mine chunky) You might need to add lots of oil to stop it being dry and crumbly. I have also made it with water and stock instead of oil for a healthier lunch.
I've been asked to properly write down the costs, so:
The chickpeas (God bless Delia's How to Cheat) are available in Tesco, for only £1.25 for 500g, and I used less than 100g, so about 25p.
The oil can be anything (I like olive best for flavour) and this uses a splosh...really no idea on how much, but if you want to save money, it does work well with water and a stock cube...
The cumin I inherited from my sister when she moved house, but if I had to buy it, it would have been 64p for a jar, so about 5p for the amount I used...
The pitta was from the freezer, and I got them in the reduced section (where I seem to live) for 50p for 5.
In total, lunch probably cost me about £1 (but as I didn't actually buy anything, I am not taking it from my budget...)
Houmous and Pitta bread (all ingredients from the freezer / storecupboard)
It doesn't look beautiful, but it does taste good...
I can't do any photos at the moment (sorry) as my camera is flat and so is my phone... now where did I put the chargers?
Houmous
Handful frozen chickpeas
1 clove garlic
Olive oil
2 teaspoons ground cumin
Sprinkling salt
First, bung the chickpeas in the microwave to defrost for 2 minutes.
Now stick everything in a blender, and blend until you think it is a good texture (I like mine chunky) You might need to add lots of oil to stop it being dry and crumbly. I have also made it with water and stock instead of oil for a healthier lunch.
I've been asked to properly write down the costs, so:
The chickpeas (God bless Delia's How to Cheat) are available in Tesco, for only £1.25 for 500g, and I used less than 100g, so about 25p.
The oil can be anything (I like olive best for flavour) and this uses a splosh...really no idea on how much, but if you want to save money, it does work well with water and a stock cube...
The cumin I inherited from my sister when she moved house, but if I had to buy it, it would have been 64p for a jar, so about 5p for the amount I used...
The pitta was from the freezer, and I got them in the reduced section (where I seem to live) for 50p for 5.
In total, lunch probably cost me about £1 (but as I didn't actually buy anything, I am not taking it from my budget...)
Death to worksheets
Our teacher's worksheet barmy
our school is worksheet mad
She makes the biggest worksheets
the world has ever had.
We fill in all her questions,
numbers, words and dates,
adjectives and clauses
(copied from my mates)
She says they test our knowledge,
they tell her what we know-
who is quick and clever,
who is dull and slow.
They tell her who remembers
phonemes,plants and names,
wires and magnetism,
kings
and queens
and reigns.
I know I can't remember,
I know I'm very slow
as I gaze beyond the worksheet
...and think of things I know
Peter Dixon – ‘Weepers’
I probably use too many worksheets, but they are sometimes needed; if I explain something orally, the kids don't always get it, so I have to do it in writing... then I get complaints from the reprographics department that more than one A5 sheet per pupil per week is too much...
What do you think?
our school is worksheet mad
She makes the biggest worksheets
the world has ever had.
We fill in all her questions,
numbers, words and dates,
adjectives and clauses
(copied from my mates)
She says they test our knowledge,
they tell her what we know-
who is quick and clever,
who is dull and slow.
They tell her who remembers
phonemes,plants and names,
wires and magnetism,
kings
and queens
and reigns.
I know I can't remember,
I know I'm very slow
as I gaze beyond the worksheet
...and think of things I know
Peter Dixon – ‘Weepers’
I probably use too many worksheets, but they are sometimes needed; if I explain something orally, the kids don't always get it, so I have to do it in writing... then I get complaints from the reprographics department that more than one A5 sheet per pupil per week is too much...
What do you think?
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