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Thanks to Henry and his parents for their lovely present and card. Best of luck with your English Language GCSE!
(I've already scoffed one of the three boxes of truffles!)

It's amazing how creative and imaginative kids can be. As a teaching assistant in schools, I lost count of the number of fantastical stories of far-off places kids told me about.

Did you know the word 'fabulous' comes from a Latin word meaning "celebrated in fable" and "rich in myths"? We've certainly been having a fabulous week of fairytales!

Continuing the folk-tale theme this week, 8-year-old Charlie and I have been reading Hansel & Gretel, preparing to write a fairytale of our own. I can't wait to see what fantastic ideas he comes up with!

We've been researching local myths and legends today. It's inspired 11-year-old Ethem and me to plan a story about a fearsome tooth fairy and one about a Franken-ape!


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I saw him wincing as he wrote his first line of ideas. "Does it hurt when you write?" I asked. "Of course," Sam replied. He believed that handwriting was a painful activity they made you do at school.

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