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Mother's Day 2024: Home, Fires, Writing, Reading
It's Sunday, and I was woken up by small little stomps coming up the stairs from our littlest. She snuggled into her perfect little spot...
zarapreston8
Mar 10, 20243 min read
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The Teaching Mother
So...it turns out that teaching is absolutely awesome when being a mother. Who knew?! I guess you've got to know when to go back. In...
zarapreston8
Jul 9, 20234 min read
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Art of Teaching: Rosenshine's 'Principles of Instruction'
This blog was started due to beginning the MTPT Project (Maternity Teacher Paternity Teacher Project) whilst being pregnant and...
zarapreston8
Mar 6, 20207 min read
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Unique Approach: Zooworld Education Ltd.'s Seasonal Learning Method
Are you looking for a fresh and innovative approach to English tutoring for your GCSE studies or for your child's holiday workshops? Look...
zarapreston8
Apr 172 min read
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Engaging Holiday Workshops: Zooworld Education Ltd.'s Seasonal Curriculum
As the holiday season approaches, parents often seek engaging and educational activities for their children to participate in. This is...
zarapreston8
Apr 171 min read
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Seasonal Learning: GCSE Tutoring at Zooworld Education Ltd.
As the academic year unfolds, the quest for finding the perfect tutoring service for your GCSE student might seem daunting. With so many...
zarapreston8
Apr 172 min read
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The State of Independence: A Review
Thanks to this second edition, this book has two main themes: living in a life post-COVID and dreading the consequences post-VAT. The...
zarapreston8
Jul 12, 20237 min read
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Life after children: how do we work?
And breathe. I finally have some space. I’ve been going through a phase of taking on too much. I will be attending my last official...
zarapreston8
Mar 29, 20234 min read
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Boarding life: torn between worlds
I'm on the sofa with popcorn. It's raining in March and I've got Eat Pray Love on. It's the film I watch when I'm unsettled. It reminds...
zarapreston8
Mar 23, 20234 min read
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Books from 2022: Shed some skin
It's nearly time to say goodbye to 2022, so I thought I'd share the literary adventures I've been on this year. The embers are softly...
zarapreston8
Dec 29, 20229 min read
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A Thursday Morning Sat by the River
I am writing. I am writing. I am writing. I am finally writing. There is something about this act of scratching a surface with thoughts...
zarapreston8
Nov 17, 20224 min read
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Book Review: The Odyssey, Homer
Olive is mid-nap and I am busy dunking as much galaxy chocolate into my tea as I possibly can. Heaven. So...I'll try and be brief and not...
zarapreston8
Sep 1, 20205 min read
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Book Review: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol
I started reading this to my daughter when she was a few months old in her playroom/my library (my playroom!). She was listening intently...
zarapreston8
Jul 2, 20202 min read
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Book review: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
This book was discovered during pregnancy in my local WHSmiths. I used to go there as a little child and pick out some new gel pens as a...
zarapreston8
Jun 13, 20203 min read
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The new world of the online teacher...
Yesterday morning I checked my school emails. I had a few in backlog so I was tidying my inbox up and getting everything into the right...
zarapreston8
Apr 3, 20204 min read
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Winter read: Atwood, The Testaments
The last time I wrote a review on here, it was sunny and I was sitting in the garden with a bowling ball bump in the way. Currently,...
zarapreston8
Feb 22, 20203 min read
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New Poetry Reads 2019
Changing up from the fiction world into my favourite world: Poetry. Poetry is my passion. Since uni, sitting in Tim Liardet and Carrie...
zarapreston8
Nov 1, 20193 min read
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Seventh Summer Read, 2019: Crossan
Moonrise by Sarah Crossan This is my first verse novel. For someone who loves poetry, I leapt into this and whizzed through it. 24 hours...
zarapreston8
Sep 2, 20192 min read
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Sixth Summer Read, 2019: Jones
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones This one is for you, Emma ( @Comment_Ed ). I can’t help but compare this to To Kill a Mockingbird ....
zarapreston8
Sep 1, 20192 min read
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Fifth Summer Read, 2019: Du Maurier
The House on the Strand by Daphne Du Maurier Ahhh...back into my old comfy shoes of Du Maurier's writing. Her patchwork quilted hills...
zarapreston8
Aug 30, 20192 min read
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