This evening’s celebration is because of a considerable feat: the last leaf of my very first ‘official’ Notebook. This has been an enjoyable ride till Day 79 of my ‘100 days of Note booking.’ Some days, I felt really empty and other days I was rather full. Full of words, ideas and innuendos. I owe… Continue reading

My prompt for day nine was to use these words ; birch, salt, drip and wing for a scene. What I loved about the ten day challenge was the time limit, to write. #10mins10days Large tears of rain suddenly started falling, we knew it would rain when the skies had darkened from a distance and… Continue reading

My first etheree had to be simple. Interestingly, I noticed it sort of made sense reading it in reverse. Zoom It is Engaging Can be draining When you have worked hard In the morning with them Instructing, interacting On Wednesdays when we are all here Joining break-out rooms expecting them To participate in conversations Continue reading

Who ever thought that a teacher’s work starts and ends in the school building? Of course, this weekend was packed with work, I had a tall list to tackle. On Saturday, my PD on Zoom was exceptional, I am loaded with tools and strategies to attack my planning and teaching of writing. I came up… Continue reading

Reading with my local group of students, on Zoom yesterday, my colleague decided to begin with a riddle. One of the children read it aloud, this sparked them all up. I was glad to see a screen full of lively, passionate children, each of whom wanted to share their solution. Of course they had similar… Continue reading

I found this structure from my TeachWrite Notebooking group earlier this year: It is a very good way to reflect on your week and yourself, looking ahead with purpose. 5 things that made me smile My students’ words Being with students face to face and starting to enjoy teaching ‘physically’ again. On screen messages from… Continue reading

A deleted WhatsApp message refreshed our friendship! My friend Jo did not know which Julie it was. She told me later she was sending a message to another friend called Julie and realised she had sent it to me by mistake and deleted it, quickly. Well, that was how our one hour conversation started when… Continue reading

“Hello Ms. Juliette,” beamed from the lady whose eyes shone above the mask. It was the end of a school day here, in the scorching heat after the long flight down the stairs, from our third floor tower. Our route down the narrow stairwell at the side of the building, cleverly earmarked for second and… Continue reading

I met them and since that day, I visit most days. My love for plants has grown immensely. Now I find so much joy in being around plants. Almost a year ago I wrote about my Mothers’s love for plants and that passion which my sister R inherited. R’s garden is heavenly, a public space… Continue reading

Today I decided to write couplets about being back at school in person with the students. We’re back here again, making it seem as real as possible When the old ways are invisible. Standing on the stage They open a page. Weary of the time They all decide to mime. Today is the day we… Continue reading